Exhibit 32.2

Certification of Principal Financial Officer

Required by Rule 13a-14(b) or 15d-14(b)

of the Exchange Act

       In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Advanstar Communications Inc. (the “Company”) for the year ended December 31, 2006 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Theodore S. Alpert, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

By:	/s/ Ted S. Alpert
	Theodore S. Alpert
	Chief Financial Officer
Date:	April 2, 2007