Hong Kong Gifts & Premium Fair
By Meredith Schwartz -- Gifts & Decorative Accessories, 6/1/2006
As soon as you arrive in Hong Kong, it's obvious that gift sourcing is big business. Several gift shows, including one in Las Vegas, advertise at the airport, and the Alibaba.com wholesale sourcing website has advertising wrapping everything from the baggage claim to pillars in the subway, as well as adorning the tops of the red taxicabs.
Jeffrey Lam, chairman of the Hong Kong Gifts & Premium Fair Organising Committee, says that Hong Kong shipped over 20 million containers last year, a business that grew at a rate of 5 percent in last year.
With 54,875 buyers, including 26,321 from outside Hong Kong, there was plenty of traffic, though total attendance at the show did not grow compared to last year, and overseas attendance dropped almost 5 percent.
For the complete Hong Kong Market Report, visit www.giftsanddec.com and click on “Direct From Market.”
