{"id":1007,"date":"2020-04-23T07:37:21","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T07:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/?p=1007"},"modified":"2021-01-28T14:41:52","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T06:41:52","slug":"spring-virtual-expo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/markets\/spring-virtual-expo\/","title":{"rendered":"Grab Your Last Chance To Source Online At Spring Virtual Expo"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1007\" class=\"elementor elementor-1007\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-478f9dcb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"478f9dcb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e774340\" data-id=\"e774340\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19f05a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19f05a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hong Kong\u2019s exhibition industry has been<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/banking-finance\/article\/3048130\/hong-kong-businesses-cancel-promotional-events-launches\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">put on pause<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">after the coronavirus epidemic has forced multiple postponements or cancellations \u2013 deemed the \u201cworst since the 2003 SARS outbreak\u201d by analysts according to <em>The South China Morning Post<\/em>. For many buyers and suppliers who rely on trade fairs to market their products and establish new business connections, travel bans have thrown a spanner in the works. Fortunately, HKTDC is bringing the trade fair experience online with the<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/info.hktdc.com\/virtualexpo\/?DCSext.dept=2&amp;WT.mc_id=1849569\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Spring Virtual Expo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Online during the month of April, the Spring Virtual Expo will provide the opportunity for suppliers to advertise their products online and prospective buyers to reach out with a simple click \u2013 allowing suppliers to maintain and establish contact with global buyers and book orders during traditional peak sourcing seasons.<\/span><br \/><br \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Spring Virtual Expo is centred around four themes: technology, lighting and electronics; gifts and housewares; lifestyle, and; fashion and beauty \u2013 featuring 33 groups of products, global buyers will receive personalised product recommendations (through online means) to foster quicker deals.<\/span><br \/><br \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Alongside the virtual expo, HKTDC has also readied a number of new online initiatives to help SMEs adapt to the difficult times, including webinars, online-to-offline promotional packages, a free Transformation Box (\u201cT-Box\u201d) advisory service and more! \u201cThis will enable SMEs to continue to expand in mature and emerging markets,\u201d says HKTDC Executive Director Margaret Fong. \u201cWe hope that the online promotion together with the upcoming trade fairs can create synergy to help SMEs promote their products and field orders.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For more details on HKTDC\u2019s digital initiatives,<\/span> <span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><a style=\"color: #00ccff;\" href=\"https:\/\/hkmb.hktdc.com\/en\/1X0AKEN7\/market-spotlight\/Exhibitions-go-digital\">click here<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong\u2019s exhibition industry has been put on pause after the coronavirus epidemic has forced multiple postponements or cancellations \u2013 deemed the \u201cworst since the &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5421,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-markets"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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