Furnex Expo rescheduled for Sept. 20

Kathmandu, Aug 9: The organisers have rescheduled the opening of the Furniture and Furnishing Expo-2018 for September 20.

The orgnaisers postponed the event as the earlier announced date, August 30, clashed with the BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectorial Technical and Economic Cooperation) Summit.

BIMSTEC summit will be held in Kathmandu on August 30 and 31 while Senior Officials’ Meeting and Ministerial Meeting will be held on 28 and 29 of August.

“The five-day expo is rescheduled as the traffic might be disturbed due to the movement of VIP guests,” said Nepal Furniture and Furnishing Association, the organiser of the event.

The association said that more than 90 per cent stalls in the exhibition had been booked.

The sixth edition of the expo will be organised at the Bhrikutimandap Exhibition Centre and will be ‘Home Décor Special’.

According to the organiser, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom and outdoor furniture, interior designer, carpets and marbles would be major attractions at the expo. Similarly, mattress, decoration goods, home décor, office furniture, home appliances, machineries and vastu products will be available in the fair.

"We also aim to introduce new technology in furniture production and make the country self-reliant in it," said Rajesh Agrawal, President of the NFFA.

There will be more than 100 stalls of furniture and furnishing goods in the expo, the flagship event of the NFFA.

 The Expo will run till September 24.

Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 10 August 2018.