InterContinental New Orleans Hotel Selected as the Venue
Kansas City, MO — IBPI (www.ibpi.net) and the Southeast district of the Business Technology Association (BTA; www.bta.org) have partnered to host consecutive events in 2016 at the InterContinental New Orleans Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana. IBPI’s March 16-18 meeting will combine its Regional Meeting and Annual Meeting of members. BTA Southeast will host its annual event, renamed Spring Break, on March 18-19, featuring a variety of educational sessions and networking opportunities. Both events will feature the products and services of a number of exhibiting sponsors. In addition, there will be attractive pricing and additional benefits for participating dealers and vendors.
IBPI and BTA Southeast were created by and continue to be governed by independent office technology dealers. Both organizations are fully dedicated to supporting, strengthening and advancing the dealer channel. By joining forces for these meetings for the second consecutive year, the organizations have ensured that in March 2016, New Orleans will be the “must-attend” gathering place for the industry’s leading, progressive dealership principals.
“We are very pleased to announce the continuation of this the alliance between BTA Southeast and IBPI, which began with our consecutive 2015 meetings in Orlando, Florida,” said BTA Southeast President Brian Snow. “We are likewise excited about the location of our 2016 meetings — New Orleans, one of the world’s most fascinating cities and home to a truly unique melting pot of culture, food and music.”
IBPI Executive Director Randy Horshok said he and the members of the IBPI Board of Directors are pleased to be joining BTA Southeast for a second year. “We had our most successful event in our history this past March, when we partnered with BTA Southeast during the 2015 Winter Break event,” he said. “Our members and vendors were extremely pleased with the synergy between the two organizations and our events. We are confident that 2016 — in New Orleans — will bring even more members of our two organizations together.”
In the coming months, watch www.bta.org/DistrictEvents and www.ibpi.net for more event details as the organizations’ event agendas are finalized.
Founded in 1926, the Business Technology Association serves office technology dealerships, resellers, manufacturers, distributors and service companies. Its core members — office technology dealerships — consult, sell and service hardware, software and supplies with the goal of helping businesses maximize their investment in devices and technology. Through the association’s various educational programs, information, research, legal services, publications and guidance, BTA member dealerships are positioned to be the premier source of the office technology used by businesses throughout the United States every day. For more information on BTA, visit its Web site at www.bta.org or call (800) 505-2821. The fax number is (816) 941-4838. You may also write to: BTA, 12411 Wornall Road, Kansas City, MO 64145.
IBPI, headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., is the premier office technology buying group. Since 1987, the organization has built an outstanding reputation based upon bringing tremendous buying power to its dealer members. IBPI’s membership is composed of more than 380 independent commercial copy, print and IT dealers located throughout the United States. Its members, which have a combined annual sales volume in excess of $4.7 billion, sell and service all OEM copier/MFPs and print devices, along with providing managed print and managed network services. For more information, visit www.ibpi.net.