Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Directors’ Club?
The Directors’ Club is a business club for agents and buyers visiting interior design events. It facilitates the business relationship between these parties and exhibiting companies.

Trade Link Company recognises the importance of senior buyers and agents within the interior design industry by awarding them annual membership of Directors’ Club. This enables buyers to optimise their time spent at interior design events through a range of pre-show and onsite benefits that allow them to accurately identify, network and do business with both existing and potential suppliers who are exhibiting at an event.

Who are Directors’ Club members?
Directors’ Club membership is exclusively reserved for the top agents and interior design professionals who are responsible for purchasing. Directors’ Club members are identified and pre-qualified in their registration for Trade Link exhibitions and events.

Typical Directors’ Club member profiles include senior decision makers from the following company types:

Agents
Textile editeurs
Manufacturers of upholstered furniture
Wholesalers
Converters
Buying groups
Contract Operators
Retailers

How can I apply for Directors’ Club membership?
If you are bona fide textile buyer, then there are three ways in which you can apply for membership:

• Through an exhibitor - if you are attending the Scoperta exhibition and one of your suppliers is exhibiting, then please ask them to nominate you for membership
• Through an existing member - ask one of your colleagues, who is already a Directors’ Club member, to refer you for membership
• By Directors’ Club invitation - contact Directors’ Club to receive an invitation to apply for Directors’ Club membership when you visit Scoperta exhibition. Request an invitation

How long does Directors’ Club membership last for?
Directors’ Club membership is annual and must be renewed every year through registration to visit any of the following Trade Link events:
Scoperta 2007, Salon de Textile

What benefits do I receive as a member?
Buyers who visit any of the Trade Link Events the above events as Directors’ Club members are rewarded every step of the way:

• Access to the Online Diary and Advanced Exhibitor List allows members to pre-request meetings with exhibitors.
• Access to the Directors’ Club Express Shuttle facility between Cernobbio and Scoperta.
• Advance registration and fast track entry into the show.
• Members also receive a complimentary welcome bag, which includes an event catalogue.
• Invitations to exclusive buyer-exhibitor networking events.
• Members also have exclusive, privileged access into the Directors’ Club lounge where they can prepare for meetings and network with other members.