ATLANTA - The Healthcare Convention & Exhibitors Association (HCEA) has published the 104th edition of its Directory of Healthcare Meetings and Conventions, which contains hundreds of pages listing healthcare meetings around the world and covering every medical field. The Directory is an important tool that healthcare convention marketers use to schedule their exhibit programs.

Pharmaceutical and medical device exhibit marketers, healthcare association exhibition managers and exhibit designers and builders all use the Directory, which has data on more than 2,100 organizations that will hold healthcare conventions in 2005, 2006 and beyond. The meeting information includes CME contacts, attendee and exhibitor profiles, Web sites, membership numbers, exhibit booth prices, projected attendance and historical meeting information. The Directory also includes useful chronological, geographical, keyword and acronym indexes; complete contact information for HCEA's nearly 700 member organizations; and a Yellow Pages-style guide to the latest products and services for the industry.

HCEA member organizations receive the Directory free with membership (extra copies for members are $69), and the price for non-members is $245.

For more information about the 104th edition of the HCEA Directory or about HCEA, visit the HCEA Web site at www.hcea.org, or contact HCEA Headquarters at 404-252-3663, fax: 404-252-0774 or e-mail: hcea@kellencompany.com.

HCEA is the only association solely dedicated to improving the effectiveness of all conventions, meetings and exhibitions for the healthcare industry. HCEA represents nearly 700 member organizations involved in healthcare exhibitions and conventions.

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