Register for the 2016 Marine Dealer Conference & Expo before Aug. 31 and receive a comprehensive VIP Event Planning Kit, offering numerous opportunities to maximize your team’s success while in Orlando. Designed to help marine retailers customize their MDCE experience, the VIP Kit will guide attendees through every aspect of the show, from its Expo […]

Orlando — Workforce trends and generational dynamics are challenging boating industry professionals to rethink how they work in and lead their businesses. That’s why organizers of 2016 Marine Dealer Conference & Expo have added a third keynote address to the event’s educational agenda, hiring Seth Mattison – founder and Chief Movement Officer of FutureSight Labs […]

  A veteran MDCE presenter who has received some of the conference’s highest ratings, Dantzler is a dealership consultant who moderates several 20 Groups and is the founder of Sam’s Watersports Dock — a virtual training portal for marine retailers. His keynote address, titled “Change: It’s the Only Option” and scheduled for 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, […]

A total of 169 retailers registered for the 2016 Marine Dealer Conference & Expo during the month of April, two more than the high water mark set last year. Those taking advantage of the month’s special pricing enjoyed a $50 instant savings over the full price ticket — with members of the Marine Retailers Association […]

Are you a marine retailer with a recent strategy or best practice that is delivering outstanding results? If so, organizers of the annual Marine Dealer Conference & Expo invite you to respond to their Call for Dealer Case Studies, which will close on Friday, April 29. Each Dealer Case Study will take the form of […]

“We are proud to maintain the same low rate for MDCE retail registration that we’ve offered for the past several years, while adding fresh value for attendees,” MRAA Vice President Liz Walz said. “As the boating market has begun to rebound, this has allowed many dealers to increase the number of employees they bring to […]

Marine industry conference now taking proposals from speakers interested in presenting this December Presentations should be directed at an audience of marine dealership professionals, from dealership principals and general managers to employees and managers working in sales, marketing, service, parts, accessories, finance and insurance, boat rentals/clubs and marina operations. The deadline to submit a proposal […]

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CONTACT: Jonathan Sweet, 763-383-4419; jsweet@boatingindustry.com MDCE names Best Ideas finalists   The four finalists for the Best Idea of the Year will offer insight on the marketing ideas that have worked to grow their dealerships in a panel discussion moderated by Boating Industry editor-in-chief Jonathan Sweet.  The Dealer-to-Dealer: Best Ideas Panel will be 10:15-11:30 a.m., […]