Michelle,
thank you for your support for the Nor-shipping 2022 Hotel bookings.
Best regards
Ivan S. Larsen
CCO/Sales Manager
Craft, Hobby + Stitch International 2025 will be held as a live trade exposition at NEC Birmingham. The hosting date for the event is set for February 23rd to February 24th, 2025.
CHSI – Craft, Hobby + Stitches International – enjoys a leading position in the craft and hobby industry in the UK, and it is known as the country’s number one creative craft show. Editions tend to bring in over 6 000 buyers from all over the country and Europe on average. Those are specifically good numbers when you count that there are only 200 exhibiting firms on the show floor. If that sounds like a smart business investment, then you need to travel to the NEC in Birmingham, UK for your dose of sales opportunities.
The focus of CHSI is predominantly connecting exhibitors with buyers and as such it exists more as a procurement platform, which sees over 100,000 different products showcased under one roof. The trade fair offers the full breadth of products within craft and hobby – papers, beads, fabrics, instruments, clays, dough materials, painting supplies, and paints. Adding another layer to the experience is the busy support program. The Insights Hub is where you can discover educational resources aimed at running a successful business and new market trends, with workshop sessions running for a total of 50 hours.
Birmingham has much to offer in terms of hotels and guest houses. Why spend hours combing through offers and comparing prices when you can have Travel 2 Fairs Ltd do all this for you? You receive a customised list of deals within a business day courtesy of your very own personal travel assistant, and all you have to do is pick your favourite. Travel 2 Fairs Ltd makes your hotel reservation for Craft, Hobby + Stitches International according to your specification, and we’re comfortable working at any scale. From single travellers to big groups of more than twenty, you get the right hotels close to the NEC.
The 2023 iteration of the event occurred between 2023/02/19 and 2023/02/20 in NEC Birmingham. The event site did not include coronavirus protection during the iteration, which featured 86 exhibiting firms. This was due to the UK repealing its pandemic restrictions.
The 2024 iteration of CHSI occurred between 2024/02/25 and 2024/02/26 in NEC Birmingham. The event featured more than 70 exhibiting firms.
CHSI 2025 was a live trade expo held between 2025/02/23 and 2025/02/24 in NEC Birmingham. It featured over 60 exhibiting firms and more than 10 lecturers.
Michelle,
thank you for your support for the Nor-shipping 2022 Hotel bookings.
Best regards
Ivan S. Larsen
CCO/Sales Manager
Dear Mr. Hansen,
Thank you very much for the e-mail and for the kind words. It will be a pleasure for me to contact you again in case we need accommodation. All the best to you and have a nice day!
Kind regards,
Stanislava Petrova
Dear Megan,
Everything went well at the B&B Hotel Köln-Messe (2)
Anabela
Dear Mark, Sorry to reply this late! I have just got back to Taiwan after this long business trip – the K was very successful and thank you for asking. I would love to take a while to give you mine, and my Teammates’ feedback about the accommodation. Overall impression: Very good value for money! Pros: 1. Great location – it took 2 minutes to walk to the metro station and then 20 more minutes on the train to get to the fair. 2. Lots of restaurants and shops around – very convenient! 3. Rooms were big and clean, and we had plenty of space for our suitcases. 4. Comfortable beds, central heating and big bathrooms. 5. We will definitely consider it for the next K! it fulfilled most of our requirements! Having said all that I know you would like to know about the cons. I do not try to attack you, as you don’t run the hotel, but for your reference and future customers you should be aware of the down side of the hotel; 1. There was no internet connection in the rooms – I think it was the biggest problem for us, as we had to receive emails and work in the lobby – the only place with the internet connection. You must know that the lobby was in a different building across the street! So this was not what I had in mind when ordering the rooms – Wi-Fi connection in the room is the most important thing when searching hotels for myself and my Team. The lobby was also a bar and a restaurant at the same time so it was inconvenient for us and other patrons to work there. The staff of the hotel did nothing upon my request to fix the connection in at least some of our rooms. 2. Great location – unfortunately it comes with a price – the area was busy and loud every night and for the whole night, the windows didn’t block all of the noise of breaking glass and drunken singing. As I said at the beginning it was good value for money, and we would still chose this one! Knowing it was loud and there was no internet would not stop us from ordering it, but it would give us heads up and chance to mentally prepare. I hope my feedback was helpful and you will communicate with the hotel the need for Wi-Fi.
Thank you! Best Regards, Emma TRACZ Regional Manager
All was good with the hotel, a bit expensive but i know its due to the days of the fair. Your services were perfect also.
Phil
Hi Megan, Many thanks for your support, even in this difficult time. You have shown full engagement and we are completely satisfied. Thanks again. I am looking forward to continue working with you. Many greetings
Very nice place in the hearth of the city, top comfort and great kindness at the reception.
CPhI Worldwide 2023
Hello, My contact person was Tom Parker and our communication from the past year was just perfect. He helped us to book rooms for our whole team. When I had issues/questions, etc. Tom always replied immediately. He offered us several hotels, as well the Pentahotel where we stayed. This hotel was lovely. Personnel was very friendly and helpful, rooms were nice, breakfast was good and we had the opportunity to eat in our hotel for diner which was amazing after such a long day at the airshow. Had a very good experience and will certainly work with you again for upcoming fairs.
Kind Regards
Louise Monbaliu
Hi Tom,
Thank you fro getting back to us. We had a great time at the Park Plaza Vondelpark. Service was good and the rooms were clean. The only two thinks we were quite surprised about was that there was almost no light in the rooms and that there were no parking spots exclusively for the hotel. Thank you very much again for your great support and flexibility! We are looking forward to working with you again in the future.
Best regards,
Kathrin Sauter Head of Marketing & Communication
Hi Tom,
Just a quick email to say thanks very much for organising our hotels – all went well at the Fair and the hotel was very nice.
Thanks again
Mel,
Hello Ben,
Everything went well at the B&B Hotel Hannover-City during EMO Hannover 2023.
EMO Hannover 2023
Dear Megan,
I hope you are fine.
All colleagues already arrived and everything went well.
Can you please send the hotel options for the next CPHI 2025 in Frankfurt.
Please include the option of Motel One Frankfurt-Messe.
Thank You & Regards,
CPhI Worldwide - 2024