My pleasure, Frankie. I try to come online as I can, and I appreciate everyone's patience while we worked a few things out. I'm excited about Vegas this year, and think we have several new things that will make the experience even better.
Marster, the ITA has held its Mid-Year Meeting at our show for the past several years, and they have let us know that they'll continue to do so in 2005. We're happy to have them, and to have the opportunity to help the industry that we're all a part of.
As for the magazine, it's always small from September to December, and will grow in size again starting in January. Just as the tanning industry is seasonal for salons, so it is for the businesses that support salons, like trade magazines. (This phenomenon worried the heck out of me the first year I worked on Today's Image. <grin>) The magazine is doing just fine; it may not be big right now, but it's definitely supporting itself, and it continues to allow me enough room to present a good variety of independent editorial each month. (I really liked the Paris Hilton simile, though!)
--Amy E. Hamaker, editor
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