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NATIONAL TRADE PRODUCTIONS ANNOUNCES EXECUTIVE PROMOTIONS
Tamara Christian Becomes CEO

Alexandria, VA, December 18, 2006 – National Trade Productions (NTP) announced several exciting promotions at the Alexandria, VA based-trade show management company. Tamara Christian, former President of NTP who has been with the company since 1992, takes on the new position of CEO where she will focus her attention on the further development of the company. Also being promoted are Jennifer Hoff to General Manager; Glenn Feder to President, Client Events; and Paige Cardwell to President, Creative Solutions Group (CSG).

“We have a smart, passionate and dedicated group of professionals running National Trade Productions and we are thrilled to be able to reward our top employees with promotions and give more opportunity to others throughout the company,” said Bob Harar, Chairman and Founder of NTP. “Under Tamara’s leadership we have experienced strong growth and we know with the increased responsibility for Jennifer, Glenn and Paige we will continue to see NTP’s growing prominence in the industry.”

Jennifer Hoff, a 14 year veteran of NTP, will add General Manager to her current title of Vice President of Operations and Conferences. In this role, Jen will spearhead NTP’s focus on improved and more standardized processes and procedures.

Glenn Feder, NTP’s Vice President of Sales, will take on the newly created role of President of the Client Events division. Formerly, Glenn managed sales for NTP’s client events and proprietary events and has had great success in increasing revenue for all of NTP’s clients. His new focus will be solely on increasing value to NTP’s current clients and developing new client based business.

For five years Paige Cardwell has held two positions at NTP. She was the Vice President of Marketing while serving as the Managing Director of NTP’s strategic marketing and creative agency, Creative Solutions Group (CSG). Paige has managed both aspects of her job with tremendous success and has grown all aspects of NTP marketing and CSG’s creative services. Paige will take over in the newly created role as President of CSG.

In addition, Elena Grant, formerly the director of marketing for the Consumer Electronics Show (the largest show in the United States) has joined NTP as the Executive Director of Marketing for their Client Events Division; and Carrie Jolly, who has been a Director of Marketing at NTP for many years, will move to Creative Solutions Group (CSG) as a Account Director.

About National Trade Productions
Celebrating its 30th anniversary, National Trade Productions is a leader in the production, management, and marketing of trade expositions, conferences and special events. NTP has expertise in a variety of industries, including security, transportation, government, communications, health care, public works, information technology, education, manufacturing and engineering. NTP also has the industry's longest history of launching and producing events for the federal government, including GOVSEC, U.S. LAW, and FOSE.

NTP’s creative division, Creative Solutions Group (CSG), offers associations, show organizers and corporation’s leading edge strategy, design and creative services to complement NTP’s legacy of marketing expertise. CSG is a full service agency that specializes in marketing strategy and campaign development, copywriting, graphic design, branding and identity, and Web development. For more information on NTP call 703-683-8500 or visit www.ntpshow.com. To learn more about CSG, visit www.csgcreative.com.

Tamara Christian, CEO, National Trade Productions	Paige Cardwell, President, Creative Solutions Group
Jennifer Hoff, General Manager, National Trade Productions	Glenn Feder, President of Client Events, National Trae Productions

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