Oct 17, 2012

Online Registration Now Open for Winter 2013 NYIGF

Online registration for the New York International Gift Fair® (NYIGF®) is now open at www.nyigf.com. NYIGF runs Saturday, January 26, through Wednesday, January 30, 2013, at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and Passenger Ship Terminal Piers 92 and 94.

Advance registration, which is available online through 11:59PM (ET) on Tuesday, January 22, 2013, is free to qualified retailers, and $175 for suppliers to the trade. Upon completion of online registration, participants will receive a barcode, which is redeemable for a badge at any of NYIGF’s 70 self-registration terminals located onsite at the Javits Center and Piers 92 and 94. After the January 22 advance registration deadline, attendees must register onsite at NYIGF, at $60 for first-time retailers, $25 for returning retailers, and $200 for suppliers to the trade.

“Using NYIGF.com to register saves market participants both time and money,” said Christian Falkenberg, NYIGF director and GLM vice president. “By registering now, attendees will have ample time pre-market to access and utilize all of NYIGF’s helpful web-based planning tools.”

Through NYIGF.com, market participants can register in advance for educational seminars and “Only In New York” special events, including A Night on Broadway, featuring specially-priced tickets to the Monday, January 28, performance of Disney’s NEWSIES. A complete schedule of these activities is available online at www.nyigf.com/programs.

Additional NYIGF.com features include a keyword search tool which returns detailed product and vendor information, and allows online users to create and save “walking lists” for use onsite during the Fair. NYIGF’s Online Catalog Gallery also offers access to detailed information for thousands of products from exhibiting companies.

A free NYIGF “Wayfinder” mobile application also is available for advance planning and onsite navigation. Using the application, market-goers can find exhibitors and products, as well as seminar, event and shuttle bus schedules and an NYIGF floor plan. Real-time search results include company names, booth numbers, product details and contact information. The Wayfinder app is available by searching NYIGF through iTunes, the Android Market, and BlackBerry App World, or at http://search.nyigf.com/mobile.aspx.

NYIGF is the nation’s premier gift, home and lifestyle marketplace, with 2,800+ exhibiting companies featuring an extraordinary breadth and depth of design-driven home fashion products and complementary giftware. Some 35,000 attendees from all 50 states and more than 85 countries worldwide are expected. Information and registration is available online at www.nyigf.com.