Thank you for your interest in the NYIGF! Advance registration for media is now closed, and all registration will be handled onsite at NYIGF, January 28-February 2, 2012. Please register at the NYIGF Press Center, located on the Javits Center’s 4A Terrace (enter the Javits Center at 38th Street and take the elevator to Level 4). 

To avoid disappointment or delays, please take a moment now to review the credentials required for onsite media registration.

If you are unsure whether your credentials match those required, please contact the NYIGF Press Center, by phone at (212) 542-1705 starting January 27, to confirm whether you qualify as media. 

For assistance with sourcing product images/information prior to the Fair, please contact CathySteel@CathySteelAssociates.com.

Who qualifies for a press badge at GLM-managed tradeshows?

• Editors, reporters, writers, television and radio producers, and broadcast/Internet reporters from approved media outlets will receive editorial press badges.
• Publishers and advertising and sales representatives from approved media outlets will receive advertising press badges.

Who does NOT qualify for a press badge at GLM-managed tradeshows?

• Public relations representatives; marketing, creative services, circulation and other employees of magazines, newspapers, television and radio stations and websites; writers and publishers of personal or corporate newsletters; and family members of qualified media are not eligible for press badges.
• Book author and blogger eligibility will be determined on case-by-case basis.

What credentials/ identification are required to register as press?

• Business card (with individual’s name and title and the name of an approved media outlet) and one of the following:
• The mast page from an approved media outlet with individual’s name and title listed.
• A copy of or an Internet link to a current by-lined article published in an approved media outlet within the past six months.

Freelance writers and photographers: please present a letter of assignment from an approved publication. Writers not on an assignment may provide a copy of an industry-relevant by-lined article, published within the past six months in an approved media outlet.

Electronic media representatives, including editors of websites and bloggers: please provide links to an existing site and to relevant bylined editorial content.

Public Relations representatives: please register as “Exhibitor Personnel” through your clients who are confirmed participants in the show. A business card and proof of client relationship with an exhibiting manufacturer is required. Alternatively, you may register on-site as a “Trade Guest,” with payment of any necessary fees. In either case, please register through the Attendee/Exhibitor registration counters rather than through the Press Center.

Camera Crews: Please click here to see requirements.

NOTE: We ask that you do not bring friends or relatives with you to the Press Center.