World Market Center to host additional shows in 2010

The other shoe may have just dropped for High Point, NC as World Market Center officials announced new trade shows for 2010.

This week's Las Vegas Business Press reports that WMC officials announced three new shows targeting other convention segments. The announcement was made as WMC officials continue to laud the successful Fall market, held just last week in which the show brought in about 50,000 attendees.

High Point's Fall market, still considered a competitor by some in the industry, kicks off in a matter of weeks.

LVBP:

The timing is right to expand into other events, Maricich said. The hospitality trade show is scheduled to be held in February, using 150,000 square feet of World Market Center pavilion space. It will coincide with the winter Las Vegas Market. The gift and "Vegas Kids" juvenile furniture shows will run in mid-June in existing space in buildings B and C.

The existing gift show market could see more consolidation as a result of the Las Vegas event.

"The gift industry has 300 million square feet of show displays throughout the country, and we think there is a better way to focus that," he said.

"There's no need to have shows in Seattle, Portland (Ore.), Los Angeles, Denver and Las Vegas," Maricich added.

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