TREVOSE, PA — (May 17, 2006) — In response to requests from Advantages Roadshow exhibitors and attendees, The ASI Show, the leading tradeshow for the ad specialty/promotional products industry, is happy to announce that they will be hosting three more weeks of traveling shows this fall.
The Advantages Roadshow fall dates are:
September 11-15: California (Oakland, San Jose, Culver City, Irvine, San Diego
September 25-29: Northeast (Baltimore, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Long Island, Boston)
October 9-13: Midwest (Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City)
“We are extremely excited to be offering the industry three additional Advantage Roadshow weeks,” said ASI Show President Matthew Cohn. “After numerous requests for additional Roadshows, we conducted multiple surveys of suppliers and distributors. All the surveys showed that the majority of respondents were in favor of additional Advantages Roadshows this fall. We selected locations and dates based on the preferences expressed in the surveys. We did our best to schedule our fall dates away from other traveling and Regional Association shows. In fact, we actually changed some of our initial selected cities due to a timing conflict with a Regional Association’s show (the association had just changed their dates and locations).”
Cohn added, “We are looking forward to building upon the success of our first 12-week, 60-city tour — where we are expecting to attract nearly 9,000 distributors in 12 weeks. I’m confident our fall Roadshows will deliver similar results for our exhibitors.”
Advantages Roadshow exhibitor, Dave Saracino from BIC Graphic USA, asi/40480, found the Roadshows to be very useful. He shared, “The ASI Advantages Roadshow has proven to be a very effective traveling show for BIC. The Roadshow is very well organized and marketed and has proven to be a very productive traveling show. ASI is delivering the distributors we most want to see. BIC is excited to be able to meet with so many distributors face-to-face, and we look forward to continuing to travel with the Advantages Roadshow.” Frank Rocco of Marathon/Prestige Lines, asi/68707, added, “Marathon has been extremely happy with the Advantages Roadshows, not to mention the number of leads we have gotten. We look forward to the additional fall dates and plan to participate in all the weeks!”
Additional information about the Advantages Roadshow can be found at www.asishow.com. The fall schedule will follow the format that is currently in place, featuring free education sessions from 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. and exhibit from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. All distributors are invited to attend the Advantages Roadshow for free.
About The ASI Show
The ASI Show was created for active ASI member distributors and suppliers and attracts more distributors than any other industry shows — with nearly 20,000 attendees. Offering a full education conference, networking opportunities and a manageable one floor/one hall show floor layout, The ASI Show provides a complete trade show experience. In five host cities per year (Orlando, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia and Chicago), The ASI Show has experienced steadily growing attendance since its inception in 1998, and is ideal for promotional product businesses searching for new ideas, new business relationships and more.
The ASI Show launched the Advantages Roadshow in January 2006, an all-new traveling show that provides opportunities for professionals in the ad specialty/promotional products industry to meet and conduct business on a local level. Over a 12-week schedule, the Advantages Roadshow brings together top industry suppliers and quality distributors and salespeople in nearly 60 top cities nationwide.
For complete show details, visit www.asishow.com or call toll-free 800-546-3300.
About the Advantages Roadshow
The Advantages Roadshow, produced by The ASI Show, provides opportunities for professionals in the ad specialty/promotional products industry to meet and conduct business on a local level. Touring cities nationwide over 12 weeks, suppliers meet distributors in important, specific geographic markets around the country. With The ASI Show’s known marketing and tradeshow expertise, the Advantages Roadshow brings top industry suppliers together with quality distributors and salespeople who traditionally don’t attend other larger industry shows. In addition to drawing attendance from the 18,000 ASI distributor member companies (including salespeople, a 120,000-person potential audience), all qualified non-member distributors are also invited to attend the Advantages Roadshow. For complete Advantages Roadshow details, visit www.asishow.com or call toll-free 800-546-3300.
