ScanSource Europe announces new dates for partner tour

ScanSource Europe has announced a host of new dates for its partner tour, bringing the event to resellers across Europe.

In October, ScanSource will visit Sweden, France and Spain, before stopping off in Germany and Italy in November. The partner tour will reach Poland in March 2010. Registration for all six events is open now and more information can be found online at http://www.partnertour.eu/.

‘We’re excited to have the opportunity to visit so many different countries,’ said Xavier Cartiaux, managing director, ScanSource Europe. ‘The aim of the partner tour is for ScanSource to come to our resellers and give them everything they need – best-of-breed vendors exhibiting the latest solutions, sales training and networking opportunities – in a location near them. For four of the next six dates it will be the first time we’ve done a partner tour in that country, so we’re looking forward to engaging with our partners locally and finding out how we can help them grow their business.’ 

The first event of the year, held in Den Bosch, the Netherlands, on May 12 for ScanSource’s Dutch-speaking resellers, took place at the Talent Factory, a converted warehouse, and was visited by 150 people. 250 people were in attendance at the UK event, which was hosted at Villa Park, Birmingham on June 4.

Attendees were able to network with ScanSource employees and representatives from the distributor’s vendor partners. In addition, many ISVs were in attendance to showcase their solutions. The Den Bosch event saw 16 vendors exhibiting, while there were 27 in Birmingham.

Both events offered a sales training session from Richard Denny, one of the foremost motivational business speakers in the UK. ‘The motivational talk was good at making one stop and think about strategies that could be put into action, to beneficial effect,’ said attendee Kees Spitters of Codeway. ‘The networking opportunities were really valuable – the partner tour gave us the opportunity to meet with a range of vendors and ISVs all within one day.’

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