The Show Schedule Is Live: Time to Go Exploring

The Show is just four weeks away. Now is the time to learn about all of the Show events, education sessions and keynotes. Not only that, but it’s time to mark your calendars for Show experiences created with you in mind and to bookmark the Show schedule for easy reference and to stay up to […]

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It’s All About You — And Your Products

Stand out. Get discovered. Boost awareness. Optimize exposure. When you exhibit at Travel Gear + Luggage presented by the Travel Goods Association at The Inspired Home Show in Chicago, March 4-7, you gain access to thousands of retail buyers and media from around the world, become part of a year-round community of buyers and sellers, and get in front […]

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1 Show — 10,000+ Retailers — 350+ Media Outlets — 300+ Social Media Influencers — 300,000,000+ Consumers

When you exhibit in Travel Gear + Luggage presented by the Travel Goods Association at The Inspired Home Show, you gain exposure not only to industry attendees, but to the millions of consumers that those attendees influence. Email Cathy Trecartin to reserve your booth today.

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Call for Entries: 2023 Product Design and Innovation Award

For more than 20 years, the gia Awards have recognized and honored the best in retailing, product design and innovation. Will you be among this year’s honorees? There’s only one way to find out. Sign up to exhibit at Travel Gear + Luggage presented by the Travel Goods Association at The Inspired Home Show, March 4-7 at Chicago’s McCormick Place. You’ll […]

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How to Show 101

Connect, discover and meet up during our time together at Travel Gear + Luggage presented by the Travel Goods Association at The Inspired Home Show, March 4-7 at Chicago’s McCormick Place. Like at the special networking reception for independent retailers and the New Exhibitor Preview, where exhibitors and brands show-off their ideas and innovations for the first time. […]

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A Godfather, an Interpreter and a Teacher Walk into the Travel Biz

Part 2 of TGA’s ongoing series, “Getting to Know You,” shines the spotlight on three of your fellow industry professionals, each of whom has decades of experience in the business, and the circumstances that put them on the path to lifelong careers in the travel goods industry. P.S. One of them never wanted to be […]

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Happy New Year from TGA

We’re about to enter 2023, and collectively as an Association, we are excited. We’re eager to see you — our members and friends — at our upcoming Show in Chicago, we’re delighted that travel’s return is so strong, and we continue to marvel at our members’ innovation. We wish you a joyful, prosperous New Year and look […]

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Time Stands Still for No Retailer or Exhibitor

The clock is winding down on 2022 — and on the early bird hotel rate offered through December 31 for the International Housewares Association’s Inspired Home Show 2023, March 4-7 at Chicago’s McCormick Place. Register to attend. Plan your trip. Grab that hotel discount. And plan to reconnect with colleagues on the Travel Gear + Luggage showroom floor!

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Get Ready 2023 — We’re Coming for You!

New partnerships, new exhibitors, new chances to connect with old friends and colleagues on the showroom floor. We’re geared up for a new year and new possibilities and that’s what the new and distinctly branded Travel Gear + Luggage destination at the International Housewares Association’s Inspired Home Show 2023, March 4-7 at Chicago’s McCormick Place, […]

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