Las Vegas-based GES Exposition Services, a subsidiary of Viad Corp (NYSE: VVI), services every major exhibition and event market across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and in Abu Dhabi through the GES Worldwide Network. Some of the products and services on display at the American Coatings Show 2010 will include coating raw materials, laboratory and production technology, testing and measuring technology, environmental protection and occupational health and safety and services. 'GES is pleased to leverage our experience with worldwide events to execute a show that extends the brand of the European Coatings Show from Germany to the United States,' said GES Executive Vice President and Chief Sales & Marketing Officer Steve Moster. 'We continue to be impressed with GES' commitment to clients and their experience with European shows held in the United States.' 'We had a very successful inaugural show with GES in 2008, and we look forward to even greater success at American Coatings Show 2010,' said Managing Director of NürnbergMesse North America Dirk Ebener, one of the show's organizers. GES received high satisfaction scores on the show's 2008 exhibitor satisfaction survey.

The 2008 show featured 331 exhibitors and welcomed about 5,600 attendees from 48 countries with 750 people from 25 countries attending the associated conference. GES was awarded the American Coatings Show 2010 after producing the successful debut of the American Coatings Show in 2008.

The conference begins one day earlier and runs April 12 through April 14. The trade show will be held April 13 through Apat the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, NC. GES Exposition Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Viad Corp (NYSE: VVI) and a leader in exhibition and event services, today announced that it was selected as the official services contractor for the American Coatings Show 2010, the leading trade show for the paint and coatings industry.

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