LAS VEGAS, NV — The Better of KBIS Awards will return to the 2024 Kitchen and Bathtub Business Present with new award classes. Celebrating perform and design, the expanded classes additionally search for key traits within the discipline, starting from new-to-market expertise to merchandise with way of life advantages. Sponsored by Luxe Interiors + Design, the upcoming program salutes pioneers within the kitchen and bathtub trade, in keeping with the NKBA, sponsor of the Kitchen & Bathtub Business Present, which can happen on the Las Vegas Conference Heart from February 27-29, 2024.
“The kitchen and bathtub trade is at all times altering and rising, and we’re happy to highlight the immense creativity and variety amongst exhibitors with new classes this yr,” stated Suzie Williford, NKBA exec. v.p. & chief technique officer. “Yr after yr, we search for the most effective within the enterprise and might’t wait to see what’s in retailer for the sixtieth anniversary of KBIS.”
The submission portal is open right here and the deadline to submit is December 1, 2023. Finalists will probably be introduced in early 2024 and winners will probably be introduced at an awards ceremony on KBIS NEXTStage within the South Corridor on February 28, 2024 from 4-5 p.m. PDT.
NEW Better of KBIS 2024 Classes
1. Type Assertion: Kitchen – Key Standards: Evaluated primarily by aesthetic worth, favoring new finishes/colours and different key type options
2. Type Assertion: Toilet – Key Standards: Evaluated primarily by aesthetic worth, favoring new finishes/colours and different key type options
3. Sustainable Standout – Key Standards: Eco-friendly properties, i.e. vitality or water saving, carbon impartial manufacturing processes, recycled elements and so on.
4. Wellness Trailblazer – Key Standards: Delivers advantages to psychological or bodily wellbeing, together with potential themes like stress reduction, connection to nature, or in any other case
5. Sport-Altering Innovation – Key Standards: New to class or trade product advantages, whether or not a brand new approach to manufacture supplies, new-to-market expertise, or in any other case
6. Most Practical Discover – Key Standards: Practical advantages (notably multi-functional use-cases), longevity, and worth relative to cost level; pattern product classes may embody cabinetry/storage options, {hardware}/fixtures, lighting and extra
7. Greatest in Present – Key Standards: Greatest all-around product, delivering on type, performance, innovation and worth