2024 LP Gas Growth Summit draws about 80 to Orlando

Clockwise from top left, Thermotane Propane’s Kristen Williams and Mark Witt visit with Warm Thoughts Communications’ Ashley Campbell and Jason Erwin at the 2024 LP Gas Growth Summit. (Photo by LP Gas staff)

The ninth annual LP Gas Growth Summit kicked off today at Reunion Resort in the Orlando, Florida, area with about 80 members of the propane industry participating in a variety of networking events.

The Growth Summit, which launched in 2015, brings retail propane company decision-makers together with industry partners to discuss growth opportunities and ways for retailers to improve their operations. The event’s tagline is “building propane partnerships.”

This year’s Summit drew more than 20 retail propane companies, with attendees arriving from 18 states, while a record number of partner companies (20), representing a variety of equipment and services categories, attended one of the industry’s final events of the calendar year.

“We’re excited to have so many retailers and partners join us this year,” says LP Gas Publisher Brian Kanaba. “We know the retailers are ready to learn about growth opportunities for their businesses, and the partners are ready to showcase offerings to help the retailers meet their goals. Without a doubt, this is a special year for the Summit.”

The event features one-on-one meetings between retailers and partners, educational opportunities and other networking functions.

The one-on-one meetings serve as the foundation of the Growth Summit, as retailers and partners follow their respective meeting schedules prepared by LP Gas. Retailers rotate among the resort’s Grande Tower suites to visit with each of the partners. Each meeting lasts 20 minutes.

Pat Hyland, who retired this month after 27 years in the propane industry, the last 12 with the Propane Education & Research Council, will address the group and share his perspectives as a leader with PERC and previously as the editor of LP Gas magazine. Similarly, several propane retailers will lend their insights about the propane industry during a panel discussion.

The Growth Summit also presents other networking opportunities for retailers and partners, including a welcome reception, golf outing, a luncheon for non-golfers and a barbecue.

Growth Summit partners participating this year are ADD Systems; Anova; Cargas; Gray, Gray & Gray; IPS; Legacy Energy Consulting; LP Cylinder Service; Metsa; Mopeka; Nexio; One-Tank; Otodata; P3 Propane Safety; PDI Technologies; Precise Alternative Fleet Solutions; Quality Steel; Rural Computer Consultants; Tiger Payment Solutions; Warm Thoughts Communications; and Westmor.

Read some of the Growth Summit’s success stories over the years.

LP Gas will feature Growth Summit coverage in the October issue.