Southwest
Big Show 2002 planned for April 12-14 in
San Antonio
The Southwest Drycleaners Association will be hosting its Big Show 2002 this
year from April 12-14 at the San Antonio Convention Center in
San Antonio, TX.
Prior to the three-day event will be a
golf tournament scheduled for Thursday, April 11.
On Friday, SDA plans to hold its Quarterly
Board of Directors meeting, as well as its annual General
Membership meeting and a welcome reception in the evening.
The exhibit hall, featuring over 250
exhibit booths of laundry and drycleaning supplies and
services, will be open to attendees on Saturday and Sunday.
Final details for the education schedule
have yet to be finalized, but popular speaker Jan Hargrave is
scheduled to make an appearance. Attendees of SDA’s Big
Show 2000 may remember her discussion of “The Importance
of Non-Verbal Communication in Customer Service” at the
convention center in Ft. Worth, TX.
Hargrave has been featured on The
Maury Povich Show, The Montel Williams Show, E-Entertainment
Television, The Lifetime Channel and The Ricki Lake Show.
SDA’s headquarters hotel will be the
St. Anthony, located across from historic Travis Park in the
heart of downtown San Antonio. A room rate of $129 per night
for single/double occupancy is available. The hotel also offers
triple occupancy at $139 per night and quad occupancy at $149
per night.
Attendees wishing to make room
reservations should call (210) 272-4392 prior to March 11 and
mention SDA’s Big Show 2002. After March 11, reservations
will only be accepted at the regular room rate, provided there
are still rooms available.
For information on the convention,
including the option of overflow hotels, contact SDA at (210)
826-4684.
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Royaltone class set for April 11-12
The Royaltone
Leather Cleaning Academy will
be offering a two-day leather cleaning class from April 11-12
at the Royal Cleaners Suedemate Leather Cleaning Plant in
Tulsa, OK.
Other two-day sessions of the RCLA
cleaning course are scheduled for later in the year on June 6-7
and September 12-13.
With a mix of classroom instruction and
in-plant hands-on training, the class is an opportunity for
plant owners and managers to learn how to safely and easily
spot, wetclean, dryclean, press and refinish suedes, leathers
and furs with a higher profit-per-garment ratio.
Attendees are encouraged to bring two
suede or leather garments to work on during the in-plant
session.
During the course, students will receive a
complete instruction manual written by course instructor, Frank
Lucenta, which is available in both English and Korean.
Those who complete the course will be
presented with a course completion certificate. After training
support is provided through a free hotline at (800) 331-5506.
Class size is limited so early
registration is recommended.
For more information, call (918) 622-6677
or (800) 331-5506.
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