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Article: SCAA Conference & Trade Show: attendance figure break all records. (Specialty Coffee Association of America Conference and Trade Show, 1993)(Grounds for Discussion) (Column)
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- Tea & Coffee Trade Journal
- Article date:
- June 1, 1993
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Anyone who thought Seattle's location was the big draw to last year's Specialty Coffee Association of America's (SCAA) Conference & Trade Show should have been in Boston in May. Seattle's record of 1,700+ attendees was broken by the almost 3,000 attendees of the Boston show.
The number of exhibitors almost doubled from last year and could easily have tripled if booth space had been available. As a result of the show, the SCAA's membership has edged to the 1,000+ mark. There is no doubt about it, this conference has become the place to see and be seen if you are in the specialty coffee industry.
Last year in Seattle, the response was so overwhelming, ...