EXHIBIT 99.2


                          NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY

                                  FOR TENDER OF

                 12% SERIES A SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2001
                                       OF
                          ADVANSTAR COMMUNICATIONS INC.

         This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery or one substantially equivalent
hereto must be used to accept the Exchange Offer (as defined below) if (i)
certificates for the Company's (as defined below) 12% Series A Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2001 (the "Old Securities") are not immediately
available, (ii) Old Securities cannot be delivered to Wells Fargo Bank
Minnesota, N.A. (the "Exchange Agent") on or prior to the Expiration Date (as
defined in the Prospectus referred to below) or (iii) the procedures for
book-entry transfer cannot be completed on a timely basis. This Notice of
Guaranteed Delivery may be delivered by hand or sent by facsimile transmission,
overnight courier, telex, telegram or mail to the Exchange Agent. See "The
Exchange Offer - Guaranteed Delivery Procedures" in the Prospectus dated
___________, 2001 (which, together with the related Letter of Transmittal,
constitutes the "Exchange Offer") of Advanstar Communications Inc, a New York
corporation (the "Company").

                  THE EXCHANGE AGENT FOR THE EXCHANGE OFFER IS:

                        Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A.




BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL:     Facsimile Transmissions:     BY OVERNIGHT DELIVERY OR REGULAR MAIL:
                                  (Eligible Institutions Only)
                                                              
Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A.                                     Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A.
  Corporate Trust Operations                                            Corporate Trust Operations
       MAC N9303-121                      (612) 667-4927                       MAC N9303-121
        PO Box 1517                                                         Sixth and Marquette
    Minneapolis, MN 55479            To Confirm by Telephone               Minneapolis, MN 55479
      Attn: Tim Mowdy                or for Information Call:

                                          (800) 344-5128




         DELIVERY OF THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN
AS SET FORTH ABOVE OR TRANSMISSION OF THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY VIA A
FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION TO A NUMBER OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE WILL NOT
CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY.

         THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY IS NOT TO BE USED TO GUARANTEE
SIGNATURES. IF A SIGNATURE ON A LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL IS REQUIRED TO BE
GUARANTEED BY AN "ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION" UNDER THE INSTRUCTIONS THERETO, SUCH
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MUST APPEAR IN THE APPLICABLE SPACE PROVIDED ON THE LETTER
OF TRANSMITTAL.


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                    THE FOLLOWING GUARANTEE MUST BE COMPLETED

                              GUARANTEE OF DELIVERY

                    (NOT TO BE USED FOR SIGNATURE GUARANTEE)



         The undersigned, a firm which is a member of a registered national
securities exchange or a member of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. or a commercial bank or trust company having an office or
correspondent in the United States, hereby guarantees to deliver to the Exchange
Agent, at one of its addresses set forth above, either the certificates for all
physically tendered Old Securities, in proper form for transfer, or confirmation
of the book-entry transfer of such Old Securities to the Exchange Agent's
account at The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), pursuant to the procedures for
book- entry transfer set forth in the Prospectus, in either case together with
any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, within three New York
Stock Exchange trading days after the date of execution of this Notice of
Guaranteed Delivery.

         The undersigned acknowledges that it must deliver the Old Securities
tendered hereby to the Exchange Agent within the time period set forth above and
that failure to do so could result in a financial loss to the undersigned.

Name of Firm:
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                                               (Authorized Signature)

Address:                                       Title:
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                                               Name:
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                       (Zip Code)                     (Please type or print)

Area Code and Telephone Number:                Date:
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NOTE: DO NOT SEND OLD SECURITIES WITH THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY. ACTUAL
SURRENDER OF OLD SECURITIES MUST BE MADE PURSUANT TO, AND BE ACCOMPANIED BY, A
PROPERLY COMPLETED AND FULLY EXECUTED LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND ANY OTHER
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS.