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IDA COLUMN<br />
The IDA Ushers<br />
in <strong>2022</strong> at Mobile<br />
Tech Expo<br />
International Detailing<br />
Association starts the<br />
year strong at MTE Orlando<br />
By Erin Reyes,<br />
IDA Communications Coordinator<br />
Do you remember that first-day-ofschool<br />
feeling? The anticipation of going<br />
back to school after summer vacation. Seeing<br />
old friends and catching up about all<br />
your fun summer adventures. Meeting new<br />
teachers and classmates. Knowing that the<br />
year ahead held infinite possibilities.<br />
Well, multiply that feeling by the thousands,<br />
and you might get near capturing<br />
the excitement that was in the air at Mobile<br />
Tech Expo (MTE) in Orlando, Florida<br />
at the end of January.<br />
After nearly two years apart, the International<br />
Detailing Association (IDA)<br />
was so excited to once again be a part of<br />
the biggest detailing industry tradeshow<br />
of the year. Members enjoyed the opportunity<br />
to be able to get together with familiar<br />
faces that they had not seen in person<br />
since MTE Orlando 2020. Although<br />
some members had been able to gather at<br />
the Southern Detailers Conference (SDC)<br />
in Lexington, Kentucky last year, it certainly<br />
was not as large scale as the regular<br />
gathering at MTE.<br />
As usual, the IDA kicked off its time at<br />
the show with a day-long board retreat,<br />
with board members and committee<br />
leaders coming together to plan the orga-<br />
16 | AUTO DETAILING NEWS | VOL. 7, NO. 5 • <strong>SPRING</strong> <strong>2022</strong>
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