Our company is proud to be one of a select group of Alliance Partners of the Destination Marketing Association International. DMAI is the preeminent organization for official destination marketing organizations and convention bureaus all around the globe. As part of our partnership, we’ll be featuring a special “State of the Industry” section, created in conjunction with DMAI, in the July issues of both Association News and SportsTravel.

As part of this innovative program, we’ll be promoting the benefits of membership in DMAI to non-member bureaus at the same time that we’ll be detailing the value meeting and event planners can receive by working with convention bureaus. For more information on these special sections and how your convention bureau can qualify for a one-year complimentary membership in DMAI, send me an e-mail by clicking here.

Tim Schneider
Schneider Publishing Company

Rachel Carr will be in Austin, March 13-16; Suzanne Craven will be in Los Angeles, March 20, for the MPI/Southern California Chapter Annual Tradeshow and in Las Vegas, March 26-27; Ann Shepphird will be in Palm Springs, April 4-6; Tim Schneider will be in Washington, D.C., April 2, for the PCMA Education Foundation Dinner; Suzanne Craven and Tim Schneider will be in Washington, D.C., April 3-4, for ASAE Springtime; Andy Lamedman, Suzanne Craven and Tom Pitofsky will be in Chicago, April 8-10, for HSMAI Affordable Meetings Mid-America; Paul Winston will be in Colorado Springs, April 15-17; Ilana Edell will be in Mandan, April 20-21, for the North Dakota Tourism Conference; and Ilana Edell, Lisa Furfine, Tim Schneider, Yvonne Garcia and Paul Winston will be in Omaha, April 22-24, for the NASC Annual Conference.

A limited number of high-visibility sponsorship opportunities are available for TEAMS 2008, October 21-25, in Pittsburgh. TEAMS sponsors receive ride-along exposure in TEAMS Conference promotional materials and TEAMS Conference advertising in media partner publications.

In addition, sponsors receive a host of other benefits, including priority scheduling of appointment sessions with sports-event rights holders and the highest-visibility locations at the TEAMS Expo.

Find out why the TEAMS Conference & Expo has one of the highest renewal rates among sponsors of any industry exhibition. Contact Yvonne Garcia (Eastern U.S.), Ilana Edell (Western U.S.) or Lisa Furfine by e-mail or by calling toll-free at (877) 577-3700.