Heimtextil has outlined plans for the upcoming 2022 trade show. A promising number of registrations and a positive echo from the sector are encouraging signals for the restart in seven months.

The sector is raring to go and yearning for a return to the international stage. Personal discussions, physical product presentations and valuable inspiration – the call for an international and multifaceted meeting place for the sector is loud and clear.

At present, the falling coronavirus infection rates, as well as the associated moves to relax restrictions and open up businesses, offer good reason for optimism at home and abroad.

“At last, we can see light at the end of the tunnel,” says Olaf Schmidt, Vice President Textiles & Textile Technologies, Messe Frankfurt. “And, although this is no reason for euphoria, it gives us a solid ground for taking a positive approach. We have excellent contacts to our international customers who have expressed a great need for personal encounters, a direct exchange of information and new impressions.”

This is also reflected by the reassuringly high number of registrations already received after more than a year of pandemic living and with seven months still to go before the trade fair opens its doors again. Thus, around 80 percent of exhibitors at Heimtextil 2020 are interested in taking part in the next event.

Trend Space: tomorrow’s furnishing trends

For visitors interested in design, the highlight of the 2022 events programme will once again be the Trend Space inspiration area in Hall 4.0. The space will show how the pandemic has changed our lives and, therefore, the way we furnish our homes. Particular attention will be given to the mega subject of ‘new work’, which will be viewed with new facets. Anja Bisgaard Gaede  will reprise her role as director of the Trend Space alongside her team from SPOTT Trends & Business.

Digital service to supplement the trade fair

Digital services will supplement the spectrum of products to be displayed at Heimtextil 2022 in Frankfurt. Livestreams and online contributions are scheduled, covering a variety of topics, such as ‘sleep’, the Heimtextil Trends and Interior.Architecture.Hospitality, the service for (interior) architects and hospitality experts. Lectures will also illuminate the theme of sustainability and the Future Materials Library.

Nextrade, the order and data-management portal, is another digital service offered by Messe Frankfurt and provides an around-the-clock business relationship between dealers and suppliers. As the first digital B2B marketplace for home and living, Nextrade brings together demand and supply from the entire sector and thus creates significant value added for both sides.