{"id":10447,"date":"2012-10-24T04:00:49","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T08:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/news\/?p=10447"},"modified":"2012-10-23T23:40:43","modified_gmt":"2012-10-24T03:40:43","slug":"2000-energize-smart-tan-downtown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/2000-energize-smart-tan-downtown\/","title":{"rendered":"2,000+ Energize Smart Tan Downtown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With packed classrooms and an energetic exhibit floor, Smart Tan\u2019s 17th Annual Convention kicked off the 2013 tanning season last weekend with education, exhibits and entertainment worthy of the next generation in professional indoor tanning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to everyone in the Smart Tan family of salons and suppliers who made this event a success,\u201d Smart Tan Executive Director Joseph Levy said. \u201cThere are so many wonderful, dedicated professionals in this market who are defining the next generation in professional indoor tanning. This is an exciting time for all of us, and we like to think this convention and exhibition plays a role in charging everyone up for the season to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_9493.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10450 alignleft\" style=\"margin: 5px; border: 0px;\" title=\"IMG_9493\" src=\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_9493-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Olympic Decathlon Champion Bruce Jenner received high marks as the event\u2019s keynote speaker, and business education sessions \u2014 organized as an indoor tanning business \u201cboot camp\u201d \u2014 engaged attendees with new ideas for the coming year. Supplier parties and a very energetic exhibit floor rounded out the event, held at the Downtown Nashville Convention Center.<\/p>\n<p>Early reviews of the convention from exhibitors and attendees have been positive:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>\u201c(We) absolutely loved the show this year. I came back with so much to implement differently in how I have been doing things,\u201d \u2014\u00a0Sherry Vance Chandler, of Tan \u2018N Tone in Christiansburg, Virginia, on SmartTan\u2019s Facebook page.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>\u201cWe are now armed with lots of great information and ideas&#8230;ready for a successful 2013 season!!\u201d \u2014\u00a0Jessica Hunter Hilliker<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><\/em><em>\u201cLots of knowledge&#8230; lots of fun&#8230; thank you!\u201d <em>\u2014<\/em>\u00a0Beach House Tanning Club, in Manchester, Conn.<\/em><br \/>\n<em><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>\u201cBest Convention EVER!\u201d <em>\u2014<\/em>\u00a0Cindy Thibodeau Grogan<\/em><br \/>\n<em><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>\u201cThanks for all the hard work the SmartTan team put in for this event! It was awesome!\u201d <em>\u2014<\/em>\u00a0Laura Motes Gilbert<\/em><br \/>\n<em><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>\u201cWhat an awesome first experience!! Can not wait to come back next year!! <em>\u2014<\/em>\u00a0TanGO Cloth USA<\/em><br \/>\n<em><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>\u201cHad an amazing trip (as always)!! Thanks for all your hard work!!\u201d <em>\u2014<\/em>\u00a0Sun Oasis Tanning Center<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With packed classrooms and an energetic exhibit floor, Smart Tan\u2019s 17th Annual Convention kicked off the 2013 tanning season last weekend with education, exhibits and entertainment worthy of the next generation in professional indoor tanning. \u201cThank you to everyone in the Smart Tan family of salons and suppliers who made this event a success,\u201d Smart [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2,000+ Energize Smart Tan Downtown - 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