Exhibition Special: Stage being set for sourcing expo

One of Hong Kong's biggest sourcing events is now only months away.

Part two of the Mega Show international sourcing expo is scheduled to be held after part one closes this October. Mega Show Part I will follow on the heels of Guangdong's Canton Fair since all of the sourcing events are timed to coincide with exporters' production cycles.

The show, firstly launched in 2003, has built a reputation over the past 10 years of being the last stop for buyers seeking suppliers of competitively priced export-ready products from Asia and China. The second part includes all the suppliers not represented in the previous week's event.

Kenfair Exhibition Ltd, which is hosting the show, has announced that Mega Show Part II will run from Oct 27 to Oct 29 this year at the award-winning Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center.

Mega Show Part II this year will concentrate on gifts, housewares and stationery as well as school and office supplies.

More than 850 reliable and experienced exhibitors from more than 12 Asian countries and beyond will present their new products in more than 950 booths to nearly 20,000 international importers, distributors, wholesalers and trade buyers visiting Hong Kong.

The show also takes place concurrently with a lighting business event in Hong Kong, which provides further opportunities for buyers to source, compare and select from a range of related home and gift products from the Asian suppliers at the show.

The show's organizers are striving to improve the quality of the event to continue its success.

The organizing committee this year plans to include travel and accommodation packages that provide value for buyers coming from far away. Additionally, it has expanded pre-show product information for buyers, and will publish a 2012 edition of the popular online preview the Source Book.

The clearly defined product sectors that have been part of the shows for the past two years have been further refined to ensure buyers and sellers maximize the benefits gained over the course of the three-day expo.

It will also set up three specific merchandise zones, each in a dedicated hall location, making this compact event more navigable for the 16,000 buyers who regularly attend.

For more information, please visit: www.mega-show.com

zhuanti@chinadaily.com.cn

(China Daily 05/02/2012 page14)