New Generation of Pet Businesses Takes Tips From the Pros at Pet Services Expo

PHOENIX, AZ, March 3, 2005 -- The pet services industries are booming, and a new generation of entrepreneurs wants to know how to get into the business of giving America’s pets the royal treatment. The Pet Services Expo, to be presented April 4-10 in Scottsdale, Arizona, and September 26-October 2 in Charleston, South Carolina, responds to their need for information by delivering seven days of intensive seminars on the various pet service businesses. The seminars, presented by internationally-recognized leaders in their respective areas of expertise, will help newcomers and those who want to expand to obtain the broad base of information they need to be successful.

Caroline Roden, President of Pet Services Expo, explains: “In America, the family pet often enjoys the elevated status of a full-fledged family member, and pet owners are demanding, and getting, special care and treatment for these pets. The various segments of the Pet Service Industry are enjoying runaway growth.” Ms. Roden describes: pet resorts offering not only upscale pet boarding accommodations, but play and camping programs, health spas, swimming pools and extensive retail sales areas; modern pet grooming salons that rival the finest human beauty shops; new dog day care centers that book to capacity almost as soon as they open; and dog training businesses and other segments of the industry that are also experiencing rapidly-increasing demand for services.

Jim Krack, the Executive Director of ABKA, the international trade association for pet care service providers (www.ABKA.com) and the official sponsor of Pet Services Expo’s information-packed event, says, “Anyone who is seriously considering starting or expanding a pet service business should make it a priority to attend the Pet Services Expo. The unique program provides attendees with a wealth of information on how to establish and manage pet boarding facilities, facilities design and equipment, all-suites boarding, dog day care centers, pet grooming shops and mobile grooming, dog training businesses, and retail sales departments.”

For more information on the complete Pet Services Expo program, or to register for some or all of the individual seminars, log on to www.petservicesexpo.com, or call 928-772-4661.

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