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2013 IDA CONVENTION AND TRADE SHOW SUNDAY, OCT 6 – PRE-TOUR BEGINS Pre-tour attendees arrive in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada to stay at the Fantasyland Hotel (www.fantasylandhotel.com) Hotel is adjacent to the largest shopping mall and activity center in Canada Attendees responsible for own transportation from airport to hotel Sunday night reception and hotel stay included in the tour package MONDAY, OCT 7 – COMPANY TOURS Hotel – Breakfast for pre-tour attendees Facility tours of 4 IDA member companies: Arrowwest (www.arrowwest.com) Black Cat Blades (www.blackcatblades.com) Titan Supply (www.titansupply.ca) Union Tractor Ltd. (www.uniontractor.com) Luncheon provided by Black Cat Blades Dinner provided at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge (www.fairmont.com/jasper) Hotel stay in Jasper MAKE YOUR RESERVATION NOW! Banff is a very popular destination for visitors from around the world. Rooms reserved for the IDA event will be taken fast. You do not want to miss the opportunity to enjoy this fabulous area. TUESDAY, OCT 8 – EXPLORE THE CANADIAN ROCKY MOUNTAINS Hotel – Breakfast Jasper Tram and Colombia Ice Fields Tour The Jasper Tramway whisks attendees up Whistler's Mountain to an elevation of 2,277 meters (7,472 feet) for stunning vistas over mountain ranges stretching up to 80 km away. Interpretive exhibits explain the high alpine environment, and a hiking trail leads to the summit of the mountain. Lunch will be enjoyed before traveling down the mountain. The tour travels the Icefields Parkway between Jasper and Banff to one of the six principal "toes" of the Columbia Icefields, the Athabasca Glacier. Specially designed snow coaches transport travelers over the steep grades, snow and ice (some over 400 years old). Attendees are invited to walk on the glacier (300 to 980 feet thick). The day ends with dinner and a night's stay at a majestic, inspiring, pristine chateau nestled in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Standing stately on the shores of a glacier lake, the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise is a diamond in the wilderness. WEDNESDAY, OCT 9 – GOLF TOURNAMENT and OPENING RECEPTION After breakfast, early tour bus will leave for Banff Springs to assure timely arrival at the tournament. A second bus will bring the rest of the group at a more leisurely pace to enjoy Lake Louise. Golf tournament Opening Reception at the Banff Hotel THURSDAY, OCT 10 – SEMINARS and BOOTH SETUP General Session with speakers and membership meeting Spouses' tour Luncheon Board of Directors meeting Trade Show set-up FRIDAY, OCT 11 – IDA SHOW and DINNER/ ENTERTAINMENT IDA – International heavy equipment parts trade show all day Luncheon Reception Dinner, Entertainment and Dance 12 Independent Distributors Association 3030 LBJ Freeway, Suite #700 Dallas, Texas 75234 Ph: 972-241-1124 Fax: 214-722-7658 info@idaparts.org www.idaparts.org Register by enclosed form OR online at www.idaparts.org