Trade Show Scheduling

2009 will be the 20^th anniversary of La Cumbre, the premier marketplace for travel professionals from the Americas. It is the only industry event that includes both buyers and exhibitors from throughout the hemisphere. This year’s event will feature 450 buyers and 250 exhibitors in the categories of Leisure, Corporate, and MICE. There will be three days packed with networking functions, seminars, and structured business appointments.

La Cumbre buyers represent major wholesalers, tour operators, large retail travel agencies, and receptive operators. Attendees consist of key people responsible for acquiring destination components used by passengers traveling to and from the Americas. This is an invitation-only event. Buyers will benefit from a comprehensive range of products and services from throughout the region.

La Cumbre’s 20^th anniversary will feature the new Adventure and Ecotourism segment dedicated to the promotion of destinations and companies in this fast growing area of interest for many travelers around the world who choose their vacation destinations based on ecology and adventure in many countries of the Americas.

Representatives are expected from numerous countries in the western hemisphere including the U.S., Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico including representatives of the market’s leading air carriers and general sales agents.

La Cumbre – The Americas Summit 2009 will be held September 9-11, 2009 at the Puerto Rico Convention Center, 100 Convention Boulevard, San Juan, PR 00907. For more information send inquiries to e-mail address: rosadela.arenas@reedlatam.com or visit their web site at http://www.lacumbre.com which can be viewed in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Fly-Fishing Retailer World Trade Expo is where brands are launched, innovations are unveiled and connections are made. This year Denver is the place to be for manufacturers, suppliers, retailers, buyers, guides, outfitters, distributors, importers and exporters involved in the fly-fishing industry.

The American Fly Fishing Trade Association (AFFTA), the sole trade organization for the fly-fishing industry, is a membership-based association for all sectors of the industry from manufacturers to retailers and everything in between. AAFTA keeps members up to date on the latest issues and trends affecting the fly-fishing industry and acts on their behalf. They represent the industry to the fishing public, legislators, and the media.

Fly-Fishing Retailer World Trade Expo is the one-stop shopping destination for those who want to display, promote, and sell the most current fly-fishing products. You can touch, see, and experience new products first hand to ensure that you have confidence in the products you stock in your store. It is also the place to learn about the most up-to-date innovations in the industry and buy the latest products. It is a great place to make new business connections and network with others in the industry.

This year’s show will take place September 10-12, 2009 at the Colorado Convention Center, 700 14^th St., Denver, CO 80202. For more information you can contact FLYFISHING RETAILER at 31910 Del Obispo, Suite 200, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675. Telephone: (949) 226-5770. You can also visit their web site at http://www.flyfishingretailer.com.

Ad:tech Chicago will bring attendees to the Navy Pier September 1^st & 2^nd for panel sessions, workshops, and keynote speakers to learn about today’s digital marketing industry. It will be an opportunity to discover the tools and techniques needed to compete in a changing marketing world including online video, social networks, mobile marketing, and digital out-of-home advertising. Ad:tech’s mission is to provide brand advertisers, agencies, portals, online publishers, and technology providers an unparalleled forum to support the exchange of ideas, experiences, new practices, emerging models and expert opinion.

The exhibition hall will offer attendees a one-stop opportunity to touch every type of technology employed in digital marketing today including search marketing and optimization technology, metrics/analytics software, ad serving technology and networks, mobile marketing, research, affiliate programs, campaign management, data analytics, and much more.

Conference sessions will be geared to bringing real value and take-away tips and tricks that provide a measurable return on your investment. Keynote speakers will share frontline experiences and an executive level perspective. Panel discussions will focus on best practices and economic opportunities. Hands-on workshops will deliver immediate, take-away value.

Session tracks will include:

· Consumer Behavior: Bring the elusive consumer into clearer focus in these sessions packed with insightful data.

· Case Studies: Advertisers, agencies and technology leaders provide in-depth analysis of a range of digital media case studies focusing on social media, location-based targeting and more.

· Search: ad:tech is partnering with SEMPO, the premier organization supporting search engine marketers, to bring you the current techniques, best practices and emerging trends for SEO, SEM and local search.

· MobileMix: A new series launched at ad:tech San Francisco returns with advice on how to integrate mobile into your campaigns, how to engage social users on mobile devices and how to track your campaign’s success.

Ad:tech Chicago will be held September 1-2, 2009 at the Navy Pier, 600 East Grand Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611. For registration and more information you can visit their web site at http://www.ad-tech.com/chicago/adtech_chicago.aspx or contact ad:tech expositions, 1100 Larkspur Landing Circle, Suite 255, Larkspur, CA 94939. E:mail: info@ad-tech.com.

Maryland’s largest antiques event will be held at the Baltimore Convention Center in September. Now in its 29^th year, this event is one of the most important antique events for collectors nationwide. It will feature 550 international dealers from 35 states as well as Canada, England, Germany, Italy, South America, and Asia. Knowledgeable collectors, dealers, decorators and shoppers from all over North America, Europe, and Asia attend each year.

There will be over 200,000 individual items in the show including furniture, crystal, art glass, silver, ceramics, quilts, art deco, art nouveau, lamps, ethnic art, paintings, Chinese export, music boxes, oriental rugs, posters, political memorabilia, jewelry, and much more. The entire gamut of antiques from the antiquities to the 20^th century, including the Deco and Modernist periods, will be showcased. Fine art and furniture will be displayed in elegant, room-setting displays. The Antiquarian Book Fair will have 60 dealers offering rate books, first editions, fine manuscripts, autographs and unusual bibliographical material. Over 60 leading silver specialists will have early coins including Georgian, Irish, Russian, and Victorian. Everything will be for sale.

A mini Asian Arts Show will be hosted by 30 dealers specializing in Japanese and Chinese art. Over 70 exhibitors will feature outstanding examples American, English and Continental porcelain and pottery from all periods. Antique and fine estate jewelry will be offered. Glass displays will include American Brilliant, Steuben, Heisey, Moser, Galle, Lalique, Pairpoint, Handel, Tiffany, and more.

Speakers at this year’s event will include Dr. William Noel, Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books at the Walters Art Museum; Alice Davis Donahue of Mount Clare Museum House; Mimi Levine of Mimi & Steve Levine Antiques; Beverly L. Norwood of The Norwood’s Spirit of America; and Janet Drucker of Drucker Antiques.

The Baltimore Summer Antiques Show 2009 will be held September 3-6, 2009 at the Baltimore Convention Center, One West Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. For registration and information you can visit their web site at http://www.baltimoresummerantiques.com. You can also contact Kellie Senones at Palm Beach Show Group, 500 North Dixie Hwy., Lake Worth, FL 33460. Telephone: (561) 822-5440. Fax: (561) 837-6651. E-mail: info@baltimoresummerantiques.com.