WHO ATTENDS AMERICA EAST?

More than 900 actual attendees, representing more than 250 different newspapers and companies, visited America East last year. Vendor personnel added another 500 people on the floor.

Our marketing efforts include the following targeted states:
Alabama
Connecticut
Delaware
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Maryland
Maine
Michigan
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Vermont Virginia
West Virginia
Washington, DC

While our direct marketing efforts are aimed at the states listed above, we also draw attendees from as far away as California, Colorado, Florida and Canada. More than 90 percent of our attendees hail from newspapers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, Ohio and West Virginia as well as the New England. We consistently attract attendees from The Baltimore Sun, Staten Island Advance,, Dow Jones Co., and Gannett Co., to name a few.

America East, administered by the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association, partners with 12 other state press associations as well as Suburban Newspapers of America to bring the widest variety of attendees and programming to Hershey.

Year after year, our attendee roster overlaps with Nexpo’s at a mere 10 to 15 percent. At least 85 percent of the attendees you see at America East, you won’t see at Nexpo. Can you miss that opportunity?