Home & Gift Buyers’ Festival will be going ahead as planned (18-21 July 2021) across the Harrogate Convention Centre (HCC) and grounds of the DoubleTree by Hilton Harrogate, organiser Clarion Events has confirmed.
Clarion Events also announced more exciting news, as the proposition will be further strengthened by the co-location of Home & Gift’s sister show, Manchester Furniture Show, at the HCC for 2021, bringing with it over 70 brands, and over 5,000 specialist furniture and interiors buyers to help celebrate Home & Gift’s 60th Anniversary.
The show will offer the retail industry the first and largest in-person opportunity for buyers and brands to unite and do business in over a year.Exhibiting brands are eager to return to in-person trade, with many sayingthey are ready and willing as soon as the opportunity presents itself. Echoing the same sentiment, 87% of buyers said they would attend the physical show in July.
Neil Thomson, owner of independent Harrogate shop Inger & Rae said, “It’s really important to catch up with existing suppliers and meet potential new ones. Of course some of this can be done online, but it is nosubstitute to actually meeting with people, seeing and handling the goodsand building trust. We can't wait!”
Show Director Russell Rule said, “We are delighted to be able to run Home& Gift as planned this summer, co-located with Manchester Furniture Show, as we know that the industry has been waiting a long time for this opportunity to meet, network and do business at everyone’s favourite summer show.”
With safety remaining paramount, Abigail Quesnel, Senior Operations Manager added: “Safety is our priority, and we are working closely with the Association of Event Organisers (AEO), which is liaising with the government directly on live event guidelines to ensure the best possible experience for exhibitors and visitors alike.”
Russell adds, “We can’t wait to welcome the industry back to live events, and in the meantime we look forward to sharing our fresh modern look and our new digital launch, REVEAL, very soon...”
Home & Gift 2021 will take place 18-21 July, across the Harrogate Convention Centre and grounds of the DoubleTree by Hilton Harrogate.
More information about the show can be found at homeandgift.co.uk
For more information and high resolution images, please contact Kate Pilling at Clarion Events T: 0207 384 7735 | E: Kate.Pilling@clarionevents.com
REVEAL is a new 24/7 digital marketplace, putting product at eye-level for thousands of buyers. It's a new online showroom for the furniture, interiors and gift industry to connect on their terms. More information on the REVEAL launch is coming soon...
About Clarion Events
Clarion has outstanding expertise in retail and design industry with well-established shows and digital platforms including Top Drawer, Top DrawerOn Demand, Home & Gift, January Furniture Show, Manchester Furniture Show, REVEAL, Design Shanghai, Spirit of Christmas, Scotland Trade Fair, Internet Retail Expo, Internet Retail Conference in the UK. Premium Fashion Shows Berlin, and Global Sources, Hong Kong. Clarion Events organises over 200 exhibitions, conferences and events annually across the globe and employs over 2500 people in 15 different countries. More than 16,000 companies trust us with their custom each year and over 1,000,000 people give their valuable time to visit our events.
More info at: www.clarionevents.com
Home & Gift 2021 will take place 18-21 July, across the Harrogate
Convention Centre and grounds of the DoubleTree by Hilton Harrogate.
More information about the show can be found at
homeandgift.co.uk
For more information and high resolution images, please contact Kate
Pilling at Clarion Events T: 0207 384 7735 | E:
Kate.Pilling@cl]
arionevents.com
REVEAL is a new 24/7 digital marketplace, putting product at eye-level for
thousands of buyers. It's a new online showroom for the furniture,
interiors and gift industry to connect on their terms. More information on
the REVEAL launch is coming soon...
About Clarion Events
Clarion has outstanding expertise in retail and design industry with well-
established shows and digital platforms including Top Drawer, Top Drawer
On Demand, Home & Gift, January Furniture Show, Manchester Furniture
Show, REVEAL, Design Shanghai, Spirit of Christmas, Scotland Trade Fair,
Internet Retail Expo, Internet Retail Conference in the
UK. Premium
Fashion Shows Berlin, and Global Sources, Hong Kong. Clarion Events
organises over 200 exhibitions, conferences and events annually across
the globe and emplo
ys over 2500 people in 15 different countries. More
than 16,000 companies trust us with their custom each year and over
1,000,000 people give their valuable time to visit our events.
More info at: www.clarionevents.com