The 4th REGALO – AUTUMN & WINTER International Specialized Gift Exhibition will take place next September 11-14th in Sofia, Bulgaria, at the National Palace of Culture/ NDK.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE GIFT MARKET IN THE BULGARIAN REGION?
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Below the list of January 2008 gift and premium industry fairtrades…

Make your choice!!
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This year, Gifts & Premium – Dubai exhibition has confirmed participation from over 100 exhibitors from nearly 20 countries, including top international brands and well-known local and regional companies.

To read more about the 2007 edition please visit their website : www.ameinfo.com

Click here for the list of most important premium and gift trade fairs world wide.

I agree, September seems far away, but you’d better prepare your visit before you leave on summer holidays.

Here is the list of promotional products trade fairs in September 2007.

EUROPE
Europacado / Bruxelles / Belgium / 02-05 September 2007
Promo gift Ifema Madrid / Spain / 3-5 September 2007
PSI Paris / Paris / France / 4-6 September 2007
Objets et communication / Paris / France / 6-7 September 2007
Promoturk / Istanbul / Turkey / 06-09 september 2007
RelatieZ / Utrecht / Holland / 12-13 September 2007
Promotion Expo Rome / Rome / Italy / 19-21 september 2007
Advertising Show / Bucarest / Romania / 19-22 september 2007
National incentive show / Birmingham / UK / 25-27 September 2007

North AMERICA
Neppa Fall Booth Show / Sturbridge / USA / 18 september 2007
Motivation show / Chicago / USA / 25-27 september 2007

Other countries
Tokyo International Gift Show / Tokyo / Japan / 4-7 sept 2007
Festival de la Publicidad / Mexico City / Mexico / 20-22 September 2007
Osaka International Gift Show / Osaka / Japan / 26-28 sept 2007

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This fair started in 2003 with 42 exhibitors and 2400 meters of floor space. Already in 2006 there were 4 times more exhibitors, and 10 250 square meters of floor space. !!

A fast growing and colourfull tradefair worth a visit !

Below is an interesting interview with Alina Ionita, about the Advertising show 2007 in Bucarest, Romania.
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Hong Kong trade fair! Yes, I know it’s been already three weeks ago since I returned from the Hong Kong Premiumd and Gift Show, but unfortunatly I didn’t have time to write about it. It’s a pity because the fair was worth a long review here, on this blog ! This year again, I found many new and interesting products there.

The fair is big, about 4000 exhibitors from 38 countries are showing their products. The fair is big, about 4000 exhibitors from 38 countries are showing their products. The fair is very well organised, a pleasure after the Guanzhou labyrinth. Each hall has it’s specific items and exhibitors and there is a lot of staff around to guide the nearly 30 000 visitors to the right places. This year, I really felt that the organisation was making a big effort to guide buyers to the right spots. At the entrance of each elevator at a new floor visitors’ badges are scanned again, i supose this will help the organisation for future years to become even more efficient. Out of the many trade shows I visited this year, this fair has the best organisation for sure.

Featured products include advertising gifts, pictures and photo frames, ceramic gifts, silverware, consumer electronics, stationery, corporate gifts, toys and sporting goods, fashion jewellery and accessories, travel goods, watches and clocks, general gift items, paper and packaging, and party and holiday decorations.

For the first time, exhibitors from Pakistan have put together a group pavilion.

Visitors are of all kinds, importers, distributors and final clients like Coca Cola, Carlsberg Brewery, Christian Dior and Moet Hennessy come to the fair.

The website of the Hong Kong premium and gift show : Premium and gifts

You didn’t visit the ASI show in Philadelphia ? No problem, Tim Andrews , president of the ASI shares with you some of the great new products and trends that we’re seeing in the ad specialty industry this year. You can see them in the video from the show floor below.

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After more than 20 hours of traveling, here I am in Guangzhou ( Canton ), China. Guangzhou is changing year after year, more and more brandnew high buildings, more and more infrastructure, large roads, viaducts and so on.
10 years ago it wasn’t that easy to find a restaurant here, now you see the neonsigns everywhere and you can eat in Italian, French, Indian restaurants everywhere. Of course the refined American kitchen is also available under many golden arches. A friend just told me that 70% of all the cranes in the world are in China, this number sais enough about the way the country is changing.

The Guangzou fair is huge, estimate is 200 000 / 300 000 visitors from all over the world and an overall turnover created on the fair itself for 28 billion USD.
In the halls with Household items I found a few intersting products for the gifts and premium market but there is not a specific section for gifts and premiums. The fair is devided in two halls, the old and the new building, the old one is a similar to the grand Bazar of Istanbull where you get lost so easily. The second building is ultra modern, extremely well organised.

For more information about the Guangzhou fair : www.cantonfair.org.cn

A quick visit of the PromZ trade show in Holland, a small tradefair where about 100 Dutch distributors of promotional products exhibit their products.
Below are listed the best, the most innovative, the most friendly and the most empty booths.

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From Dale Denham, senior vice president at A.S.I. USA:

I just returned from attending the launch of another trade show, but this time in the United Kingdom, where it seems that some people think there is an opportunity for a better trade show.

The show was held in Coventry and hosted by Trade Only, which positioned the show just a few weeks after the Promota Show – held in Birmingham in mid-February.

Upon my arrival, unlike most people who visit the U.K., I opted against public transportation and decided to rent a car. I thought it would be a good refresher to drive on the left side of the road, since the last time I did that was in Australia in 2001.

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