Melbourne Gift Fair

Centrally located in the heart of Melbourne Australia the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre hosts the Reed Gift Fair and GHA Home and Giving Fair twice each year. These significant trade events attract thousands of selling and buying exhibitors and retailers each year. Exhibitors can discuss and review their products with existing clients and generate new business through meeting new retailers keen to change or expand their product selection with new and innovative products and services. The second largest city in Australia, Melbourne hosts many annual trade and industry shows covering a broad range of businesses. The largest and most popular at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre is the united Reed Gift Fair and GHA Home and Giving Fairs.

The Melbourne Gift Fairs staged by Reed and GHA are definitely the best bi-annual Australian trade event for businesses to introduce new products and to meet clients. The Reed and GHA Gift Fairs are the ideal location for wholesale exhibitors to launch new products from both domestic and overseas factories and manufacturers. Melbourne GHA and Reed trade shows provide the opportunity for visitors to learn new sales and service techniques at the numerous seminars offered during the course of the Melbourne trade shows. Located at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre both GHA and Reed Gift Fairs span four days each January and again in August. August is invariably the larger of the two Melbourne events with a greater number of exhibitors and buyers in attendance.

Wholesalers at the fairs will have a large range of popular and new products on display which cover a broad range of categories such as glassware, napery, men’s gifts, clocks, photo frames, woodcrafts, kitchenware, home décor, giftware, jewellery, religious products, foodstuffs, framed pictures, furniture, clothing, electronics, books, Australian made products, fashion accessories, ceramics, furniture, collectables, souvenirs, aromatherapy, leather goods, jewellery and party goods. Suppliers of shop fittings and business operation products are also in attendance. To visit the Melbourne GHA Home and Giving Fair or the Melbourne Reed Gift Fair as a buyer or guest you must be registered. It is strongly suggested this registration is completed online prior to the fair commencing.

Whilst at the Melbourne Gift Fair be sure to take advantage of the food and drink located to stay adequately fed and hydrated as the spot lights will take their toll and walking can be exhausting. For attendees that have not pre-registered for either the Melbourne Reed Gift Fair or the GHA Gift Fair arrive well before the doors open as the queues are always long at the beginning of the day and that is lost business time. If you are staying in Melbourne overnight or for several nights then ensure your book your Melbourne accommodation early. Melbourne hotels, motels and apartments for the trade fairs and near to the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre are in high demand during trade show days. It is also a good idea adopt some simple suggestions for attending such a large event and to help make it less of a choir and more enjoyable. Rule number one is to wear practical and sensible clothes and shoes. There are literally hundreds on exhibits to visit at the Melbourne trade fair so make yourself as comfortable as possible. Layered clothing that is easily added and removed is ideal.

As a retailer if you can only attend one Melbourne trade fairs each year then August is the larger Melbourne and attracts more exhibitors and buyers as it precedes Christmas and leads in to the holiday shopping period. Any business selling gifts, furniture and smaller products, keen to expand on the success of their business should attend the annual GHA Home and Giving Fair in Melbourne and the Reed Gift Fair in Melbourne.