The board’s five sponsoring associations -- ASCER (Spain’s Ceramic Tile Manufacturers Association), Assopiastrelle (Association of Italian Ceramic Tile and Refractories Manufacturers), CTDA (Ceramic Tile Distributors Associations), NTCA (National Tile Contractors Association) and TCA (Tile Council of America) -- unanimously selected NTP. In making the announcement, the board thanked Trade Show International (TSI) and Skip Mason, who had managed the show until now.

NTP, based in Alexandria, Va., brings more than 27 years of trade show experience and corporate event success to the partnership. The next edition of Coverings, which NTP will produce, will take place March 23-26, 2004, at the Orlando County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla.