Registration for BDW moves ahead strongly!
Hundreds
of Visitors Already
Registered for BDW from October 8-10
Bharat
Diamond Bourse providing Flight tickets for selected buyers
The
Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) in Mumbai says more than 300 visitors from India
and overseas has already registered for the second edition of the Bharat
Diamond Week at the bourse, to take place from October 8-10. Hundreds more
buyers are expected to register in the countdown to the expanded polished
diamond fair.
The
inaugural show, held from April 23-25, was attended by more than 1,000 visitors
from India and across the world who did business with 100 Indian exhibitors of
polished goods.
In
addition, the BDB is providing flight tickets to selected buyers to create more
sales opportunities for the 100 Indian polished diamonds companies who will be
exhibiting at the show. The buyers who have been selected are from Turkey,
Thailand and India. The bourse will also be providing 150 rooms for
international buyers at a hotel close to the show grounds.
Bharat
Diamond Bourse Vice-President Mehul Shah, who heads the Bharat Diamond Week
project, said: “As part of our strategy for creating a show that will provide
many more sales opportunities for our diamond manufacturing and exporting
firms, we have carefully chosen major buyers who we want to see at the Bharat
Diamond Week. We want them to become acquainted with our exhibitors and with
the Indian diamond industry in general. That is why we decided to bring 50
select buyers here."
BDB
President Anoop Mehta said: "Registration for the show is moving ahead
strongly, and we expect to see a larger number of visitors/buyers than at the
first edition. For any foreign firms that have not been to India before, I
would say this is a perfect opportunity to kill two birds with one stone.
They
will be able to visit scores of Indian firms exhibiting at the show displaying
a huge range of diamonds in all sizes, shapes and colours. In addition, they
will have the opportunity to visit the Bharat Diamond Bourse and understand the
enormous variety of business opportunities and suppliers available to
them."
Meanwhile,
Mr Mehta reiterated that with India being the world's largest diamond
manufacturing centre, and the show is being held before Diwali, visitors will
find competitively priced diamonds. "Those buyers looking for pre-Diwali
bargains will find it a highly attractive time to visit the show. With the
Diwali festival starting at the beginning of November, traders will be looking
to sell goods ahead of the closure of business for the holiday."
Mr
Shah said that a new feature at the October fair will be on site facilities for
checking for diamonds created using the Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) method.
"It is critical for our business that consumer confidence in our products
remains intact. This is absolutely paramount. Consequently, we will have a
display of equipment for the detection of such stones so that diamantaires can
see the equipment available, how straightforward it is to operate, and the
financial outlay involved."
He
added that October will be a busy month for the Bharat Diamond Bourse and the
Indian diamond trade, with many members of the global diamond industry visiting
Mumbai. “Following the Bharat Diamond Week, we will be holding a meeting of the
World Diamond Council on October 22 which is being organised by the Gem and
Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), and then we are hosting the World
Diamond Congress from October 23 to 25.
We
are delighted to be able to hold the meetings here because it is critical that
the global diamond industry meets every year to discuss the major issues
affecting it. We will also be holding a Bharat Diamond Week in New York from
October 29 to 31.”
Registration
for the show is available at www.bharatdiamondweek.org and the BDB is
recommending that members of the diamond community worldwide do so as quickly
as possible to avoid disappointment.
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