Manchester Gift Show

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MANCHESTER GIFT SHOW IS A TRADE-ONLY EVENT ____________________________ OPENING TIMES Sunday & Monday: 9.30am - 6.00pm Tuesday: 9.30am - 5.00pm EventCity Phoenix Way The Trafford Centre Manchester M41 7TB FOLLOW US GET OUR NEWSLETTER MANCHESTER Manchester is famous for its fabulous shopping, culture, dining and nightlife making it a very desirable destination for you to enjoy your time before and after the show... Greeting Card Association member discounts available.

		Welcome to The Manchester Gift Show, an exciting new national giftware trade event offering a wide variety of gifts, hand crafted products, jewellery, art, ceramics, glass, greetings cards, jewellery, toys, cosmetics, home and fashion accessories. The venue is conveniently located just outside Manchester at junction 9 & 10 of the M60 making access by road extremley easy, there are also frequent shuttle buses from the airport, railway stations and city centre. EventCity is a brand new exhibition complex adjacent to the magnificent Trafford Centre with free parking for over 10,000 cars, free wifi, three hotels, over 60 restaurants and a wealth of first class on-site leisure facilities.
		Show Sectors

		The Manchester Gift Show returns 50% bigger than our launch event last year with an impressive line up of high quality gift, toy, greetings card, wrap and packaging brands. A spectacular choice of beautiful handmade soaps, cosmetics, candles and fragranced gifts. A compehensive selection of practical and decorative home and garden products including textiles, ceramics, wood, metal and glass. In this Jubilee year and with the current high consumer demand for quality, superior materials and workmanship, we are proud to boast a high percentage of British made products.

		Our new British Handmade Crafts area is dedicated to British designer-makers who lovingly create spectacular works of art, whether that be in glass, steel, ceramics, silver, fine gems, recycled materials, textiles or even paper. You will see many fine artists who work with oils, pastels and other mediums who will be selling their original artworks and high quality prints, cards and other products. At the centre of this area is our unique demonstration studio where exhibitors and members of the Art-Up-Close organisation will showcase a wide variety of skills used to create their products.

		Boutique was launched in 2008 bringing together Europe’s finest fashion accessories in one UK event. It is now part of the Manchester Gift Show offering you the chance to see sensational handbags, fashion and precious jewellery, scarves, shoes, boots, umbrellas, purses, wallets, jewellery cases, belts, hats, business bags and other fashion accessories that you may not see at any other UK event. You will have the opportunity to buy for immediate delivery, top up for Autumn / Winter 2012 or place early orders for Spring / Summer 2013.
	Rebates are offered to members of the above associations exhibiting at Manchester Gift Show.