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May 7, 2013
Clean Show Preview: ‘Be There’ or Be Square

NEW ORLEANS — Hotel reservation, show preregistration deadlines are this month

NEW ORLEANS — The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center will host the world’s premier textile care expo for a fifth time when the 2013 Clean Show—officially the World Educational Congress for Laundering and Drycleaning—arrives on Thursday, June 20, for a three-day stay through Saturday, June 22.

It will mark the first time since 1981 that the Clean Show has been scheduled for three days instead of four, reflecting a “more concise and efficient” format designed to give exhibitors and attendees alike a better value for their investment, according to the Clean Executive Committee.

The Clean Show has been convening every other year since 1977 to present new technology, educational sessions and networking opportunities to all segments of the dry cleaning, laundry and textile care industry. This year’s event is expected to draw 10,000 trade attendees, according to Riddle & Associates, the show’s longtime manager.

March 21, 2012
Clean Show Selects GES as Official Contractor

ATLANTA — Show committee picks Las Vegas-based company from

ATLANTA — The Clean Executive Committee has selected Global Experience Specialists (GES) to serve as the official services contractor for the 2013 Clean Show in New Orleans.

Three companies submitted proposals for the June 2013 show. “GES did our show in New Orleans in 2009 and did a great job,” says John Riddle, president of Riddle & Associates, the Clean Show’s management company. “We look forward to working with them again in 2013.”

Chicago hosted the first Clean Show in 1977. United Exposition Service Co. was the official services contractor for that event and subsequent shows. GES purchased United in 1993, and the Las Vegas-based company has continued its partnership with the Clean Show for many shows since.

GES produces 3,000 exhibitions and events annually.

The Clean Show—officially titled the World Educational Congress for Laundering and Drycleaning—attracts people across all segments of the textile care industry, from single-owner, coin-operated laundry and drycleaning establishments to giant industrial and institutional laundries and textile rental companies.

June 30, 2011
Clean Show Report: Enthusiastic

LAS VEGAS — The story after Clean ’09 in New Orleans was that while attendance had been down from the previous show, the quality of the attendees had been extremely high. The post-show message two years ago was about quality, not quantity.

The 2011 show in gaming mecca Las Vegas “held” on attendee quality and “raised” on total attendance, presenting exhibitors with a vibrant marketplace that had many of them feeling like they were on a hot streak.

February 17, 2011
Clean to Offer Korean-Language Education

ATLANTA — For the first time, the Clean Show will offer Korean-language educational sessions when the Las Vegas Convention Center hosts the event June 6-9. Two hours of Korean-language sessions are scheduled on each of three mornings. A Korean trade publication is sponsoring the program.

November 8, 2010
Registration Opens for Clean 2011

People who wish to attend Clean 2011 in Las Vegas June 6-9, 2011 can now register at the show’s website, www.cleanshow.com.

June 1, 2010
Exhibit Sales Open for Clean '11

Exhibit space sales are underway for Clean 2011, set to take place June 6-9, 2011, in the Las Vegas Convention Center. More than 400 companies will offer virtually every product and service used in the textile-care industry at the world’s largest trade show for laundry, drycleaning and textile services.

July 24, 2009
Laissez Faire: A Laid-Back Clean Show

NEW ORLEANS — Clean ’09 is now one for the books. A few companies didn’t exhibit, and many took out smaller booths. Attendance was also sparse compared to previous shows. Officially, 9,902 people registered and 412 companies leased about 193,000 sq. ft. of exhibit space.

June 21, 2009
Clean '09: Attendance Down, Quality Up

NEW ORLEANS — Attendee registrations stood at approximately 10,200 as this year’s Clean Show opened for its final day, show planners Riddle & Associates announced this morning. But exhibitors were nearly unanimous in praising the quality of the attendees and exhibition services in New Orleans.

February 24, 2009
Clean ’09 Will Feature 43 Hours of Education

NEW ORLEANS — This year’s Clean Show will feature 43 hours of classroom seminars covering all segments of the industry, an expanded offering compared to previous shows, according to Riddle & Associates, the show-management company behind Clean. Clean ’09 is set for June 18-21 here at the Morial Convention Center.

December 12, 2008
The ‘New’ New Orleans: Clean Show Attendees Will See Subtle Changes

NEW ORLEANS — I have visited New Orleans on several occasions, but this is the first time that I’ve seen Christmas decorations, or for that matter, Santa Claus marching in a jazz funeral. This is also the first time that I encountered weather here that wasn’t as warm as the Cajun cuisine.

April 14, 2008
Exhibit Sales Open for Clean '09 in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS — Exhibit sales open this month for Clean ’09, the textile-care industry’s premier trade show, scheduled for June 18-21, 2009, in New Orleans.

Show managers Riddle & Associates will begin mailing Clean ’09 exhibitor packets to every company that exhibited at Clean ’07 in Las Vegas in early May. Exhibitors at other recent Clean Shows and companies who have expressed interest in exhibiting will receive a prospectus later in the month, the company says.