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Toronto,
Canada - July 3, 2007 - David Adler, C.E.O. and Founder
of BizBash Media, the leading trade media for event
and meeting planners, with operations in New York,
Los Angeles, Florida, Toronto, and Washington, D.C.,
announced today that the company has named Sabina Pirri
as Publisher and Robyn Small as Vice President for
its Toronto operations and will also be the Editor
of Toronto Masterplanner which has recently been acquired
by BizBash. Pirri was previously senior account manager
with Bizbash and was President and CEO of SAMI Global
Marketing Ltd. Small previously was BizBash's Toronto
managing editor.
As publisher, Pirri takes on the role as the senior
sales executive in Toronto and as Vice President, Small
will be managing Toronto's annual trade show for event
planners, the annual award show and will also be the
Editor of Toronto Masterplanner which has recently
been acquired by BizBash. Masterplanner is the clearinghouse
for events so that both corporate and non profits schedule
their events on days that don't conflict or compete
inappropriately.
Adler
said, "Sabina and Robyn will be the core of our Toronto
publishing team. Both have excellent reputations and
have proven knowledge of the event world."
"We are thrilled to be doing so well in the Toronto
market," said David Adler, "BizBash has been publishing
in Toronto for almost five years. Web traffic has grown
over 70 percent in the past year alone, showing that
the Toronto event community has embraced the Web to
help its event planning needs. BizBash is the largest
Web site in the world from a visitor perspective, with
over 300,000 unique users monthly in North America.
Toronto's site has grown to over 50,000 unique monthly
users."
BizBash Media provides ideas and resources for anyone
who plans, designs, or influences corporate and nonprofit
events. The company publishes magazines and Web sites
and produces trade shows for the event industry in
New York, Florida, Toronto, Los Angeles, Washington,
D.C., and will expand to Chicago in 2008.
Masterplanner Calendar is the online, subscription-based
calendar service created to serve the scheduling and
specialized information needs of the entire spectrum
of event decision makers, corporate and professional
event planners, nonprofit leaders and affluent consumers
who plan social, business and fundraising activities.
Founded in 1986, Masterplanner currently serves the
New York, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. markets
with expansion into Chicago and Toronto planned in
2008.
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