Las Vegas, NV – February, 2006 – The World Tea Expo, the nation’s premier marketplace for the tea industry, announced yesterday that it has officially sold out of exhibit space for this year’s event. The three-day Expo, kicking off on Monday, March 27 at the Las Vegas Hilton, has continued to grow since its inception in 2003 and, this year, will feature more tea industry exhibitors and buyers than ever. In over 70,000 square feet of space, over 200 exhibitors and 3,000 buyers are expected. Show management is currently working with the fire marshal to add more booths and a wait list for potential exhibitors has been started.

“It’s really going to be an exceptional year,” says Vanessa Kelley, Director of Marketing for the World Tea Expo. “We’ve broken every registration record to date and our list of buyers is bigger and more impressive than ever - and it’s still growing.” Attendees at the Expo will include hundreds of buyers from tea rooms and tea shops, as well as major supermarket chains, restaurants, hotels, and casinos. Notable buyers this year include Amazon.com, Wegmans, Whole Foods, Jamba Juice, Trader Joes, Panda Restaurant Group, Hyatt Hotels, the Venetian Hotel/Casino, H.E. Butt Grocery Company, and Loblaw, Canada’s largest food distributor.

Officials at the World Tea Expo see this tremendous growth as a great sign for the tea industry. “The overwhelming demand for participation in the World Tea Expo is validation to us that the tea industry is
experiencing the exponential growth that has been forecasted,” says George Jage, president and founder of the World Tea Expo. “We created this event to be a catalyst for this growth and it’s very exciting to be a part of it.” More information on the Expo, including registration and event schedules, is available at www.worldteaexpo.com

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