Hello Michael
All went well at K&J earlier this month! Thank you for all your help!
Please send me the offers for accommodation next year.
Best
Eva
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. At present, the UK does not have travel restrictions.
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.
Hello Michael
All went well at K&J earlier this month! Thank you for all your help!
Please send me the offers for accommodation next year.
Best
Eva
Working with your agency was flawless, Tracy Olsen amazing, readily available to our request. The hotel was welcoming. Yours sincerely, Despoina Samara
Hi Megan,
Great! Thank you very much!
I really enjoy working with you :)
Best regards,
Katharina
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
Dear George,
Thank you for the email!
Everything was fine with the hotel.
Kind regards,
Zhong
Hi, My name is Phillip from the Medit Company. We have been long working with Travel2Fairs Company for Hotels&Meeting rooms and Megan was always willing to assist us. We had gone through lots of changes in schedules and number of rooms and sometimes I felt sorry for Megan for requesting many times but she always tried hard to meet our needs. Also, Travel2Fairs deals with the customer's request in a very prompt timely manner. I always appreciate your service Megan from the bottom of my heart. I hope you have a great day and would love to do business with you in the near future. Thank you!
The agency was very polite and helpful and really managed our book reservation very well. My colleauges were happy with the hotel so thank you very much for your help indeed!
Hi Tom,
Good exhibition.
The hotel as expected, had a little bit of trouble getting in, door codes were sent to wrong phone number, but fixed when calling the reception. So nothing to complain about.
Thanks
//Dan
Everything went perfect and we were happy with the hotel we choose.
Anuga 2023
Dear Megan,
All went well, your support as always has been perfect.
Thank you,
Luis Matias
Director Comercial / Commercial Director
Hi Megan,
I like it a lot, near by the fair, with a link to center, very cozy.
Best Regard
Dear Megan,
Regarding the hotel, it was ok, some rooms were very small like mine but it was clean. Some other colleagues were happy because they had big rooms with a nice view. The staff was friendly and very useful.
Regards,
Céline AVILA-PENELON