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Strategic Alliance: International Home + Housewares Show and The Travel Goods Show Co-Location

Author: Mia Rampersad, Vice President, Trade Show, IHA March of 2011 will be an exciting time at the International Home + Housewares Show with a strategic alliance taking place with The Travel Goods Show. This co-location will bring together the world’s largest housewares-specific and travel trade fairs together for the first time. Founded in 1938, the Travel Goods…

Volcanoes, Hong Kong and Global Sourcing

Author: Derek Miller, Vice President, International, IHA Volcanic Eruption in Iceland Disrupts European Air Travel - Who could have predicted that headline? Of all the things that could go wrong, that certainly would have been the last on my list. For fairs in Asia, the timing could not have been worse. Traffic at the Hong Kong Houseware Fair and at the BIH/BIG fairs in…

2010 International Home + Housewares Show: Facts & Figures

Author: Derek Miller, Vice President, International, IHA The 2010 International Home + Housewares Show was a success with strong attendance in terms of both exhibitor and attendee data. To recap the Show, to follow are some Show facts and figures: Number of Exhibitors: 1,958 +13% increase from 2009 Number of New Exhibitors: 550 Number of non-U.S. Exhibitors:…

Using Twitter to Bring Traffic to Your Tradeshow Booth

Author Tim Patterson, @tradeshowguy on Twitter Social Media is no longer just for the bleeding edge folks like it was a year or two ago. Now everyone seems to be jumping into the pool. Many are looking before they leap - and some are not! Basic questions that management asks are, "What's the ROI on our investment in Social Media?" – or – "How can you justify the investment…

The Online Show Planner Makes The Home + Housewares Show More Productive

Author: Marie Kulik, Manager, Exhibitor Business Development, IHA With millions of online apps all claiming to make your life easier, we’ve got one that truly lives up to the hype. The Online Show Planner is a simple search/planning tool for the International Home + Housewares Show. Whether you're an exhibitor trying to generate new business, a buyer looking new products or…

Housewares Charity Foundation: Uniting the Industry, Honoring Its Leaders

Author: Judy Colitz, Manager, Special Events & Executive Services, IHA If you have never attended the Housewares Charity Foundation (HCF) Gala on Monday evening of the International Home + Housewares Show, you are missing not only the opportunity to make a difference for breast cancer research, but also an extremely enjoyable charity event and dinner. Nowhere else will…

Exhibitors Preview Housewares Products, Trends for the News Media

Author: Perry Reynolds The New Year started off on a high note for the 60 exhibitors who participated in IHA’s 2010 International Home + Housewares Show Media Preview January 7 in New York City. More than 60 consumer and trade editors came to see more than 150 housewares products that will be making their debut at the International Home + Housewares Show in March. Consumer…

A look ahead at 2010…

Author: Phillip Brandl, President, IHA As 2009 comes to a close and 2010 emerges, the International Housewares Association would like to wish everyone a very prosperous New Year! To fulfill IHA’s mission to connect, inform, support and enable our members to lead in the global marketplace, we are working hard to provide beneficial events and services to more than 1,800…

Ring in the New Year with cost savings!

Author: Sharon Janota, Manager, Trade Show Operations, IHA Within the last two years, the need to reduce Trade Show-related costs has been a frequent conversation with housewares industry exhibitors. Although exhibitor cost reduction has always been a top priority for the International Housewares Association (IHA), we sat down and strategized new ways to reduce your total…