Home and interior design trade fairs

Home and interiors fairs cover furniture, decoration, textiles, kitchen and bath, tableware and gifts. Trade events let manufacturers meet retailers and designers, while home and garden shows sell to homeowners.

The sector covers furniture, interior design, decoration, home textiles, kitchen and bath, tableware, gifts and lifestyle products for the home, home and garden shows, and renovation shows for homeowners. Trade exhibitors come to meet retailers, wholesalers, architects and hospitality buyers, and to present new collections. Consumer fairs let makers and retailers sell directly. The sector borders construction and architecture, arts and collectibles and industry.

Mebel in Moscow is an international exhibition of furniture, fittings and upholstery organized by Expocentre, and Crocus Expo hosts further home shows. Shanghai hosts the China Gifts Home Expo Shanghai, which covers gifts, cultural and creative products and household goods. Jakarta offers BDExpo for building materials and interior decoration, and ACETECH in Mumbai covers architecture, building materials and design.

Europe combines trade and consumer formats. Essen hosts MHH Erlebniswelten, a consumer show on regional food, home and fashion trends and gift shopping, and Bazaar Berlin sells original gifts and products from around the world. The Germany hub groups both. Madrid hosts interihotel, an event on interior design for hotels and restaurants, and Finland contributes Suomen Kädentaidot, which links handicrafts and Finnish design.

In the United States, IGES in Pigeon Forge and IGES in Sevierville are wholesale shows for souvenirs, resort merchandise and specialty gifts. In the Gulf, Doha hosts home and design events at the Qatar National Convention Centre, and the United States hub lists the American home and garden calendar.