The annual Giftex show embodies the creative, trend-setting spirit that defines the corporate gifting industry. The ability of bringing the best in business under one umbrella can be attributed to the fact that the event is conceptualized and managed by a team of experienced professionals.

Specialists in the gifting industry belonging to Trade & Technology Exposition Co. (India) Pvt. Ltd have conceived it as a complete and comprehensive exhibition and event management platform. They have successful hosted several events on different themes, and Giftex is a testimony to their capabilities.

Even in the season of lean corporate spending, the importance of corporate gifting has by no means diminished. Corporate gifting is vital for the purpose of reviving and reinforcing crucial business contacts! The consolidation phase of a business can perhaps be the best opportunity to appreciate the association with them.

Top businesses also understand the importance of sticking to employees who provide excellent service and bring value to them. Presenting a gift will only enhance ties with them. This is the perfect time for a meaningful corporate activity. The times are challenging, but such challenges call for dramatic measures.

In this context, Giftex is a one-stop shopping event for bulk purchases by corporate entities and traders, giving everyone access to India’s top sourcing hubs. All the earlier Giftex editions had been a huge hit, and this year’s edition to be held at Mumbai’s Nehru Centre in just about a week from now, promises to be a blockbuster.

And here is a word of advice to make the most of your gifting program: Tuned to the changing times, look to experiment and come up with innovative ideas. Personalization is a vital factor in gifting to select top-level executives, and even your employees. Generic promotional items are passé because people are trying to get be more personal with things. It is often seen as ‘unfashionable’ to be extravagant with gifts today, especially in international context.

For many more such ideas and gifting options, visit Giftex 2012!

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A highly professional approach over the years has ensured that business visitors at Giftex, the much awaited event related to the contemporary gifting industry, would be able to source the best possible gifts and stationery brands under one single roof. Top advertising executives, sales & marketing managers made it a point to visit the show.

No surprise, the previous edition of Giftex was an extraordinary success. As stated above, a host of high-profile visitors, essentially the lynchpins in the corporate decision-making process, thronged the exhibition venue to be part of this grand showcase event for the whole gifting industry.

Just peeping into the past, Giftex was started more than two decades ago. Since then it has truly been a fruitful journey, well reflected in the success of this highly prestigious event. Giftex, Trade & Technology Exposition Co. (India) Pvt. Ltd. has now established itself as a leading exhibition organizing company that hosts several events on different themes.

In due recognition of the importance of Giftex to the gifting industry, the India Trade Promotion Organization has provided the event with its seal of approval. The stupendous success of Giftex can be attributed to the fact that its organizers, namely Trade & Technology Exposition Co. (India) Pvt. Ltd., are steadfastly committed to a result-oriented platform. Their aim is to enable a meaningful exchange and interaction between exhibitors and potential corporate buyers.

Giftex occupies all the five halls of spacious Nehru Centre and yet at times this capacity is not enough to accommodate all the prospective exhibitors. At this exhibition bulk orders are booked, but no sales are permitted. In essence, you could find the products, which well fit your budget the best at the event for the purpose of gifting.

Giftex has emerged as a premier event for the entire gifting industry. The organizers are confident that the exhibition would be a huge success and offer exciting ideas for the corporate world this year, too!

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Giftex 2012 is your chanced to grasp the trend in the domain of gifting. As the event testifies, corporate gifting has been transformed into an art. If a company gifts too little it can be perceived as cheap and if it gives too much it can become a bribe. Gift the wrong thing, and it’s considered bad taste.

A truly thoughtful gift is the one that strikes a chord with the receiver; the one that reflects that you have taken efforts in selecting, packing and presenting it. A gift’s worth cannot be judged by its price tag alone. What indeed makes it valuable is your genuine emotions attached to it. A ubiquitous item can be blended with the tastes and choice of the person you are going to present it. Your thought behind the whole exercise should reflect through your gift to make it a meaningful gesture.

