TRADE SHOW INFORMATION

It has been six years since these three associations gathered for a summer convention and the 2010 gathering of Arkansas Press Association, Mississippi Press Association and Tennessee Press Association promises to be like none other. This event will be held June 23-26 at Harrah’s Mid-South Convention Center in Tunica, Miss. This is a wonderful opportunity to reach 400+ newspaper decision-makers in the Mid-South. We invite you to be part of this special occasion.

Registered vendors for the Tri-State Press Convention Trade Show:
UPDATE: All trade show booth spaces have been sold! (5/20/10)

Advantage Newspaper Consultants www.advantagetvbook.com
Arkansas Children’s Hospital www.archildrens.org
Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism www.arkansas.com
Arkansas State Library System
Athlon Media www.athlonsports.com
Bentonville CVB www.bentonvilleusa.org
Branson Convention & Visitors Bureau www.explorebranson.com
Canon www.canon.com
Content that Works www.contentthatworks.com
Crystal Bridges Museum www.crystalbridges.org
Heritage House Publishing
ICANON www.icanon.com
Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau www.littlerock.com
Louisiana Convention & Visitors Bureau
MEI www.maned.com
Mississippi Department of Employment Security www.mdes.ms.gov
Mitsubishi Imaging www.mitsubishiimaging.com
Multi-Ad www.multiad.com
NoteAds Advertising www.noteads.com
Pressmart www.pressmart.com
Publishing Group of America www.pubgroupofamerica.com
Reedy Advertising Service www.reedyadvertising.com
Signature Offset www.signatureoffset.com
The Associated Press -- Nashville Bureau www.ap.org/tennessee
The City Wire www.thecitywire.com
The Nature Conservancy
TownNews.com www.townnews.com
Tunica CVB www.tunicatravel.com
University of Arkansas www.uark.edu
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences www.uams.edu
Yarnell Ice Cream Company www.yarnells.com

Information for trade show vendors:
The Trade Show will open at 8 am on Friday, June 25. Eight-foot tables will be assigned on a fi rst-come basis. Vendors are urged to contribute door prizes as well as have giveaways (we should have around 400 people) in their booths to help build traffic.
• All refreshment breaks will be in the trade show area.
• Door prizes given away throughout the day (from both hosts and vendors)
• The Trade Show will be publicized in all publications of the three states.
Other Promotion Opportunities:
In addition to the above, if you are a sponsor or vendor, you are invited to contribute branded items to put in the convention registration packets (400) and/or the golf goodie
bag (50). Also, we ask you to consider giving one or more items for our Silent Auction to benefit newspaper Foundations. Let us know on the registration form.