Dallas International Lighting Market Verses Las Vegas Lighting Convention

The Dallas International Lighting Market is held simultaneously with various other markets at the Dallas Market Center located at 2100 Stemmons Freeway in Dallas, Texas.  During the 2007 Lighting Market, exhibitors offered numerous giveaways including plasma televisions, all inclusive vacations, GPS navigational systems, and a chandelier that retailed for $4,500 from Fine Art Lamps.

During 2007 the Dallas Market Center celebrated its 50th anniversary and introduced plans for a 500,000 square foot expansion to the Trade Mart.  This expansion doubles the lighting marketplace to more than seven million square feet.  The Trade Mart expansion is the only building that has been custom designed for the lighting industry from the ground up. This only quantifies the reason why Dallas International Lighting Market is considered by many retailers and exhibitors alike as the “Lighting Capital.”

“The lighting fixtures display in Dallas is the biggest trade show for the lighting industry in the US.” Said Santorelli, Dina. “Dallas Center shifts to draw lighting.”

Up for exhibit at the Dallas Lighting Convention are more than 260 lighting manufacturers including Westinghouse Lighting Corporation, a leading manufacturer of more than 5,000 lighting products, and Hinkley Lighting a Cleveland, Ohio based distributor of high quality, decorative lighting fixtures for both the residential and commercial markets.

A couple hundred miles away, a similar event is held in Las Vegas, Nevada.  The Las Vegas Lighting Convention is also held semi annually and attracts thousands of retail buyers and sellers from around the world.

The Las Vegas Lighting Convention is held at the World Market Center, located at 495 South Grand Central Parkway in Las Vegas, Nevada.  The World Market Center is a planned tradeshow complex that is rapidly growing in size with a projected size of 12 million square feet upon completion.

Market representatives say that “the World Market Center, which debuted in 2005, will be the largest most comprehensive trade show complex in the world when complete.”

In Las Vegas, from high end contemporary lighting products at moderate prices made by Adesso, to lamps made by Uttermost, retailers can view a variety of lighting products from over 150 different manufacturers under one roof.  The World Market Center is renowned as a place where World Class Exhibitors and World Class Buyers come together to create a World Class Experience.

Although both markets have many of their own unique exhibitors, there are some shared similarities between the two.  Las Vegas Lighting Convention and The Dallas Lighting Market both offer exhibits from some of the top names from within the lighting industry, such as Dale Tiffany, “the world’s foremost designer, marketer, and producer of Art Glass Lighting.”  Dale Tiffany is just one of the many manufacturers that maintain permanent showrooms at both the Dallas Market Center and the World Market Center.

Other manufacturers that attend both markets include:

• Cal Lighting, a 25 year old company from Ontario Canada
• Genie House West, a New Jersey based Fixture Company whose products are all American made
• Glow Lighting based out of Canada and specializing in crystal lighting for both the residential and commercial markets
• Quoizel, one of the nation’s leading designers and distributors of decorative home lighting.