Four Months Until IRTA’s Las Vegas Planet Hollywood Resort International Convention!
Happy New Year! As we move into 2025, we are are excited to remind you that the countdown has begun for IRTA’s highly anticipated International Convention – taking place from May 6th through May 8th, 2025 at the iconic Planet Hollywood Resort in Las Vegas. This event promises to be a vital networking and educational […]
IRTA Launches New Website!
IRTA is thrilled to announce its new website has gone LIVE effective today! Visit Our New Website! The team leader for the new website effort, Maria Wirth observes, “IRTA’s new website is crisp, clean and easy to navigate. It showcases IRTA’s & UC’s four decades plus of meaningful achievements for the organized trade industry and […]
Positive Industry News
TOGETHER STRONGER Articles Featuring IRTA & IRTA Trade Exchanges In these challenging Covid-19 times, trade exchanges are creatively pivoting to provide innovative solutions for their members. If you have positive news of your own that you’d like to share, please email the information to ron@irta.com. Thank you and be safe! We will get through this […]
IRTA Announces 2020 Virtual Convention for September 23rd to 25th!
With Covid-19 still spiking in over twenty states in the U.S., the IRTA global board of directors has wisely decided to hold a virtual convention from September 23rd through 25th this year. The three-day programming will be for three to four hours a day and include internationally renowned speakers and interactive sessions for the organized […]
Attendees Praise IRTA’s Virtual Convention!
Attendees Praise IRTA’s Virtual Convention!All Sessions Were Recorded for Post-Convention Viewing! IRTA made a courageous decision to hold a virtual convention during a global pandemic. The convention ran from September 23rd to 25th, 2020 and set an all-time IRTA convention attendance record with 209 attendees! Judging by the overwhelming acclamations pouring-in from the attendees, the […]
IRTA Now Offers CTB Course & Testing Online!
IRTA Now Offers Certified Trade Broker Course & Testing Online! In furtherance of IRTA’s ongoing commitment to provide quality educational programs for the barter industry, IRTA is pleased to announce that we have added the CTB, (including the CTB test), to our dedicated education site at www.irtaeducation.com. The IRTA education site also offers the Certified […]
UC Tops One Million For Third Straight Month in 2022
UC posted 1,009,494 of trading in March – making it the third straight month UC surpassed one million in 2022. Total trading for the first quarter was 3,260,780. Notable March Trade Sales: 315,000 Advertising Sales 50,0000 Jewelry Sales 125,000 Travel Sales Well done UC members! Thank you for helping make UC the finest inter-exchange platform […]
Ron Whitney Interviewed on BusinessX Podcast
IRTA CEO Ron Whitney has been interviewed on the BusinessX Podcast, hosted by Caroline Macdonald.
Important Message From IRTA’s Chairman of the Board
Dear Valued IRTA and Barter Industry Members: What a roller coaster the last few years have been, not only for the barter industry, but for all businesses globally! We had to navigate through a pandemic, a tough economy, climate change, and anything else that came our way – but we’re still here running our businesses […]
2023 IRTA Convention Recap
“Best Convention Ever” Reaps Big Trading Bump for IRTA Convention Attendees! Women Obtain Board Majority for 1st Time in IRTA’s History! Perfect weather, excellent seminars and an incredible spirit of camaraderie combined to deliver one of the finest IRTA conventions in decades. As Evan Kay from Trade Network International said, “it was one of the […]