SAAGNY And PPAI Conclude Promotions East’s Management Agreement

MONTVALE, N.J. — In a joint statement, Robert Schwarz, CAS, president of the Specialty Advertising Association of Greater New York (SAAGNY) and Stanley Breckenridge, MAS, chair of the Promotional Products Association International (PPAI) announced that SAAGNY and PPAI have mutually agreed to terminate their collaborative management agreement for SAAGNY’s premier trade show. Promotions East is produced in June of each year at the Atlantic City Convention Center.

Schwarz said, “Our boards entered into an agreement in 2005 for PPAI to provide a major part of the management services required to produce Promotions East. Our goal has been met, and PPAI provided a high level of service for our events in 2006, 2007 and 2008. We are grateful for its involvement in the show and thank the PPAI staff and board for their continuing support of SAAGNY. We look forward to working with them on mutually beneficial projects in the coming months and years.”

Steve Slagle, CAE, president and CEO of PPAI added, “PPAI and SAAGNY have put programs and systems in place that will allow SAAGNY to move forward on its own in delivering a positive show experience. We look forward to on-going participation in Promotions East and wish SAAGNY and all the co-sponsors of the show continued success.”

Schwarz added that “The SAAGNY Board of Directors felt that it was time for us to resume our responsibility for Promotions East. We have formed a new, dynamic committee that will guide the production of the 2009 show.”