The International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) and the National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA) will conduct their two conferences during the same dates at the same location. The 2012 IBWA Annual Business Conference and Tabletop Trade Show will be Nov. 12-16, and the 2012 NAMA CoffeeTea&Water event will be Nov. 13-15. Both conferences will be at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in New Orleans.
Overall consumption of bottled water increased by 3.5 percent in the United States in 2010, according to the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA), Alexandria, Va. The association released its 2010 bottled water statistics, which were compiled by Beverage Marketing Corp. (BMC).
