Steve Morris Leaving Advanstar to Form New Venture


WOODLAND HILLS, CA--(Marketwire - October 29, 2010) -  Advanstar Communications Inc., a leading worldwide media company providing integrated marketing solutions for the Fashion, Life Sciences, and Powersports industries, today announced that Steve Morris, Executive Vice President of Advanstar's Healthcare Group, is leaving to run Intervention Point, Inc., an international services group focused on filling the need for sustainable education and information services in the healthcare and learning design fields outside North America.

Morris has led Advanstar's Healthcare Group since 2005, and prior to that was COO of Metro International Newspapers for the Americas and Asia.

About Advanstar
Advanstar Communications Inc. (www.advanstar.com) is a leading worldwide media company providing integrated marketing solutions for the Fashion, Life Sciences and Powersports industries. Advanstar serves business professionals and consumers in these industries with its portfolio of 141 events, 60 publications and directories, 233 electronic products and Web sites, as well as educational and direct marketing products and services. Market leading brands and a commitment to delivering innovative, quality products and services enable Advanstar to "Connect Our Customers With Theirs." Advanstar has approximately 600 employees and currently operates from multiple offices in North America and Europe.

About Intervention Point
Intervention Point, Inc. is an international services group focused on filling the need for sustainable education and information services in the healthcare and learning design fields outside North America. Intervention Point is based in Newtown, PA. The company's founder and CEO Steve Morris can be reached at smorris@interventionpoint.com.

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