MARKETSQUARE ASIA 2009 ANTICIPATION BUILDS

ChristianTrade’s Marketsquare Asia 2009 is slated for  6-8 September at the Cityview Hotel (formerly the YMCA International House) in Hong Kong. The Korea Christian Rights Fair will be held 10-11 September in Seoul, Korea. These two events represent the most powerful way to reach into the Asian market with English product and international translation rights.  Korea is the largest rights market in Asia.  And, Hong Kong is a central location that attracts Christian publishers and booksellers from across Asia. For detailed information, click here.

BONNKE TO SPEAK AT ICRS. World evangelist Reinhard Bonnke will be the keynote speaker at ChristianTrade’s International Vision Celebration July 12, 2009, at CBA’s International Christian Retail Show in Denver, CO, U.S.A. Pre-registered international delegates receive a free ticket to the event (tickets cannot be purchased onsite). ChristianTrade also co-sponsors Marketsquare at ICRS—a special international-trade area on the exhibit floor—and offers other services for internationals at the big summer show. For details on the ICRS, go to www.christianretailshow.com.

NEW INTERNATIONAL MARKET DIRECTORY NOW AVAILABLE. ChristianTrade has released its 2009-2010 International Market Directory, listing more than 1,000 suppliers from 62 countries, in time for ICRS planning. For more information, click here.

MARKETSQUARE EUROPE CANCELLED FOR 2009, SLATED FOR ORADEA, ROMANIA, IN 2010: ChristianTrade Association International’s Marketsquare Europe show won’t be held in 2009 due to the present economic conditions in Eastern Europe and worldwide. However, the convention is currently slated for October 2010, just prior to the Frankfurt International Book Fair, in Oradea, Romania. For more details, click here.