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CEDIA Supports New Consumer-Focussed "Smart Home Show" (19/8/2004)

CEDIA (the Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association) has announced its backing for the launch of the new "Smart Home Show", the first UK consumer show dedicated to digital homes solutions (Birmingham, NEC, 14-17 April 2005).

In addition to taking a prominent exhibition stand at the show, the CEDIA support package for the event includes:

* a special 5% CEDIA discount on space for all CEDIA members wishing to exhibit * direct input into the event's educational programme
* a dedicated CEDIA seminar
* high visibility of the CEDIA brand on all event promotional materials

Organized and run by leading exhibitions company, Centaur Exhibitions (now an affiliate member of CEDIA), "The Smart Home Show", will be co-located with Centaur's highly successful and established National Homebuilding & Renovating Show. This event attracted 45,576 visitors over its four-day duration in 2004, with 53% of those canvassed in a survey expressing their interest in visiting a dedicated home technology show. .

Supporting "The Smart Home Show" is a natural fit for CEDIA which is keen to educate consumers on the extensive range of home technology products available and the custom installation expertise on offer.

"With integrated entertainment, technology and automation, finally becoming an affordable reality, our vision of taking digital home technology direct to consumers is, we believe, a very achievable goal." says Stephen Gough, CEDIA UK's Chairman. ""The Smart Home Show" provides the perfect platform for the CEDIA message and we encourage all our members to take advantage of this opportunity to talk directly to informed and interested end-users".

For more information about the CEDIA member support package contact Wendy Griffiths, CEDIA UK's Operations Director on: 01462 627377, email wendy@cedia.co.uk. For information on exhibiting at "The Smart Home Show" contact Chris Walton, Sales Manager for Centaur Exhibitions on tel: 01527 834498 or email chris.walton@centaur.co.uk.

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