Natural Products Expo East Bound for Boston in 2008
9/5/2007
BOULDER, Colo. (September 5, 2007) - New Hope Natural Media, a division of Penton Media, announced today that the company's Natural Products Expo East/Organic Products Expo-BioFach America tradeshow (
www.expoeast.com) will relocate from Baltimore to Boston in 2008. Next year's Natural Products Expo East will be held October 15-18 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The move was designed to accommodate exhibitor and attendee growth, reflecting increased interest in the natural, organic and healthy products markets.
"As Natural Products Expo East expands to represent broader consumer markets and new channels of distribution in the healthy products industry, we needed a larger space to serve our customers," said Alan Peterson, senior vice president of the Trade Show Group for New Hope Natural Media. "The move to Boston is a positive step that signals increased success for the event."
The Boston location will provide increased proximity to the retail buying audience of the Northeast, as well as the ability to provide lodging for more retailers closer to the convention center. The new location will feature a contiguous show floor for exhibitors and attendees.
Natural Products Expo East, an international gathering of more than 23,000 retailers, buyers, industry leaders, trend spotters and media, was launched in 1985. This year's show will be held at the Baltimore Convention Center September 26-29, 2007. For more details, go to www.expoeast.com.
New Hope Natural Media (www.newhope.com), the leading media resource and information provider for the natural, organic and healthy products industry with print, in-person/event, and e-business products and services, is owned by Penton Media, Inc., the largest independent business-to-business media company in the U.S., serving more than six million business professionals every month. The company's market-leading brands are focused on 30 industries and include 113 trade magazines, 145 Web sites, 150 industry trade shows and conferences, and more than 500 information data products. Headquartered in New York City, the privately held company is owned by MidOcean Partners and U.S. Equity Partners II, an investment fund sponsored by Wasserstein & Co., LP, and its coinvestors. For additional information on the company and its businesses, visit www.penton.com.
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