Monday, July 26, 2010

BITAC Purchasing & Design East 2010

Judi and Tara spent part of last month at BITAC's Purchasing & Design East 2010 in Florida. BITAC is much different than your typical trade shows, summits or conferences. Everything is arranged to make valuable contacts and to build relationships with others in the hospitality and lodging industry--one on one meetings between buyers/vendors, coordinated meals to continue the discussion, panel discussions and presentations, and all hosted in one location to allow continued communication between participants.












This year, BITAC East was hosted at Disneyworld's Grand Floridian Resort. Judi and Tara both had a great time and made a lot of valuable contacts. If you've been considering attending BITAC--perhaps the one in Las Vegas coming up?--we'd love to share our experience!












There were a lot of great vendors and here are a couple that we were very impressed with!

Bellora Hospitality--headquartered in Atlanta, GA with offices in New York, Seattle and Los Angeles. Specialize in luxury linens including sheets, pillowcases, duvet covers, bedskirts, pillow shams, decorative pillows, blankets, throws and turndown mats. They also carry bath products, such as, towels, robes and bath rugs.















Simmons Hospitality Group
--while Simmons has been around for over 135 years we were impressed with their new Simmons Beautyrest mattress. Features Pocketed Coil springs made of recycled steel--and best of all--features the EverNU Top. EverNU is a zip off top that makes it possible to salvage the rest of the mattress frame for reuse (available for the Beautyrest Black collection and select traditional Beautyrest mattresses). The polyurethane foams used are CertiPUR-US certified which means they are low VOC and free of CFCs. They are also manufactured without PBDE flame retardants, lead, mercury, and prohibited phthalates. The wood used in the EnduroTECH foundation is certified by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative. As well, we appreciate Simmon's zero-waste policy and initiative to reduce their waste and impact.





Thanks to all we met! We had a fabulous time and would recommend BITAC again and again!

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