BANGKOK, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The second edition of Bangkok International Gift Fair and Bangkok International Houseware Fair 2008 (BIG&BIH) is closing in, with more than ever the variety, creativity and quality of lifestyle products ranging from gift, premiums, home decorative items, household products, home textiles, toys and novelties, stationery, and office supplies.
BIG&BIH-October 2008, organized for the 26th time by the Department of Export Promotion (DEP), the Ministry of Commerce, will take place on October 14-19, 2008 at the Challenger, IMPACT Exhibition and Convention Center, Thailand. The first four days are reserved for trade negotiations only, while last two days are opened for the public.
Being held twice annually for over a decade, BIG&BIH - the largest and most established trade show for gifts, home decorative items and housewares in ASEAN region, has been recognized among international buyers as one of Asia's most attractive sourcing platforms for lifestyle products with unique designs and high quality.
Visitors to BIG&BIH are promised to experience a vast variety of lifestyle products, ranging from gifts, premiums, home decorative items, housewares, home textiles, toys, stationery, and office supplies to fulfill every needs:
Pure Pleasure: Gifts/Handicrafts Decorative Items
Pure Earth: Artificial Flowers/Plants, Potpourri, Candles
Fun and Favorites: Christmas, Toys and Games, Stationeries
Life Styling: Home Textile, Fabric Decorative Items
Heart and Home: Household Products, Tableware, Kitchenware
Comfort Zone: Bathroom Accessories, Cleaning Equipment, Small Electrical Appliances
At the October 2008 edition that occupies a total of 46,000sq.m. exhibiting space, DEP - the fair organizer expects approximately 750 exhibitors from Thailand and neighboring countries to participate in. These include producers and exporters of internationally acclaimed brands such as Voravan, the up-and-coming producer of rubber home decorative items; Seagull, Thailand's first stainless steel housewares brand with ISO 9002 certified by the AJA Institute, as well as those with international design awards like Harnn&Thann, the body-care international chain that won a patent for natural rice bran oil soap formulation along with numerous design excellence awards from all over the world.
The first edition of BIG&BIH 2008, held on April 17-22, attracted a total of 17,762 trade visitors, a 4.67 percent increase from the previous show. Among them were 4,130 international buyers from 110 countries around the globe.
The application for exhibitors is now opened until July 31st.
For more information, please contact big@depthai.go.th or visit www.bigandbih.com.
SOURCE TTIS Company Limited
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