KBIS Notes 10% Attendee Increase in 2016
LAS VEGAS — The Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (KBIS) here last month showed a 10% increase in attendance from last year, according to early estimates, as a bevy of trade shows brought an estimated 100,000+ to the desert city.
Click photo to enlargeAs a founding member of Design & Construction Week®, and in collaboration with the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), KBIS ran concurrently with the International Builders’ Show (IBS) for the third annual mega event.
The International Surface Event (TISE) and the International Window Coverings Expo also took part in the 2016 Design & Construction Week. Unverified estimates place the total attendance at more than 110,000 attendees, including more than 500 members of the media.
“The NKBA is proud to support Design and Construction Week as the kitchen and bath industry’s vibrant business forum,” says Bill Darcy, CEO of the National Kitchen and Bath Association, the show’s owner. “The outstanding programming, top-notch learning opportunities, and the enthusiastic support of all our exhibitors at KBIS contribute to the event’s success and help us to fulfill our association mission to educate, inform, collaborate and inspire.”
“We are proud that this year’s KBIS was one of the largest in the 50-year history of the show, featuring 128 new and additional exhibitors and an additional 30,000 net ft² of exhibit and programming space,” said Brian Pagel, VP, Kitchen & Bath, Emerald Expositions. “The overwhelming crowds provided insight into the renewed confidence in the construction and design industry.”
Already more than 580 exhibitors are confirmed to exhibit within 332,000 net ft® at KBIS 2017. Unlike KBIS editions of the past few years, however, the 2017 show – and the IBS — will move across the country for Design and Construction week at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. on Jan. 10-12.
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