Following 5 successful years with the Toronto International Gift Fair, TRIPS has moved to the west coast. TRIPS West will run March 1-3, 2009 in conjunction with the Vancouver Gift Show.
As the tourist and resort industry shifts its attention to the west coast just in time for the 2010 Olympics, TRIPS West will showcase unique opportunities associated with the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
Who should exhibit at TRIPS West?
If you are a wholesaler, importer or manufacturer who specializes in tourist, resort and imprinted products including: apparel, Canadian handcrafted items, First Nations art, imprinted merchandise, Inuit art, jewelry, museum products, resortwear, tourist sundries, souvenirs and specialty foods, exhibiting at TRIPS West is essential to your business.
How will buyers benefit from TRIPS West?
Tourist and Resort retailers love the ease of sourcing products designed specifically for their businesses. Similar products grouped together allows buyers the opportunity to spend their buying time efficiently and cost effectively.
Over the past 5 years, these key tourist and resort buyers from Western Canada have visited TRIPS. Now, TRIPS West has come to them and will help simplify the way they do their buying… They know that TRIPS is essential to their business!
A Bit of Banff, Banff Indian Trading Post, BC Ferries, Capilano Suspension Bridge, Granville Island Gifts, Jasper Gift, Kamloops Art Gallery, Vancouver Aquarium, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver Museum and more!
Great Timing
The show is held in March and allows exhibitors the unique opportunity to display their products and services only once a year. Now exhibitors can focus their resources on one targeted event just prior to the important spring and summer tourist season. Space is reserved on an annual basis thus eliminating the need to participate in fall markets that are not directly relevant to Tourist and Resort products.
And there’s more…
As an added benefit for the buyers, TRIPS West will run in conjunction with the Vancouver Gift Show and By Hand Vancouver, Canada’s Artisan Gift Show.
