Exhibitors

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Why Exhibit at the West Coast Christmas Show
Market, Sample & Sell directly to a target audience!

·  The audience is targeted and pre-disposed to discover and shop for new products, services and ideas.
·  Selling at West Coast Christmas Show is immediate and compelling to a targeted captive audience.
·  West Coast Christmas Show provides an opportunity for buyers and sellers to meet face to face, where products can be demonstrated, handled, and purchased right on site..
·  West Coast Christmas Show is an ideal medium for test marketing or launching new products.  New buying interests can be uncovered and otherwise unaccessible buyers appear in front of your exhibit.
·  The timing of the West Coast Christmas Show, 28 days before Christmas, is an ideal time for visitors to make purchases for the holiday season.

Who Visits The Show?

The West Coast Christmas Show draws on over 1.5 million residents in the Fraser Valley, the fastest growing region in Canada.  This region also boasts the fastest increase in household income in the entire country. Visitors are lured by the appeal of finding unique, hard to find items for their holiday shoping, decorating and entertaining coupled with celebrity personalities demonstrating home decorating &holiday cooking.

Show Statistics

2008 - 10,215 visitors.
2009 - 13,247 visitors
2010 - 13,185 visitors (snowed that weekend)

Expecting over 15,000 in 2011!

Average Spent per Person on Take Home Items & Gifts - $121.50

Media coverage includes

Radio
Television Daily Newspapers
Community newspapers
Lower Mainland Lifestyles & Entertaining related magazines and periodicals
Related websites, direct links from exhibitors' websites and web-events calendars
Posters in participating businesses
www.westcoastchristmasshow.com - our own interactive information website
Tourism Abbotsford community initiatives
Passport to Christmas Program Guide
Tradex bill boards

Additional marketing and promotional coverage

Holiday Decor writers and
Interior Design writers
Chefs, cook book authors and home style and entertaining authors
Community organizations
Non-profit/charity groups
Media/News releases

Exhibitors' Additional Marketing Opportunities

Run a contest within your own exhibit
Advertise in our Official Festival Guide

West Coast Christmas Show Exhibitor Benefits

Extensive multimedia publicity and advertising campaign
Free exhibitor badges
Free visitor guest passes
Free material handling
Free storage
Free listing in Official Festival Guide Magazine
Free listing on official West Coast Christmas Show web site with reciprocal hot link
Professional onsite show management
On-site furniture and supply rental
Convenient multi-day parking passes available for exhibitor parking
Discounted hotel accommodations for exhibitors