Hundreds of Exhibitors at K/BIS Encouraged to Contribute to Atlanta Habitat’s Community Initiative.

The National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA) today announced that the 2009 Kitchen/Bath Industry Show (K/BIS) is supporting Atlanta Habitat for Humanity ReStore, a discount home improvement store where all proceeds support Atlanta Habitat’s mission of building affordable, green, quality houses for working families. The NKBA will coordinate with exhibitors to donate their products on display to the Atlanta Habitat ReStore.

“Many of the hundreds of exhibitors at K/BIS this year will be featuring green products and materials, so there is a natural connection between our show and Atlanta Habitat for Humanity,” said the NKBA president, Suzie Williford. “We’re proud to be supporting this wonderful organization through our first show in Atlanta.”

K/BIS will feature exhibitors that offer building materials, cabinets, appliances, hardware and hundreds of other items that the Atlanta Habitat ReStore can in turn sell to the public.

“The donation of kitchen and bath products from K/BIS's outstanding 2009 show to the Atlanta Habitat ReStore and sales of these products to ReStore customers will support the building of affordable Atlanta Habitat homes for working families while recycling valuable product. This is a true win-win!" noted Larrie Del Martin, Atlanta Habitat for Humanity president and executive director.

Atlanta Habitat will be onsite at K/BIS, for exhibitors to find out the donation details. Atlanta Habitat will handle all product transportation.

For the first time, ABC’s hit TV program “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” will be exhibiting at K/BIS 2009. Located at booth C3138, there will be celebrity appearances by designers Paul DiMeo, Didiayer Snyder and Ed Sanders, who will meet and greet, take photos and sign autographs with attendees at the show. Additionally, Paul will host a conference session, Making a Difference, May 1 at 3:30 PM, attesting to the volunteer spirit of the hundreds of individuals who gave their time to help neighbors in need.

Stop by their booth and enter to win a VIP set visit to the show! This exciting package includes airfare for four, hotel accommodations for four and a complete set visit to one of the tapings of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

Make sure you stop by the K/BIS Career Development Center, located on the show floor in Building A, C Exhibits, Aisle 3300. The Career Development Center is a gathering place for our community of kitchen and bath design professionals to post open job positions, network with your peers and gain career counseling and resume pointers from our partners at Kelly Services. Make sure to bring your resume!

With K/BIS just a few short months away, I wanted to take this opportunity to personally thank you for your business and continued support of this industry leading event. We are looking forward to a very successful event in Atlanta. If there is anything that we can do to assist in your final preparations, please do not hesitate to contact us directly.

While we are all focused on the Atlanta event, the K/BIS sales team is preparing for our return to Chicago, April 16-18, 2010. In the coming weeks you can expect to receive all of the critical information you will need to select space for 2010. This will include the updated priority point standings, your onsite space selection appointment time, the Exhibit Space Contract and an updated floor plan.

We understand that these are unprecedented economic times and want to do everything we can to be a better partner to our customers. As a part of our ongoing commitment to the industry, we are very pleased to announce that we will hold our 2009 exhibit space rates for 2010. In other words, there will be no rate increases on your exhibit space in 2010. To go one step further, if you submit a 2010 exhibit space contract for at least the same size space as 2009 by the May 3rd (last day of K/BIS 2009), we will extend an additional 10% discount on your exhibit booth space. Consider it another way of thanking you for your continued support of K/BIS.

In addition to these efforts, it is also important to note that we have, and continue to work with all of our show appointed contractors and other partners to keep your costs in check. While there is no question that tradeshows can be expensive, we will continue to do everything in our power to make K/BIS a positive experience for you and your company. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me directly.

Regards,
Brian Pagel
Vice President, Kitchen and Bath Group
Nielsen Business Media

HGTV is once again shooting their one hour special at the NKBA's premiere event, the National Kitchen Bath Industry Show. They are looking for hot styles and exciting new products being introduced at the show. Selected manufacturers will be taped at their booth at KBIS on May 1 and 2.

The one hour special, Kitchens & Baths 2009 will premiere on HGTV on Friday May 22 at 8pm. Encore performances on Saturday May 23 at 12am and Sunday May 31st at 5pm.

Please snail mail press releases, ad slicks, promo materials, samples and photos to the following:

Dianne DiGregorio, Producer
HGTV, Scripps Productions
9721 Sherrill Blvd.
Knoxville, TN 37932

In response to a growing number of misconceptions concerning the upcoming 2009 Kitchen/Bath Industry Show & Conference (K/BIS), the National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) and Nielsen Business Media have decided to clear any confusion regarding attendance and exhibitors at the show. As nearly all other industry shows have experienced a decline in exhibitors and attendees in recent years, false impressions have begun to spread about an equally steep reduction in numbers for K/BIS 2009. This is simply untrue.

“Are there some exhibitors that have pulled out of K/BIS 2009? Yes,” said NKBA CEO Don Sciolaro, “but contrary to recent misconceptions, the vast majority of the large exhibitors will be exhibiting at K/BIS again this year.” To name just a few, this list includes Whirlpool, Kohler, LG, Moen, TOTO, MasterBrand, Armstrong, GE, Delta, Gerber, TurboChef, Merillat, Viking, Panasonic, Vent-a-Hood, Sears, Dacor, and Rohl, in addition to many, many others. The NKBA invites potential attendees to view the complete exhibitor list at KBIS.com/show/exhibitor-list.

“This year, K/BIS will once again be the premier event for the entire kitchen and bath industry,” said Brian Pagel, Vice President of the Kitchen and Bath Group for Nielsen Business Media, producer of K/BIS. “With 700 exhibitors and co-exhibitors showing their products across 400,000 square feet of exhibit space in the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, K/BIS 2009 is a must-attend event for any serious kitchen and bath professional.”

K/BIS will be as vibrant as ever in 2009, complete with the most celebrity speakers ever seen at the show, including Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’s Paul DiMeo, This Old House’s Richard Tretheway and Carole Fruehauf, John Gidding of HGTV’s Designed to Sell, Aida Mollenkamp of Food Network’s Ask Aida, The Young & the Restless’ Steve Ford (son of President Gerald Ford), and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. These are in addition to a great lineup of business speakers, including economist Terry Savage and Green to Gold author Andrew Winston, as well as Harry Gianetti, former Vice President of Thermador, BSH, Mills Pride, and Elica.

“K/BIS 2009 is very much alive and well—the show will once again bring together hundreds of exhibitors with tens of thousands of attendees,” said 2009 NKBA President Suzie Williford. “Between the show floor and the conference’s wide range of business and celebrity speakers, K/BIS 2009 is going to be one of the most valuable and exciting shows ever.”

For more information or to arrange an interview with the National Kitchen & Bath Association, please contact NKBA Editorial Services Coordinator Annette Gray at agray@nkba.org or at 800-THE-NKBA (843-6522), x3773.

Have you entered your new product into the Best of K/BIS Competition? If not, you must do so by March 18, 2009 to be included in the Competition. Click here to enter your product today.

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