Growing TIP show releases party schedule

Staff -- Home Textiles Today, 8/20/2001 12:00:00 AM

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM —

Textiles Interieur Premiere (TIP9) has grown by 35 percent, with 44 companies joining the roster for the first time.

TIP9, which will be held simultaneously with Decosit and Deco Contract, will have a special, early-bird "First Sight" preview on Sept. 7 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. with traditional English tea served throughout the afternoon.

The 98 exhibitors and their guests will have a "Pimms and nibbles" reception on Saturday, Sept. 8 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and a jazz soiree hosted by Prestigious Textiles and the Trade Link Co., organizer of TIP9, with a live jazz band, drinks and cocktail snacks on Sunday, Sept. 9 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. All events will be held in the glass-fronted restaurant and covered terrace at the Basilique du Sacre Coeur, site of TIP9.

TIP9 closes at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 11.