Article: Southern comfort: RTDA Convention & Trade Show heads to the Big Easy, New Orleans.(SHOW PREVIEW)(Calendar)

With its arrival in New Orleans, the Retail Tobacco Dealers of America has adopted a theme of "Big & Easy" for this year's RTDA Convention & International Trade Show, the association's 73rd.

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Namely, with over 300 exhibiting companies, 1,200 booths and 200,000 square feet of exhibit space, the show promises to be "Big," while its all-in-one location at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center will make it "Easy" to navigate.

Set for Aug. 6-10 in the Crescent City, RTDA 2005 will offer attendees four days and a whopping 25 hours of access to the trade-show floor, where they'll be able to sample the latest and greatest that ...

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