Coverings: Orlando 2012, Atlanta 2013

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – It’s back to Orlando next year for Coverings … with at least one new stop in future years.

While the return to the Orange County Convention Center next April 17-20 isn’t a surprise, the stone-and-tile show will take a short trip up Interstate 75 in 2013 … and appear in Atlanta.

“With such an international draw of both exhibitors and attendees to Coverings, any location we choose must be accessible both domestically and globally, and Atlanta is an active airline hub,” say Jennifer Hoff, president of events for show manager/producer National Trade Productions. “What’s more, Atlanta conveniently neighbors growth regions where so many of our target audience are based. 

“Our choices in exhibit space also are dictated by the scale and scope of Coverings; the venues that can accommodate the type of space we require are somewhat limited. But, Atlanta has always been on our radar screen as a workable facility, and we’re looking forward to being there in 2013.”

The Atlanta event, at the Georgia World Congress Center, will run a bit later in the spring on April 29-May 2, 2013.

Coverings will also break with its usual appearance in Orlando during even-numbered years, with the 2014 event offering the return to this year’s host city: Las Vegas. The 2014 show, also on April 29-May 2, will move to the larger Las Vegas Convention Center.

After that, Coverings will return to Orlando on April 14-17, 2015.

Online registration for the 2012 event in Orlando will open in October at the Coverings website. NTP notes that more than 90 percent of its exhibitor space for Orlando is pre-sold.   

Coverings is sponsored by ASCER (Ceramic Tile Manufacturers Association of Spain), Confindustria Ceramica (Italian Association of Ceramics), Tile Council of North America (TCNA), Ceramic Tile Distributors Association (CTDA), and National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA).