HP Market Authority Offers Buyers’ Lounges

September 24, 2006  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in High Point on September 2006 The High Point Market Authority will be hosting two buyer’s lounges at next month’s market to serve the diverse and changing needs of its retail attendees.

Buyers from around the globe can take advantage of the International Buyer Center on the 5th floor of Showplace. Designed with the international business traveler in mind, the comfortably furnished space will offer all the usual business amenities—Internet access, fax and copier machines and satellite news feeds—paired with a full complement of travel and concierge services, as well as a prayer and meditation room. Open daily from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., the International Buyer Center will offer coffee in the mornings and lunch will be served daily from 11:30 to 1:30 p.m., beginning Monday, Oct. 16 through Sunday, Oct. 22.

“The new International Buyer Center has been created to welcome retailers from other countries and ensure that their visit to High Point Market is both thoroughly productive and enjoyable,” said Tammy Covington Nagem, vice president of operations for the High Point Market Authority. “The International Buyer Center is designed to be a place to regroup and rejuvenate, as well as a resource for the market’s world travelers. Our concierge can assist with reservations for airlines, hotels, rental cars and local restaurants, foreign currency exchange, post-market travel plans, local area information and more.”

In addition, the Market Authority is co-sponsoring a buyers lounge for domestic retailers on the first floor of the Suites at Market Square. The lounge offers telephones, cell phone and Blackberry chargers, Internet connection, fax and copy services. The lounge will offer breakfast, lunch and cocktails daily, from 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., beginning Monday, Oct. 16 through Sunday, Oct. 22.

Both retailer reception spaces will also feature boards displaying invitations to market events. Exhibitors and industry associations interested in posting invitations in either the International Buyer Center or Buyers Lounge should forward invitations to the attention of Tammy Covington Nagem at the High Point Market Authority, 101 S. Main St., Suite 801, High Point, N.C., 27260, no later than Oct. 9.