Summer Meetings Offer Key
Networking Opportunities
Each of AFMA’s three summer meetings will provide valuable networking opportunities for manufacturer and supplier members of the Association – opportunities unavailable in any other industry forum.
All Supplier Division members are urged to attend the July 15-17 annual meeting in Myrtle Beach, S.C., which is being held in conjunction with the annual meetings for manufacturing executives in the transportation, purchasing and information technology areas.
However, some companies within the Suppliers Division may find other meetings on the summer agenda that suit their information and networking needs. Financial services and marketing companies, for example, will want to mark their calendars for the July 29-31 meeting at the Crowne Plaza Resort in Hilton Head, S.C. This meeting will offer informative sessions for marketing and public relations professionals concurrent with sessions designed for financial executives. The two groups will have several opportunities to enjoy networking and social events together.
Environmental services companies and those supplying products or services in the human resources or safety areas should make the September 20-24 conference-expo at the Renaissance Suites Hotel in Charlotte a priority. This event will offer three highly specialized tracks for professionals in the environmental, HR and safety areas. It also is the only AFMA meeting that offers suppliers the opportunity to participate in a full-scale expo designed to spotlight their products and services.
These meetings provide suppliers with occasions to network with special groups of manufacturing executives – often the ones directly responsible for using the supplier’s products or services.
Information on all meetings, including registration forms and links to hotel websites, is available in the “Upcoming Events” section of this website.
High Point Market Updates Website
The International Home Furnishings Market Authority has updated its website, www.highpointmarket.org, for the October High Point Market.
Market-goers can plan all of the details for their next market trip on the updated site. Over 70 hotels are now included in the search option, and users can browse options by city, price range, availability or the name of the property. Market goers with flexible travel schedules can look for the Later 4 Less discounts offered by some Triad hotels for guests who check in on Sunday or later.
Market attendees can also link to airline websites, view transportation schedules and purchase shuttle tickets. Here are the latest service updates for the fall market:
- Airline discounts are now available from Air Canada, Airtran Airways, American Airlines/ American Eagle, Continental, Continental Express, Delta, Delta Express, Northwest, USAirways and USAirways Express. Discounts apply to filights into the Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO), Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU), Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) and the Hickory Airport (HKY). Consult the High Point Market website for discount codes.
- Beginning in October, P.A.R.T., in partnership with the Market Authority, will be providing FREE shuttles from the Piedmont Triad International Airport to the Market Transportation Terminal in downtown High Point. This service will run every half hour from Monday, Oct. 11, through Wednesday, Oct. 20, and will not require a ticket. Buses will be located outside the Delta baggage claim.
- Shuttles to and from the Raleigh and Charlotte airports and the Market Transportation Terminal also will be provided this fall. Reservations are required, and tickets will cost $50 per person, one-way. Shuttles will run Wednesday, Oct. 13, through Wednesday, Oct. 20, on a set schedule, which can be viewed on the High Point Market website, www.highpointmarket.org.
- An updated Exhibitor Listing on the High Point Market website can make planning your market visits easier.
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