Invitation to Exhibit

NOVEMBER 11-13, 2018 SUNDAY - TUESDAY Going Coastal ROLAND E. POWELL CONVENTION CENTER, OCEAN CITY, MD

Northeast’s Largest Souvenir & Resort Trade Event oceancitygiftshow.comoceancitygiftshow.com

Put your products in front of retailers from Maine to Virginia Beach as an exhibitor at the Northeast’s largest, most important souvenir and resort gift trade show! WHO ATTENDS: WHERE THEY ARE Coastal and inland buyers ALL ABOUT THE BEACH GREAT TSHIRT CO. COMING FROM: from throughout the ALLENS DOCK INC. GREAT WHITE SHARK Mid-Atlantic and New ANGLER's MARINA GULF STREAM GIFTS While the show attracts retailers from up ASSATEAGUE STATE PARK HOOTIES England regions come to buy and down the Eastern Seaboard, our ASSATEAQUE OUTFITTERS ISLAND BEACH GEAR heaviest concentration comes from along last-minute holiday ISLAND OUTFITTERS ATLANTIC GOLD the coast and inland from states like: merchandise and plan their AVANLANCHE INDUSTRIES ISLAND RETAIL • BEACH DAZE, INC | JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL GIFT SHOP Delaware spring and summer resort • seasons. Here's a sampling of BEACH ESSENTIALS MAKING WAVES Maryland BEACH MART INC OCEAN WAVES • stores that regularly shop the New Jersey BEACH PIER GIFT SHOP OCEANSIDE EXPRESSION • Virginia Ocean City Resort Gift Expo: REHOBOTH BEACH VARIETY BEACH VARIETY • North Carolina CHESAPEAKE BAY MARITIME MUSEUM REHOBOTH SUNSATIONS • CHESAPEAKE BEACH WATER PARK SANDS DEPARTMENT STORE New York CHINCOTEAGUE ISLAND OUTFITTERS SHELL CITY INC. • Massachusetts CHINCOTEAGUE SEAFOOD CO INC SIX FLAGS AMERICA • Pennsylvania DELAWARE RIVER & BAY AUTHORITY SOUVENIR CITY & INLET GIFTS DELMARVA DISCOVERY CENTER SUNSET BEACH GIFT SHOPS EASTERN SHORE HOSPITAL CENTER UNCOMMON GOODS FENWICK FLOATORS US NAVAL ACADEMY VISITOR CENTER FISH TALES WALGREENS FUN CITY ARCADE ZOO COMPANY

WHAT THEY’RE LOOKING FOR: Custom-tailored to meet the • Resort • Beachwear specialized needs of • Destination • Novelties Northeastern retailers, every • Decorative Accessories • Logo Products product category will be • Gourmet • Paper Goods represented, including: • Gifts • General Gift • Beach Items • Nautical/Coastal Items • Aromatherapy • Fashion Accessories • Garden Gifts • Social Stationery • Souvenirs • Licensed Products • T-Shirts • Toys and Games • Greeting Cards • Tabletop • Much More

TYPES OF BUSINESSES REPRESENTED:

The majority of our buyers • Antique/Vintage • Garden Center are Resort/Souvenir Stores • Apparel/Fashion Accessories • Grocery/Gourmet Food and Specialty Stores, but • Bookseller • Hardware Store you’ll also see these types of • Card/Stationery Retailer • Home Furnishing/ Accessories businesses: • Catalog/Mail Order • Hospital Gift Shop BOOTH PACKAGE • Children's/Toy • Jewelry Retailer 8’ side and back drapes • • Christmas/Seasonal Lifestyle Retailer One undraped table, chairs and • Department Store • Museum Gift Shop one wastebasket • Drug Store/Pharmacy • On-line Retailer • Florist • Spa One outlet per booth with 500 watts • Gallery/Craft/ Handcrafted • Warehouse Stores of electricity Retailer Free invitations and stickers Booth identification sign Pocket Directory Listing

HOW WE REACH THEM: COST Hall A & B: Advertising Public Relations $1175 per 10 x 10 booth • Print, digital ads in leading trade publications • Press Releases issued to leading trade including Gifts & Decorative Accessories, publications and industry coverage in trade Souvenirs, Gifts & Novelties, Museums & More publications Ballroom: • Wide range of advance and on-site exhibitor Email Marketing $995 per 8 x 10 booth show sponsorships • Regularly scheduled buyer eblasts in weeks Online | Digital and months leading up to the show. • Targeting and remarketing banner ads $175 corner fee Events & Services delivered to visitors of show website and • Product Preview Areas thousands of prospective attendees • Show Party For Buyers & Exhibitors • Free custom branded landing pages for CONTACT exhibitors to use in their own show Buyer Relations & Key Accounts Focus April )PMJOFL at • promotions. Targeted personal call outreach to key 800.318.2238 x0326 or accounts 678.370.0326 Direct Mail | Print • Securing partnerships with associations, • Free exhibitor invites and stickers E: [email protected] • buying groups, catalog accounts Muti-level buyer direct mail campaign • Travel incentives, including complimentary www.oceancitygiftshow.com hotel rooms and roundtrip Ferry Fare