More Southeast Asian buyers joins Manila FAME 65th edition as PH hosts the 30th ASEAN Summit
More Southeast Asian buyers are coming to Manila FAME, the country’s premier design and lifestyle event as Philippines hosts the 30th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit.
Top buyers from the ASEAN countries and Dialogue Partners are expected at the trade show including Malaysia, Thailand, India, Japan, and Singapore.
Around 8,000 trade buyers and visitors nationwide will troop to the 65th edition of Manila FAME on April 21-23 at the World Trade Center Metro Manila and Philippine Trade Training Center.
For the international buyers, 24% are coming from ASEAN countries and South Asia, 20% from the Americas, 16% from Europe, 14% from East Asia, and 11% from Oceania.
“We are excited to welcome our trade buyers at this edition of Manila FAME April edition. Since the Philippines, under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, is hosting the 30th ASEAN Summit, we at DTI-CITEM expects and welcomes the support of other ASEAN countries for the Philippines’ international events,” said CITEM Executive Director Clayton Tugonon.
Tugonon also said that as Manila FAME opens a new chapter for the international contract markets under the theme “PROJECTS”, the international buyers will get a chance to source from the Philippines’s world-renowned designers and promising exhibitors.
The buyers are composed of importers, retailers, wholesalers, merchandising agents, trading firms/buying offices, and specifiers (architects, interior designers, facilities, manager, etc.12).
Among the buyers that will be participating at the trade show are international and local importers, retailers, wholesalers, merchandising agents, trading firms/buying offices, and specifiers including architects, interior designers, facilities, manager, etc.
As Manila FAME expands its market scope under its PROJECTS, these buyers can expect Home and Lifestyle products geared for the globally competitive contract market, such as huge lamps and vases, sculpture pieces, tapestries, and other products for hotel and resorts scales.
They can also expect furnishings for millennial condominiums and small spaces in the form of window blinds, sofa throws and floor rugs, modular furniture, wall art, decals, knock-down furniture and functional art.
“During Manila FAME, a wide range of indigenous materials for home, fashion, holiday, architectural and interior design will be showcased and prepared for the local and international buyers,” Tugonon said.
In addition, buyers will also be treated to a visually exciting experience as they go through the unique, functional, and innovative products made by Filipino artisans.
For this edition of Manila FAME, CITEM hopes to exceed last year’s sales by targetting over PHP 750 million sales in export, domestic, and retail. Last Manila FAME October 2016 edition, CITEM recorded over PHP 355 million sales in export, domestic, and retail.
CITEM is continuously shaping Manila FAME to meet the demands of the changing industry with its new generation of buyers, entrepreneurs, consumer, designers, and artisans.
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The Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM), the export promotions arm of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is the proud organizer of the Manila FAME—the second longest-running trade show in the Asia-Pacific and the only trade event in the Philippines approved by Union des Foires Internationales, a Paris-based association of trade fair organizers founded 90 years ago in Italy.
Manila FAME is a bi-annual business sourcing platform of export ready and finely crafted furniture and home furnishings, holiday gifts and décor, and fashion accessories. It showcased the best of Philippine design and craftsmanship. For more information, please visit http://www.manilafame.com/.
