FAIRFAX, Va. -- The American Wholesale Marketers Association (AWMA) has announced the dates and locations for its annual convention and tradeshow for the next three years. The 2013 AWMA Show, for the first time in over a decade, will be held in Orlando, Fla., and will then rotate between a Southeast location and Las Vegas for subsequent years. February 15-17, 2012: The Paris Hotel, Las Vegas. March 6-8, 2013: The Peabody Hotel, Orlando. February 25-27, 2014: The Paris Hotel, Las Vegas. This new Southeast/West geographic rotation pattern is the result of extensive member [image-nocss] input including surveys conducted by AWMA's Convention & Expo Committee and responds to the large portion of members who rated both Las Vegas and Orlando as their top choices for show location.
"With a majority of our members headquartered east of the Mississippi, we have considered a southeast location for the show for many years. And, given the strong preference among members to rotate the show between the southeast and Las Vegas, we were able to find a great fit in Orlando allowing us to begin this new pattern with our 2013 show," said Scott Ramminger, AWMA president and CEO.
The headquarter hotel for 2013 will be the Peabody Hotel, just a short walk directly across the street from the Orlando Convention Center, where the exhibits will be located. "The recent expansion at the Peabody provides enough sleeping rooms for all of our attendees under one roof and it is among the highest rated hotels in the country as a Forbes FourStar, AAA Four Diamond resort," Ramminger added.
The AWMA Show is a leading event for convenience store distributors. It includes nine hours of exhibits and more than 18 hours of education sessions on strategic issues, best practices and core categories as well as networking events.
AWMA is the only international trade organization working on behalf of convenience distributors in the United States. Its distributor members represent more than $85 billion in U.S. convenience product sales. Associate members include manufacturers, service providers, technology companies, brokers, retailers and others allied to the convenience retailing industry. In addition to convenience stores--their largest customer segment--convenience distributors also service grocery stores, drug stores, tobacco shops, mass merchants, newsstands, concession stands, gift shops, fundraising groups, restaurants, institutions and more.
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