Traditionally, OASIS has always employed an Executive Director and staff to produce the bi-annual show. As the current Executive Director, Dana Floyd will be retiring in 2008, and in keeping with current trends, the OASIS Board of Directors has opted to hire an Event Management Company to manage and guide the OASIS Gift Show into the future. The association, in itself, has not changed and is still governed by the Board of Directors and its pertaining Bylaws and operational guidelines.

OASIS is proud to announce that KKT Event Management, LLC owned by Kevin and Kristi Thomas will be the official management company for OASIS starting September 1, 2007. The OASIS Board of Directors interviewed several management companies and recognized that KKT had the expertise, knowledge and strengths that OASIS needed to make a seamless transition in producing the bi-annual tradeshow and continue its growth and success. Kristi Thomas has been and will remain ‘the face’ of OASIS. As the Show Manager for the past 8 years, she has a vested interest in the success of the show and the organization as a whole. Kevin Thomas has a diverse background in tourism and events ranging from CVB experience as a National Sales Manager to being the National Event Manager for a 70,000 member motorcycle association.

“We’re very excited about transitioning to a management company. In this day and age, we felt it was in the best interest of our members and exhibitors to stay fresh and innovative in order to compete within the industry and continue the success of our shows” says OASIS Chair, Mary Jane McKitis.

“We’re extremely pleased about this new partnership” states Kevin Thomas of KKT Event Management, LLC. “OASIS has continually been a competing force in the gift show industry and having recently moved to the new, state of the art, University of Phoenix Stadium, home of Super Bowl 2008 in booming Glendale, Arizona, we have no doubt about its continued growth and success.”

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