TORONTO –

More than 300 people have already signed up for the 2012 Auto Remarking Canada Conference presented by CarProof and dealers are looking to be well represented again this year, making up nearly half of registered attendees thus far.

But for dealers and other used-car and remarketing industry professionals who haven’t registered for the event and are looking to take advantage of the early registration discount, the time to act is now.

The early registration deadline for the conference is Friday. The registration fee for non-dealer attendees will go from $795 (USD) to $995. The fee for dealers will climb from $395 to $595. (Dealers must contact Marilu McQuilkin at [email protected] to receive the discount).

Attendees are also advised to book their rooms as soon as possible. The conference discounted rate of $189 (CAD) is only good through Friday, as well.

For more information on the agenda, hotel, registration and more, visit http://arc.autoremarketing.com.

Sharing more about the dealer attendance, conference organizers said that recruitment efforts by sponsors and automakers to attract dealers to the event have been successful and interest among dealers is high.

In fact, as of this morning, there were 319 registered attendees, 43 percent of which were dealers. These dealers represent a wide array of provinces, including Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan.

What’s more, several automakers are bringing dealer guests, including:

• Honda/Acura
• Toyota
• Ford
• General Motors
• Audi
• Mercedes-Benz
• Nissan
• Subaru
• Kia