ANNUAL EXPO BRINGS BUSINESSES TOGETHER.Byline: Jason Takenouchi Staff Writer VAN NUYS - The Greater San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. Valley's largest business-to- business expo took off Thursday at the Airtel Plaza Hotel The Plaza Hotel in New York City is a landmark 19-story luxury hotel with a height of 250 feet (76 m) and length of 400 feet that (122 m) occupies the west side of Grand Army Plaza, from which it derives its name, and extends along Central Park South in Manhattan. . Valley Business Expo/2000, hosted by the Mid Valley Chamber of Commerce, featured more than 50 exhibitors with several hundred people attending the event, organizers said. D.Y. Jones and Associates Inc. of Mission Hills had a booth at the expo for the first time. ``I decided this might be a good opportunity to meet potential clients,'' said Daniel Jones Noun 1. Daniel Jones - English phonetician (1881-1967) Jones , president and chief executive officer of the company that does private investigations for business. Crown Disposal Co. of Sun Valley has been to the show about eight times. Company representatives chatted with current clients and hoped to turn up some new business. ``It gives us an opportunity to put our name out in public,'' said Tom Ybarra, sales manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → at the family owned company. Nancy Hoffman, the chamber's chief executive officer, said businesses have different reasons for attending the annual event. ``Some people actually sign contracts with other people,'' Hoffman said. ``Some people are in the show just for exposure.'' The event was also billed as a mixer, she said. Mission Community Hospital in Panorama City has been at four expos. ``Every year this thing has gotten a little larger, and the quality of the booths has gotten a little better,'' said John Ford, the hospital's spokesman. The expo's major sponsors included the Daily News, Valley Presbyterian Hospital, the Mid Valley Chamber of Commerce, the Van Nuys Airport Van Nuys Airport (IATA: VNY, ICAO: KVNY, FAA LID: VNY) is a public airport located in Van Nuys, California in the San Fernando Valley, within the Los Angeles city limits. , the Automobile Club of Southern California The Automobile Club of Southern California was founded December 13, 1900 in Los Angeles as one of the nation's first motor clubs dedicated to improving roads, proposing traffic laws and improvement of overall driving conditions. , Shuttle by United Shuttle by United was a regional airline operated as a subsidiary of United Airlines from 1994 to 2001 along the West Coast of the United States. It provided air shuttle service between San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), and other , Paul Davis Insurance and Financial Services, the Valley Eye Center and Anheuser-Busch Inc. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: David Small, left, and Scott Semel chat in front of the New Your Life Insurance Company booth at Thursday's business-to-business expo. Andy Holzman/Staff Photographer |
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