“Traffic was more than last year and there was lots of buzz and excitement around new products – in fact, it’s like night and day comparing last year to this year. People actually placed orders at the show. Fenwicks is taking our new collection Skye. There were lots of Middle East clients here and a lot from the Middle East and Asia on the hospitality side, especially.” Bill Robodee, CEO, Nambe “Ambiente 2016 was a big success for Zieher. We had more visitors at our booth than in previous years – one of the reasons for this we think is our extensive advertisement campaign that we launched in the print media, online and on the Ambiente compound. While we’re a hospitality brand, interestingly, we had 50 per cent visitors from the retail sector as we ‘re currently working on introducing a bespoke selection of our products – including our new stemware series Vision – to the retail sector. We were really satisfied with the result.” Nikolan Dietz, marketing manager, Zieher
“We made our debut at Ambiente this year. It was an exhilarating experience showcasing our products for the world to see. We met amazing people, designers and potential customers, many of which represent the most important tableware brands in the world. Their appreciation for our products was very inspiring. We look forward to an exciting year ignited with partnerships forged at Ambiente 2016.” Rishabh Patel, CEO, Arta Broch
We had an excellent reaction to our new Dankotuwa fine porcelain products; I really do think buyers are looking for technically-innovative product, not just new designs, and this is what we had to offer. We couldn’t have hoped for a better reception. David Queensberry, co-owner, Queensberry Hunt
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What the exhibitors say? It was a very successful edition for us with a good flow of visitors. We received orders from around 30 per cent of our visitors, which is great, and now we hope to develop all the deals we have made. Barbara Zanardi, marketing manager, Vidivi
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“For both Prouna and Twig New York, we felt like the overall traffic was similar to last year but we met a lot of potential new customers and more serious buyers and we’re now busily following up with many new accounts. There were a lot of new customers from many different countries and especially Iran, India and the Ukraine. Usually, during Ambiente, we tend to meet importers and distributors but this time I was surprised to see many store owners.” Jackie Lim, Prouna and Twig New York
What the retailer says... “This is the most important fair for us as we meet most of our vendors here and are able to get a good impression about the trends. This year, we had 20 buyers visiting and we discovered some great new exhibitors. We felt the novelty presentations on offer were really interesting and that manufacturers had a lot of great new ideas, which is good for us as part of our philosophny is to offer products that aren’t available everywhere. Hermann Hutter, MD, abt department store, Germany TABLEWARE INTERNATIONAL 77