Essensa Enters into Exclusive Agreement with the ECHL
December 17, 2014 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
NEW YORK - Essensa, a national group purchasing organization, is pleased to announce its exclusive sponsorship agreement with the ECHL, the Premier "ﾂ連A' Hockey League in North America. Essensa will provide significant savings for the governing body of the league serving as the exclusive group purchasing organization of the ECHL, and will also become the Presenting Sponsor of the ECHL League Board of Governor and Marketing Meetings held in June each year. The agreement, which was brokered by Denver-based Impression Sports & Entertainment, runs for one year and may be extended through the 2018-19 season.
As part of this agreement, Essensa will offer ECHL access to contracted discounts on a wide variety of products and services used in day-to-day business operations, such as foodservice, office supplies, telecommunications equipment, laundry services, and facility management. Essensa will also regularly analyze the organization's total business spend, track spending patterns, identify new savings opportunities, and enable the ECHL and its teams to pay consistently lower prices for the products they use.
"For more than five years, we have been helping the teams and organizations in the sports and recreation industry reduce procurement costs for their essential goods and services," said John P. Sganga, President, Essensa. "We are thrilled to have the opportunity to serve ECHL and their fans, and look forward to helping them operate more competitively in a variety of business areas."
"We are extremely excited to partner with Essensa and participate in the business savings opportunities that they offer," said Ryan Crelin, Senior Vice President of Business Operations for the ECHL. "Our goal is to take advantage of their unique cost-savings programs and allow fellow ECHL teams, fans, and business owners to learn more about how Essensa can help their bottom line."
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