TGA Members Two Nights, Two International A HEARTY WELCOME TO THE FOLLOWING companies that have joined TGA since November: Events, Two Chances • 4 A Clean Getaway, Newport Beach, CA (M); www.4acleangetaway.com to Mix It Up ® • AirTravel Box, Rancho Cucamonga, CA (M) WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO OFFER TWO ’16 • Artsac, Leeds, UK (M); www.artsac.co.uk networking events exclusive to Show attendees at the upcoming • Bluesmart, San Francisco, CA (M); www.bluesmart.com International Travel Goods Show. Mix it up with other industry insiders • Bucky Products, Inc., Seattle, WA (M); www.bucky.com • BullRest Travel Pillow, Boulder, CO (M); www.bullrest. at our Opening Night Party, held on Tuesday, March 8, at the Show com entrance from 5:30–7:00 p.m. This event is your best chance to con- • Caracaise, Mandeville, LA (M); www.caracaise.com nect and really bond with everyone who matters to your business. • Cassini Viaggio International – Oleg Cassini, New York, Then come cheer and be inspired at the Awards Ceremony held on NY (M); www.viaggiointl.com Wednesday, March 9, in Room 229 from 5:30–6:15 p.m. This event • ESI Cases & Accessories, New York, NY (M); www.duracellchargers.com will shine the spotlight on the most revolutionary new items with the • Everything ORGO, Almont, MI (M); www.everythingorgo. Product Innovation Award, give kudos for altruistic engagement with com the Community Service Award, and toast the very worthy recipients of • Expressions, Mississauga, Canada (M); the Legacy Award and Lifetime Achievement Award. Please mark your www.expressions-fashion.com • E-Z Luggage, Inc., Orlando, FL (M); www.myezroll.com calendar to join us for these two special industry events. b • FaceCradle, Parkdale, Australia (M); www.facecradle.me • HONTUS Milano Sales SW, Richmond, TX (SR) • incase, Chino, CA (M); www.incase.com • Journeyworks, Sante FE, NM (M); www.journeyworks Be sure to stop by collection.com • Kaz Headrest, Kailua Kona, HI (M); www.kazrest.com • KeySmart, Chicago, IL (M); www.getkeysmart.com TGA’s Booth 1001 • Kiko Leather, Sherman Oaks, CA (M); www.kikoleather. com for water, coffee and • Leather Sellers, Kanpur, India (M) • LUG, Austin, TX (M); www.luglife.com a yummy cookie! • Lulabop, Seattle, WA (M); www.lulabop.com • Moleskine, New York, NY (M); www.mole skine.com • NCASE, Sacramento, CA (M); www.ncaseco.com Catch the Attention of Media at • OGIO International Inc., Draper, UT (M); www.ogio.com • Savvy Travelers, Laguna Niguel, CA (M); www.savvy The Show EACH YEAR, THE INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL GOODS SHOW travelers.com attracts media from around the country, resulting in online, print and televi- • The San Francisco Umbrella Co., San Francisco, CA sion coverage. Get yourself noticed on the floor by building a presence in the (M); www.sfumbrella.com Press Room. It’s each editor’s first stop before they hit the exhibit floor, and • U Koala Bag, Charlotte, NC (M); www.ukoalabag.com it’s where you are invited to display media kits and samples that the press • United By Blue, Philadelphia, PA (M); www.unitedbyblue. will use to cover product after they return home from The Show. The Press com Room is located directly across from Show registration. Features following • Vikland Stockholm AB, Sweden (M); www.vikland.com last year’s Show appeared on “Fox News,” “NBC News,” Peter Greenberg • VoltNow, Inc., Parkland, FL (M); www.voltnow.com Travel, Today.com, The Travel Channel online, USA Today, and many oth- • Zumer Sport, San Luis Obispo, CA (M); www.zumer ers. If you are an exhibitor and have questions about how to prepare media sport.com materials for The Show, contact TGA’s Kate Ryan via email at kate@kate M=Manufacturer; SR=Sales Rep ryanpr.com or phone, 774-929-5223. b TGA News Briefs continued on page 26 Travel Goods SHOWCASE Spring 2016 25 TGA News Briefs continued from page 25 Capitol Beat | By Nate Herman CALIFORNIA PROP 65 Welcome to Silly Season, More California Proposition 65 Notices Issued | New "60-day" notices have been issued in the last few months alleging that a.k.a. the 2016 Elections brands and retailers sold backpacks, acces- sories, travel goods, wallets, and clutches in – What It Means for You California that contained lead, di-n-butyl phthal- ate (DBP), di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), and diisononyl phthalate (DINP) in violation t is 2016. Do you know where your congressperson is? of a California law known as Proposition 65 Most likely he or she, along with every presidential candidate, is on your (Prop 65). The notices serve as intent to bring local TV news, in your local newspaper, or campaigning in your town or lawsuits against the recipients that sold these state. Why? Because when the clock struck midnight on December 31, products. For more information on Prop 65, I2015, silly season officially opened. With the