For example, if your friend or colleague is a youthful, upcoming and dynamic executive who loves looking sporty and sleek at work, you can opt to pick ready-to-wear line that will perfectly suit him or her. You may buy a gift that will help one in one’s daily life like contemporary clothing or something like a CD of soothing songs or challenging puzzle game that will help him or her unwind. It will come in handy for the purpose of recreation or relaxation.

Take some effort to find out what your friend or colleague has been keen on buying. This well might be a book title or a favorite music CD, currently lacking from his or her collection. If the person is a ‘do-it-your-self’ type, get a mechanical or electronic utilitarian item.
If you want to shower your friend or a close colleague with something valuable, Giftex 2012 is your opportunity to get all the great ideas to build and strengthen personal and professional bonds.

If ever there is an event to seek exciting corporate gift ideas for your most valued and prestigious customers, business associates and partners, it’s now. It’s Giftex 2012!

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Nearly eight in 10 Indians (77%) prefer Clothes, Sweets (including chocolates- 69 %) and Books (49%) as their preferred gifting items. Importantly, more than half of the people surveyed indicated they would shop online.

Following are the broad findings of a survey conducted by Nielsen India on gifting patterns research panel.

• Differences are there across different age groups in terms of gifting items, budgets and shopping channels.

• Sweets, Clothes and Books are universally popular, but more so with the mature group aged 45 and above

• The younger crowd (15-24 years) prefers to gift technology gadgets such as mobile phones and MP3 players.

• Holidays (travel and accommodation), travel tickets and tickets to amusement parks are popular new-age gift ideas.

• About 20 percent would like to give wine as a gift.

• More than half of the people surveyed indicated they would shop online.

According to N. S. Muthukumaran, Director, Online Panel, the Nielsen Company, India, the technology that has entered our lives in the last 10 years is deeply affecting young people in their twenties who have grown up with it. He says, “To many, it is cool to be seen with the latest model of phone or music system and giving one as a present is in the same league, albeit a costly option for these young folks.”

Look for more findings of the survey indicating the habits and beliefs of Indians regarding gifting in the next blog posts…

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Looking for a Christmas gift that exudes elegance, commemorates celebration and truly captures the essence of the Christmas season? Vintage Wines Private Limited, creators of the premium Reveilo wine label, have launched the perfect solution for you - an elegant wine gift set that makes for an ideal complement to the sprit of Christmas. Custom create your gift by choosing from a selection of Reveilo wines that include the award winning Chenin Blanc and the newly launched dessert wine - the deliciously flavoured Late Harvest Chenin Blanc (LHCB), created in consultation with Italian winemaker - Andrea Valentinuzzi. It is a perfect gift this Christmas. The attractive gift box can fit two wines, chosen by especially by you, and are priced upwards of Rs. 1010.

The creation of LHBC was quite an unexpected twist for the company. In early April, six months after pruning, the grapes had started turning into raisins. Andrea Valentinuzzi’s visit from Italy had been delayed; when he arrived, he found inspiration in the sun-dried over-ripe berries for a delectable dessert wine. A selection of five tonnes of over-ripe grapes were individually hand-sorted and made into 2500 litres of exclusive Reveilo Late Harvest Chenin Blanc Dessert wine. The LHCB is priced at Rs 845 for a 375 ml bottle.

“The Late Harvest Chenin Blanc has a lovely golden hue and an underlying aroma reminiscent of honey and scorched almonds,” says Mr Yatin Patil, Director of Vintage Wines. “These intertwine on the palate with impressions of liqueur and dried apricots. It is mouth-filling, rich and sweet, but has retained enough edge to provide it with perfect balance. Though our first batch was fortuitous, we plan to continue with this wine range as it is being highly appreciated by premier dining establishments and wine enthusiasts.

A big ho! ho! ho! to that!

Currently Reveilo wines are available in Mumbai, Pune, Nashik & Bangalore, and plan to increase their presence to Delhi, Kolkatta, Chennai, Jaipur, Hyderabad and the other prime metros and mini-metros.

