Five companies submitted proposals for the job. “It was a tough decision, but with many other factors being equal, we weighed in GES’s history and familiarity with the show,” said John Riddle, president of Riddle & Associates, the Clean Show’s management company.

The biennial Clean Show is sponsored jointly by six national industry associations: Association for Linen Management (formerly NAILM), Coin Laundry Association, Drycleaning & Laundry Institute (formerly IFI), Textile Care Allied Trades Association, Textile Rental Services Association of America, and Uniform & Textile Service Association.