Upcoming KBIS 2025 Deadlines🏠

Have you started taking advantage of opportunities to boost your brand’s presence at KBIS?

Design & Construction Week (DCW) 2025 is just three months away, and if you haven’t started planning yet, now’s the time! With key deadlines approaching fast, you won’t want to miss out:

Need PR support at the show? Email tradeshows@merlotmarketing.com and we can discuss how to leverage your tradeshow investment for maximum PR impact.

✓   Best of KBIS submissions due Dec 4 at 5 p.m. ET

Each year, the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show highlights the best new kitchen and bath products that are pushing the boundaries of design, technology, and innovation.

• Style Statement: Kitchen
• Style Statement: Bath
• Sustainable Standout
• Wellness Trailblazer
• Game-Changing Innovation
• Most Functional Find
• Best in Show

✓   DesignBites submissions due Dec 6

Now entering its 10th year, DesignBites is your opportunity to showcase your latest innovations and standout designs to a dynamic audience of media, influencers, and industry leaders. It’s the ultimate product showdown, bringing the freshest ideas and hottest trends in kitchen and bath to life.

This year, KBIS judges will select 12 brands to compete, a combination of kitchen, bath, technology, and supporting products.

Entries will be accepted through December 6, 2024. Final brands will be notified by January 3, 2025. DesignBites 2025 will be live on NEXTStage, Tuesday, February 25 at KBIS 2025.

Note: It is free to apply to DesignBites. If selected, exhibitor agrees to pay $8,000 participation fee.

✓   Cottages & Gardens Insider Tour submissions due Dec 14

This exclusive VIP Insider Tour has long been a highlight of KBIS for design professionals. Led annually by DJ Carey, Editorial Director of CTC&G (Connecticut Cottages & Gardens) and recipient of the NKBA Editor of the Year Award, the tour will guide 25-30 top industry leaders to selected exhibitors.

New for 2025! Due to overwhelming interest, there will be two tours:

• Tour 1: February 25, 2025, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
• Tour 2: February 26, 2025, 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Key Details:

• Application Deadline: December 14, 2024
• Notification of Selection: December 22, 2024

With over 20 years of experience under our belt, we’ve mastered the art of tradeshow preparation and success– so stay tuned for more tips and updates leading up to DCW 2025.

To learn how your brand can secure impactful tradeshow attendance, and make a splash at DCW 2025, email tradeshows@merlotmarketing.com.