Gifting ideas made easy at the Taipei Int'l Gift and Stationery Spring Show
Giftionery Taipei held its International Gift and Stationery Spring Show, the Taipei World Trade Centre, from April 22 to 25.
Giftionery Taipei held its International Gift and Stationery Spring Show, the Taipei World Trade Centre, from April 22 to 25. As always, the show, organised by the Taiwan External Development Council, drew a stupendous response. 536 exhibitors from Taiwan and countries like India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, and Malaysia put up stalls. The fair was visited by more than 22,000 people including over 5000 overseas visitors.
The Gifts and Stationery Show, which is well known for the innovative products it features, thrives on ingenuity. Among product categories displayed were Acrylic Products, Artist Supplies, Bags, General Stationery, Glassware, Handicrafts, Premium Items, Promotion Items, Religious Items, Calculators, Calendars, Ceramics, Houseware, Key Chains, Kitchenware, School Stationery, Souvenirs, Specialty Giftware, Clocks & Timers, Crystal Items, Festival Decorations, Licensed Products, Office Stationery, Paper Articles, Sunglasses, Tableware, and Woodenware.
All products displayed were not new ones, of course, but the ingenuity of the manufacturers came through in the form of novel and modern twists to age-old stationery and other items. For example, animal-shaped signal flashers on cell phones; photo gauges and pedometers with voice recording capability; LED pens and key chains with musical sounds and flashing lights; etc., etc.
The veritable treasure house of new designs and gift ideas presented at the show could take away even the most befuddled gifter's gifting blues.
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