ScanSource Europe has set the first dates for the 2010 Partner Tour. The distributor's pan-European channel roadshow will stop off in the Netherlands on 30th March, Poland on 22nd April and the UK on 16th June.

The UK event will be held at PalmerSport near Bedford, the motorsport venue created by ex-Formula One driver Jonathan Palmer. Attendees will be able to get behind the wheels of some of Palmer's performance cars and try them out on the track.

The Netherlands event takes place on board the newly refurbished ship De Rotterdam in Rotterdam harbour. The Polish event, the first Partner Tour in Eastern Europe, will take place at the Novotel hotel in the centre of Warsaw.

"What we're doing with the Partner Tour is facilitating channel relationships," said Maurice van Rijn, Sales Director Northern Europe, ScanSource Europe. "Resellers can bring their sales teams, technical people and purchasers to meet with local vendor teams, ScanSource executives, Business Development Managers and our complete teams of local Account Managers. For resellers or vendors to meet with all these different people separately would take a huge investment in time and travel."

The Partner Tour welcomed over 1,000 visitors in 2009. With the number of events rising in 2010 from seven to eight, ScanSource is hoping for even greater success this year.

As well as the Dutch, Polish and UK dates, the Partner Tour will stop off in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the Nordics in 2010. Dates and locations for these remaining events will be confirmed shortly.