Industry’s most authoritative profit-building event offers complimentary rooms for meetings of up to 140 dealers, pre- and post-summit

SALT LAKE CITY, UT – June 27, 2012 – The 2012 DrivingSales Executive Summit (DSES), the most authoritative profit-building event for innovative dealers, is providing private meeting space so dealer attendees can further facilitate peer-sharing, discussion and implementation of the summit’s best-practices information. The meeting rooms are available on a first come, first served basis at no extra charge* at the fourth annual summit which will be held Sunday, October 21^st through Tuesday, October 23^rd, 2012 at the Bellagio Las Vegas. Early Bird registration is now available through August 15^th for the 2012 DrivingSales Executive Summit Automotive Conference.

“The DrivingSales Executive Summit is known for providing the most important, actionable, and leading-edge information to the industry’s most progressive dealers -- all in a collaborative environment. This year, we take it one step further by supplementing our general sessions, workshops and breakout groups with the more intimate environment of  private group meetings - ideal for pre-DSES prep and/or post-DSES wrap up and action items,” said DrivingSales CEO and Founder Jared Hamilton.

The private meeting rooms provide a productive opportunity for dealers with coinciding interests to meet before the summit to map out their game plan for getting the best of what DSES has to offer -- or, after the event, to discuss takeaways from the conference and formulate their plans for execution upon returning to the dealership. The Bellagio meeting rooms, available to a limited number of groups, are adjacent to the summit and each can accommodate a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 140 attendees. Dealer groups, state and dealer associations, as well as OEM and vendor dealer groups are eligible to reserve meeting space.

Like the summit itself, the DSES private group meetings are specifically intended for the most advanced dealer principals and dealership executives in the industry. Those who apply to host a DSES private meeting will be asked to invite dealers only. Additionally, DrivingSales can provide experienced moderators for any of the private group meetings, upon request.

The DrivingSales Executive Summit is 100% dealer driven and designed specifically for the most advanced dealer principals and dealership executives in the industry. The summit has a vendor-neutral policy, meaning no vendor influence on presentation selection and adherence to a strict dealer-to-vendor ratio.  The DrivingSales Executive Summit is the only automotive conference where dealers decide the agenda, not the vendor sponsors. This translates into the highest level of learning for the dealer attendees versus other events where workshops are little more than glorified sales pitches.

This year’s summit features keynotes from Billy Beane, Facebook and Google, with many more keynotes to be announced.

Please visit http://drivingsalesexecutivesummit.com/private-meeting-registration/ or email dses@drivingsales.com to reserve a private group meeting room today.

Last year's summit was standing room only, and although DSES 2012 will allow for an expanded number of registrants, it is expected to sell out quickly. To register for the event, and take advantage of early-bird registration through August 15^th, visit: http://drivingsalesexecutivesummit.com/registration/.

For more information about the DrivingSales Executive Summit, visit: www.DrivingSalesExecutiveSummit.com or contact dses@drivingsales.com. Stay tuned for DSES news as it develops on www.twitter.com/drivingsales and on facebook.com/drivingsales. Participate in the conversation with the #DSES hashtag as preparations continue throughout the year.

*A minimum of 20 dealers must attend in order to qualify for free meeting space. Companies or dealer groups hosting the meeting will be required to buy a bulk group of tickets, at a discount rate. All dealers attending the meetings must be registered for DSES.  Additional items such as A/V equipment, food, and drink are not included.

About DrivingSales

Founded in 2008 and dedicated to the dealer community, DrivingSales is a business intelligence and data company that delivers unbiased*, profit-building information to make automobile dealers more successful through three distinct channels: DrivingSales Data, DrivingSales University and DrivingSales Media. DrivingSales Data houses the largest database of cross-vendor, dealership performance data in the North American auto industry and provides dealerships with the most statistically accurate performance benchmarks and metrics for their marketing and technology investments. DrivingSales University is a fully interactive online university that offers advanced profit-building strategies to automotive professionals through hundreds of classes taught by world-leading experts. DrivingSales Media connects dealers to peers and information through its global media assets, including DrivingSales.com, the world’s largest automotive social network; The Dealership Innovation Guide, an industry leading quarterly publication; DrivingSales Executive Summit, the top automotive conference for progressive dealers, and DrivingSalesTV, Web TV covering everything car-dealer related. Approximately one in every three dealerships in the United States has a registered member in the DrivingSales community.

*Vendor Neutral Policy: Dedicated solely to making dealerships more profitable, while also providing benefit to automakers and the industry as a whole, DrivingSales adheres to a strict vendor neutral policy through each of its channels. This means the company only provides unbiased information, not ‘pay-to-play’ follow up services -- and never accepts payment in exchange for media coverage or lets potential advertisers dictate messaging or create bias in any of its channels.

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