Marport Dealer Conference – 2009
Marport’s 2009 Dealer Conference 2009 was held at the beautiful Hyatt Grand Cypress Hotel & Resort in Orlando, Florida from April 2 – 5, 2009.
The conference brought together over 70 delegates from around the world to learn about Marport’s Software Defined Sonar technology platform for commercial fishing applications. The delegates received sales, marketing and technical training, shared their experiences and made feature recommendations for new products currently under development. The conference also offered delegates the opportunity to interact with Marport’s sales and product engineering team. The group discovered Marport’s vision for future products and discussed ideas for specific market enhancements for those products.
Karl Kenny, Marport’s President and CEO said, “This event was a significant marketing opportunity for our company. It also provided a hand-on forum for our customers to have an in-depth review of our technology innovations and to provide direction on how we can meet their future market requirements. The 2009 conference was a unique opportunity for delegates to work and socialize in a superb environment. The delegates generously shared their experiences and provided guidance for our future product development. We really appreciate the excellent turnout and are very grateful for their advice and continued support.”
Delegates attended from around the world including Argentina, Canada, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Iceland, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Scotland, South Africa, Spain and the United States.
On Friday evening, Marport hosted an Appreciation Dinner and awarded delegates in several categories:
Partner of the Year – Koden Electronics Co. Ltd.
Peter Ito from Koden accepts the award from Oskar Axelsson, Marport’s Executive Vice President and General Manager, Commercial Fisheries.
Supplier of the Year – Airmar Technology Corporation
Steve Boucher, President of Airmar, accepts the award from Oskar Axelsson.
Customer of the Year – Katla Seafoods, Iceland
Due to a schedule conflict, representatives from Katla Seafoods were unfortunately unable to attend the event. The award was accepted on their behalf by Oskar Axelsson.
Captain of the Year – Captain Birgir Thor Sverrrisson, F/V Vestmannaey VE 444
Captain Sverrrisson accepts the award from Oskar Axelsson.
Dealer of the Year: Service – Lunde Marine Electronics / TNT, Seattle, Washington
Tor Tollessen, President of Lunde Marine enthusiastically accepts the award on behalf of Lunde and TNT from Oskar Axelsson.
Dealer of the Year: Revenue – Inter-Trade Electronics, St. Petersburg, Russia
Alexander Olkhovitch, accepts the award and a $5000 prize as Dealer of the Year with Top Revenue from Oskar Axelsson. Congratulations, Alexander!!
We will have additional news about the hilarious Marport Maritime Mania event on tomorrow’s blog.
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