K/BIS 2008 returned to Chicago’s McCormick Place for the first time since 2006. Next year’s event is set for the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Apr. 30-May 3 2009.

Designers, manufacturers, contractors and assorted fellow travelers swept into the Windy City April 10-13 and descended on the famed McCormick Place convention facility to check out the newest and hottest products and services the kitchen and bath industry had to offer during K/BIS 2008.            
    Organizers earlier said they expected some 900 exhibitors displaying their wares to more than 40,000 national and international dealers, designers, architects, distributors, retailers, home centers and other attendees. Final attendance figures weren’t available at deadline, but the 2008 edition of the event had a tough act to follow, as K/BIS 2007--held in Las Vegas last year--set attendance records with more than 44,000 North American and international industry professionals in attendance.            
    “The anticipation surrounding this year’s show in Chicago is tangible,” Michael Kelly, CEO of the National Kitchen & Bath Association said earlier. “In the pre-show buzz, you can already get a true sense of the vitality in the kitchen and bath industry.”           
    In addition to the trade show floor activities, professional development and networking opportunities, K/BIS 2008 also featured celebrity appearances, roundtable discussions and a New Product Pavilion located at McCormick’s Lakeside Center.
    For a first-hand account of all three days of the K/BIS 2008 event, be sure to check out Kelly Faloon's daily blog entries by clicking right here.