November 2016 elections please go to the Prop 65 page on the TGA web- a mere nine months away, what has already seemed like an interminable site, www.travel-goods.org, or contact TGA's campaign season will kick into overdrive. Nate Herman at 877-842-1938, x-708; nate@ You will see your local members of Congress everywhere in your state, shaking hands, kissing babies, giving speeches, tweeting soundbites. And travel-goods.org. b that means those same members of Congress are everywhere but here in Washington, DC. In fact, to ensure members can be in their districts and states as much MEMBER PROFILES In an effort to publicize and as possible to tout their accomplishments, Congress will only be in session promote the travel goods industry, TGA profiles for a total of 99 days between now and the November 8 election. both new and longstanding members in every And that means the hard job of passing a laundry list of important leg- issue of Travel Goods Showcase and on TGA’s islation through Congress this year – including Toxic Substances Control Act website, www.travel-goods.org. TGA members can (TSCA) reform legislation and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Free Trade submit profile information by visiting www.travel- Agreement – will become that much harder. goods.org. But the hard work is still necessary. With the New York City Council now following the lead of many New York counties in considering regulating chemicals in children’s products (includ- MEMBER PROFILES ing travel goods), moving TSCA reform through Congress couldn’t be more critical. The differing House and Senate bills, passed with the support of Blubandoo Cooling all but one member of Congress, would enable the Federal Government to regulate any chemical in any product. The Federal Government’s inability to Headwear & regulate chemicals has been the biggest single excuse for states and locali- ties to step in and regulate products. While the pending legislation would Accessories ® not specifically preempt states and localities from implementing their own BLUBANDOO HAS BEEN MAKING THE regulations, there would be no need for those regulations in the first place. world a cooler place since 1993 with its cooling Because of differences between the House and Senate bills, the two sides hats, visors, neckbands, do-rags and headbands. are negotiating a compromise bill in conference. TGA will keep pushing for The products contain non-toxic polymer crystals a speedy compromise. that absorb water and expand into a gel, which And then there is the TPP, a free trade agreement negotiated last fall helps spare the wearer from heat via evaporative between the United States, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Mexico, cooling. Blubandoo’s products quickly dry to the Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam. TGA fought hard to touch, but stay hydrated and cool for days before secure provisions in the TPP that, once implemented, will allow travel goods the gel returns to its original crystal form. They assembled in Vietnam, or in any other TPP country for that matter, to enter can be reused repeatedly, after five minutes’ the United States, and most other TPP countries, duty-free immediately. But, as always, there is a catch. Congress has to approve the TPP agree- ment before it can go into effect. So, we continue to push hard for Congress to vote on the agreement before the elections. Congressional approval will be made all that much harder by all of the anti-trade rhetoric coming from the presidential candidates on both sides of the aisle. Is there hope that we can get these two critical pieces of legislation through Congress? As I said at the beginning, this is silly season. And, as this year’s presidential campaign has already proven, in the silly season anything can happen. b For more information, please contact TGA’s Nate Herman at 877-842-1938, x-708; [email protected]. 26 Spring 2016 Travel Goods SHOWCASE immersion in water. All of Blubandoo’s products may DEMOCRACY IN ACTION be logoed, and can be found for sale Highlighting the corporate citizenship of the travel goods industry in specialty sporting goods stores, gift retailers, lawn and garden shops, cata- logs, resorts and theme parks around the world. A.Saks Luggage Partners with Blubandoo has been awarded the PGA Tour Partners Club® Member- the Multiple Myeloma Research Tested Seal of Approval and the Best of PGA Show, Orlando, FL, as well as Foundation countless testimonials for effectiveness. A.SAKS LUGGAGE PRESIDENT ELLIOT SAKS RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT EWS Blubandoo cooling headwear has been Incentives, Inc. d/b/a A.Saks Luggage Company will donate 10% of all sales from June, featured in numerous television and July, and August 2016 to the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF). b catalog publications, including Skymall and QVC.