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ITF 2008 International Trade Fair

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5 Jan 2008 - 00:00
14 Jan 2008 - 23:59
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Qatar International Exhibition Center - QIEC

Following the tremendous success of ITF 2008; ITF 2008, , promises to be even stronger, more diversified and exceed your expectations in sales.

ITF 2008 creates Shopper's Paradise by bringing to the doorsteps of regional consumers an exciting array of international products and cultural shows under one roof.

The fastest growing market in the Middle East region gives International exhibitors a unique regional opportunity to sell to the world?s highest income per capita market.

Exhibitor Information:
For early Bird Booking contact Mr. Fernando De Guama


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ferari888's picture

ferari888 said Hello Guys! How to get to ...

Hello Guys!
How to get to the new exhibition center? anybody can help?

 

thealjazeera's picture

thealjazeera said city centre ...

if u reach city centre, its 200m from city centre

 

lamea's picture

lamea said is this the same place they ...

is this the same place they had the book fair in november

 

Cornellian's picture

Cornellian said Did anyone go to this fair ? ...

Did anyone go to this fair ? If so, how was is ? Is it worth seeing ?

I'm not always right, but I'm never wrong -Garfield

 

Alexa's picture

Alexa said Yes Corne, I went yesterday, ...

Yes Corne, I went yesterday, thought it was really good, bought some beautiful Iranian jewellery, some fab Lebanese shoes, some blouses from Kuwait,body scrub from Australia and perfume from Oman....good shopping all in all....oh, and a nice bag from China...lol.

 

Cornellian's picture

Cornellian said ooo sounds good! then I'll ...

ooo sounds good! then I'll go asap! :D

How u been Alexa ? Seems like I haven't talked u in ages! lol

I'm not always right, but I'm never wrong -Garfield

 

pwb78's picture

pwb78 said Alexa - was it mostly ...

Alexa - was it mostly Chinese crap or many stalls of good stuff. Husband is rolling his eyes when I suggest going because 2 years ago is was just bad. :)

 

Alexa's picture

Alexa said Thanks I am fine ...

Thanks I am fine corne...busy but fine :)

 

Alexa's picture

Alexa said Well pwb, you have to look ...

Well pwb, you have to look around.
I bought some beautiful gemstone necklaces from the Iranian stalls.Most of the clothes are crap, but if you dig you can find some gems.Most of the Chinese handbags are not too great, but i found one that suits my needs for a good price.
Shoes, well, I found two stalls at the end, one had very fashionable Lebanese shoes, which i liked but they were quite expensive. The other stall was Arab, and very inexpensive and they had a few good models.
You will see a lot of egyptian stuff for the house, inexpensive and pretty.
Wouldn't go for the "handpainted" glasses, I found all of them were rubbish.

Happy hunting !

 

pwb78's picture

pwb78 said Ok great. Will see about ...

Ok great. Will see about checking it out. Thanks.

 

pwb78's picture

pwb78 said Anyone know the times they ...

Anyone know the times they are open? Early morning? Thanks.

 

iwael's picture

iwael said pwb78 here it's ...

8 Am - 12 pm
4 pm - 9 pm

 

pwb78's picture

pwb78 said Thanks a lot for the times. ...

Thanks a lot for the times.

Loaded up the whole family and went down there yesterday and they wouldn't let my husband in. Ladies only. Not even families, just ladies. Not going back.

 

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spicemom said will go tomorrow with mom ...

will go tomorrow with mom since she is here visiting cant be taking her to all the malls everyday...lol
life's too short so make the most of it, you only live but once.......

 

tallg's picture

tallg said pwb78 - all the adverts and ...

pwb78 - all the adverts and news articles said it was ladies only on Mondays. If you go back today your husband and children will be allowed in.

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pwb78's picture

pwb78 said Yeah - was just going off ...

Yeah - was just going off the billboards - saw the newspaper ad once we got home...

 

irwans's picture

irwans said It is not as great as last ...

It is not as great as last year if I may say.
Most only selling garments... :(.

 

cah_angon's picture

cah_angon said Nice .. ...

I went there yesterday,sure it' s amazing Fair,also the Price it's wonderful.I ask to sales carpet from Iranian.the price is Qr120k, I though better to Buy Landcruiser than this carpet,Amazing Price for carpet they told it's Handmade But..for that price I am Excuse.

 

cah_angon's picture

cah_angon said Nice .. ...

I went there yesterday,sure it' s amazing Fair,also the Price it's wonderful.I ask to sales carpet from Iranian.the price is Qr120k, I though better to Buy Landcruiser than this carpet,Amazing Price for carpet they told it's Handmade But..for that price I am Excuse.

 

tallg's picture

tallg said Finally got to the fair last ...

Finally got to the fair last night and thought it was pretty good. Didn't buy much but was impressed with the size of it, though I thought there were too many clothes stores. It was also nice to see so many Qataris attending.

On the down side, I'd just like to (sarcastically) congratulate Doha on creating yet another building with inadequate parking. It took us 30 minutes just to get into the car park last night, and the number of spaces was woefully inadequate for the size of the venue. Hence why more people were parked in the surrounding "desert" then in the actually car park. And as we were leaving an ambulance was trying to get to the venue (with sirens/lights on) and had a real struggle due to the car park being blocked with traffic.
You think they'd learn from past mistakes (City Center & the tennis complex to name two I've experienced recently) and build car parks that are big enough, are well laid out and have enough entrances/exits.

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lalkripa's picture

lalkripa said EXHIBITION CENTER ...

CAN U SEND LOCATION MAP

 

ICU's picture

ICU said I thought they did a good ...

I thought they did a good job arranging this event. So thank you for organising this.

I was a bit reluctant at first buying this fake signature brand bag but my friend was wearing the same bag as I have purchased. I tell you there are not many differences between the fake and the real one. My friend payed QR$6,000 for her bag and I only purchased this for QR$135. Ok I am not sure how long I will use mine maybe once or twice as I am a bit embarrass. Why will you guys do?


 

tallg's picture

tallg said lalkrip; The exhibition ...

lalkrip; The exhibition centre is next to the InterContinental hotel. It has big red walls at each end. Drive away from City Center to Rainbow round-about, bear right at the round-about towards the InterCon and you can't miss it.

icu; I agree the event was well organised. It's the exhibition centre car parking I was moaning about, not the event itself. Enjoy using your bag and don't worry about being embarrassed, no one will be able to tell it's a fake unless they get up real close!

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ICU's picture

ICU said Hi Tallg Yes I agree with ...

Hi Tallg

Yes I agree with you about the parking. My husband is always having a hard time to even just pick me up. I have been there 2 times actually. I actually look at the brand of the bag i purchased on the net and yes you are right it was in a catalogue and even up close it is very hard to know which is fake and which is not. I wonder if the origial authentic I have purchased in the fast were actually real. How do we know these days.

 

xyned's picture

xyned said The fastest growing market ...

The fastest growing market in the Middle East region gives International exhibitors a unique regional opportunity to rob consumers.
ITF 2008 creates Shopper's Paradise by bringing to the doorsteps of regional consumers an exciting array of unreasonably priced 'so so goodies'

One Word of Advice: Take your shopping else where. Bhs,woolworths and splash feels heavenly economical.

 

xyned's picture

xyned said highest income per capita ...

highest income per capita market.

Dont bother looking up the dictionary. The whole phrase can be substituted for "SUCKER"

 

mir83's picture

mir83 said What are the chief features of the fair ...

What are the chief features of this fair?

 

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