The Las Vegas Market has added nine new showrooms and more than a dozen new gourmet lines, which will debut on floors C1 and C11 for the summer market, which runs July 30 to August 3. The Las Vegas Market will offer buyers access to more than 400 gourmet resources across 40 showroom floors and two temporary gift and home décor pavilions, show management noted.
“Gourmet keeps growing at Las Vegas Market,” said Dorothy Belshaw, president, gift leasing, and chief marketing officer, International Market Centers. “Since our 2015 launch of C11, the industry’s most dynamic new destination for gift-oriented housewares, tabletop and specialty food, gourmet resources have grown exponentially, making Las Vegas the nation’s fastest growing gift and home décor market.”
For the summer market, C11 welcomes three new showrooms: gourmet candy maker Katie’s Candies; the LuRay Collection of fine linens; and Sertodo Copper, a supplier of copper tabletop, drinkware and serveware. In addition, more than a dozen gourmet lines will debut on the floor with multi-line sales agencies Muir Sales (Chic Wrap, Comfify, Full Circle, Kitchen IQ, Rango Honey, Swedish Treasures, TaDa and Tala); The Kitchen Source (Dreamfarm); and The Travers Group (DKB Household and its five gourmet housewares brands: Cole & Mason, Culinare, Jamie Oliver, Ken Hom and Zyliss).
Six new gourmet-related showrooms also will debut on C1, including: tabletop and gift supplier Ameico and Areaware, a producer of functional and unusual everyday objects; tabletop and home décor manufacturer Casafina; tabletop provider Costa Nova; tabletop and bakeware supplier Grestel; and tableware and home décor manufacturer Kiyasa.
The Pavilions at Las Vegas Market also will house growing numbers of gourmet lines among its more than 500 gift and home décor temporary exhibitors. New-to-market gourmet exhibitors in pavilion 1 include: Albanese Confections, Bear Paw, CookPlay USA, Culver Industries, Debbie Lee’s Classic Creations, McSteven’s and Talla Imports.
As part of a related attendance-building strategy, Las Vegas Market is continuing and expanding its partnership with two housewares buying groups, the Gourmet Catalog Buying Group and the Housewares Training & Information Group (HTI). Both organizations will have exclusive and unique activities and promotions to entice western region buyers to attend, building management noted.