Pairing Dessert Wine

A good general rule to follow is that the wine should be sweeter than the food it is served with.  A perfect peach is an oft used example as an ideal partner for a dessert wine.  A challenging example would be a chocolate or toffee based dessert.  Dessert wines are often paired with a bakery sweet; consider a baked good with a hint of a bitter flavor, like an almond biscuit or almond topped croissant. Chocolates, after-mints, strong cheeses like Stilton, Gorgonzola or other mustiness cheeses and rich biscuits at tea time are wonderful companions to dessert wine.

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We always think that giving a gift that is huge or very expensive makes a big impression and that is the only way to make our colleagues and others happy. People often have this in mind that:

“A gift must be something lavish in nature” 

I completely disagree. A gift is a gift and it doesn’t come in sizes but with a spirit of celebration, encouragement and a deeper understanding. Gifts come with a bond of happiness which makes a person happy. It is not the matter inside the gift that makes a corporate gift special but the spirit attached with the corporate gift.

There is a phrase that I strongly believe in:

“Life is to live, Love is to give and Power is to forgive”

If you really wish to love a person, one of the best ways to express love is through corporate gifting an item such as a small box of sumptuous box of chocolates gift-wrapped with shining ribbons and a gold-satin gift-paper which certainly would be enough to express the warm feelings of your heart.

The point is each corporate gift is special irrespective of what it contains materially as each corporate gift comes along with a handful of love. Thus, a small corporate gift can also be enough to establish a bond with people.

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Corporate gifting naturally uplifts the spirit of the people who receive gifts from other people. Gifts are always termed to be precious and everyone loves gifts. Why?

Because everyone loves to receive gifts as they are a token of love. And who doesn’t love to be loved? Everyone does. A corporate gift brings a special message with it. A message that spreads cheer in the form of love. A message which brings two people closer to each other. A message that creates the path of glory, success and happiness.

Just a simple gift wrapped uniquely and attached with a special message can give vibes which can build a relationship for a lifetime.

Do send as many corporate gifts to as many people as possible and you will spread a lot of cheer not only to the people you know but also to the whole world. A small smile can motivate a person to do something extraordinary for thousands of people acrss the globe. Thats the power of charm. So, do not forget to charm people as much as possible by choosing gifts that melt their hearts and spread cheer across oceans.

Cheers!

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Every office has some staff which does minor work. More often than not, they are disregarded as minor people who dont have any skill or any education. Many-a-times, they are even ill-treated for petty mistakes such as a tea spill-over or even not able to do work on time.

The office boys or peons are human beings and they have to be treated carefully and respectfully. They do a lot of work for so many people in the office and are still not appreciated for the work they do. Apart from financial rewards, every individual whether a peon or an office boy requires a spiritual reward that emphasizes their intrinsic qualities as a human being.

Every individual in an office desires to be loved by the others for whatsoever and whosoever they are. It stands the same for the peons and other office staff.

Gifting a nice gift for people who contribute in those very small ways can enable you to increase their bonding with your company. Even a small token of appreciation would also do a lot to their morale. A gift that includes some very good clothes such as a nice t-shirt or sari, or even some sweets can be a great token of love towards them. Ultimately, gifting them stands as an incentive for them to work better within the company.

Make a note. Their gifts should be gift-wrapped in a very authentic and unique way that emphasizes their contribution to the company.

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While you are shopping, you suddenly show up near a crockery market. You will definitely find vases, tea cups, mugs, and specific items made of china clay there. Now, gifting items such as ones made of china clay can be a good gift just for the show of it. However, It has a certain disadvantage.

These items made of china clay are breakable easily at a fraction of a second. Moreover, if you are buying from a local market, you might not end up with a quality that you desire.

Buying a cutlery though isn’t a great or even a very bad idea; here’s what you must take care while buying them:

1. Buy from a branded store. This way, if there are small defects, you can catch hold of the store manager and get your gift replaced. Keep the bill safe with you.
2. Have a “Handle With CARE” label attached on the box within which the gift is placed.
3. Make sure you place the cutlery item in a box that is strong enough to hold the cutlery intact even if the box falls off the receivers hands.
4. Gift-wrap carefully.

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