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Exhibitors: Beware of Misleading Expo Guide Advertising Offer
Published: 01/10/2008 by Advanstar Communications Inc.
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Advanstar Communications Inc. ("Advanstar"), owner and producer of the International Motorcycle Shows (IMS), has learned that Commercial Online Manuals S de RL de CV of Mexico and similar companies are apparently continuing to target Advanstar tradeshow exhibitors. They offer advertising space on their Expo Guide website (www.expo-guide.com), using a form that includes the IMS trade name, inviting exhibitors to sign and return the form for an entry in an on-line directory. However, exhibitors who sign and return the form are then bound to a non-terminable agreement at significant cost for a period of at least three years and automatically renewing thereafter at the same cost, unless canceled by registered letter within the appropriate period. Neither Commercial Online Manuals de RL de CV nor Expo Guide is in any way affiliated with Advanstar or the International Motorcycle Shows. The use of Advanstar's event names and trademarks by Commercial Online Manuals in its solicitations is unauthorized. If you receive a document from Commercial Online Manuals S de RL de CV or a similar organization which uses Advanstar's name, the IMS name or the name of one of our other events and which offers advertising space on the Expo Guide website (www.expo-guide.com), please do not sign the form unless you have carefully read and understood all of the terms contained in the small print. You can visit the following informational website, www.stopecg.org, for more information on this deceptive solicitation practice.
