SHOW NEWS: NIFS/East Discount Deadlines April 15

John Wolz

The deadline for “Early Bird” advance discount registration for the National Industrial Fastener Show/East is April 15, 2007.
NIFS/East will be May 22-23, 2007, at the Georgia International Convention Center, in College Park, GA, just west of Atlanta”s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Conferences and the opening reception are on Tuesday, May 22, and exhibits are open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Early bird registration is $35. Advance registration after April 15 is $40 and onsite registration is $50.
Registration for the Los Angeles Fastener Association”s Fastener Specification & Terminology course is $395 by April 15 and $495 after. The seminar will be taught by Carmen Vertullo of SimplyBetter and Bengt Blendulf.
The Southeastern Fastener Association”s “Evaluation of the Fastener World Market Place” with Bruce Darling of Porteous Fastener Co. and the “Management Issues of the 21st Century” with Sharon Sellers of SLS Consulting are $75 each.
SEFA also is sponsoring a scholarship golf outing on Monday.
Booth Count
As of March 19, NIFS posted 172 companies reserving 187 booths for the 2007 Atlanta show. GICC has a capacity for 863 booths and NIFS/East is the only show scheduled during the fastener show dates. GICC also has 32 meeting rooms and four boardrooms and provides WiFi Internet access.
Last year NIFS/East drew 171 companies totaling 185 booths in Columbus. There were 223 booths in Baltimore in 2005; 209 in Orlando in 2004; and 260 in Orlando in 2003. The NIFS record is 653 in Columbus in 1996.
The official NIFS/East hotel is the Atlanta Airport Marriott at $139. Hotels.com recently listed 22 hotels within two miles and ranging in price from $60 at the Super 8 Atlanta Airport to $204 at the Renaissance Concourse Hotel.
GICC estimates 8,500 hotel rooms in the vicinity and the Atlanta Airport Hotel Coalition lists 54 nearby hotels, including most major brands, and more than 150 restaurants. Web: Atlairportareaguide.com
For NIFS/East information contact show manager Susan Hurley. Tel: 614 895-1279 Fax 614 895-3466 E-mail: susan@fastenershows.com Web: fastenershows.com \ �2007 FastenerNews.com