Conferon Specs
Volume X - Issue 1

Creating the Industry’s Premiere Meeting Management and Event Services Company

We have some very important, very exciting news to share with you!

On May 16th, ExpoExchange combined with Conferon!!

ExpoExchange is the leading provider of registration, sales lead and housing room block management services. This dynamic combination forms the meeting industry’s premiere outsourcing company.

The combined companies with be called Conferon Global Services (CGS), although the three divisions will be operating under their brand names of ExpoExchange (Registration, Sales Lead Management and Online event services), ITS (Housing and Travel Services) and Conferon (Meeting Planning and related services).

The combination of Conferon and ExpoExchange will represent unprecedented buying power. Our combined companies either contract or make reservations for almost 4 million room nights annually. We will have more than 625 professionals providing the industry with unparalleled resources and a record of dependability. ExpoExchange, ITS and Conferon's combined experience spans events of all sizes from 72 of The Tradeshow Week’s 200 largest shows to over 2,200 meetings and incentive groups annually. Together, we will have the resources to provide each customer with the finest customized service that has been the trademarks of Conferon and ExpoExchange.

Bruce Harris, President and CEO of Conferon, assumes the role of President of CGS, while Mike Goodwin, previous President and CEO of ExpoExchange, is the CEO of CGS. Acting as the new President of Conferon is Dave Lutz, Conferon’s previous COO. Bob Lucke continues as President of ExpoExchange’s industry leading registration and sales lead retrieval business while Ed Harris continues as President of ITS’ industry leading housing division. In addition, David Peckinpaugh, EVP of Sales & Marketing, will be leading the sales and marketing efforts for CGS.

In the meantime, it’s business as usual at Conferon: The highest levels of expertise, integrity, and personalized service that you have come to expect over the years will remain… the only change will be that more of the same will come your way—CGS will truly be the best of Conferon, Galaxy, and ITS.

For more information on the CGS companies, please go to www.conferon.com.