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By Donna Heiderstadt

Following a year-long commemoration of its 60th anniversary kicked off at KBIS 2023, NKBA | KBIS celebrated six decades of its trade show with a champagne toast and giveaways on February 29, 2024. NKBA|KBIS Global President & CEO Bill Darcy and Chief Global Relations Officer Suzie Williford welcomed KBIS attendees to the show’s NEXTStage and shared KBIS highlights from the past 60 years.

“Thank you everybody for joining us at this very, very special toast,” said Williford. “KBIS turned 60 and I don’t believe it has ever been better. The show has been amazing, the people have been amazing and it’s made everybody realize that coming together is what really counts.”

Williford pointed out that KBIS started with 24 exhibitors and 250 attendees in 1964, and today the show features nearly 700 exhibitors spanning over a half-million square feet and attracts more than 110,000 kitchen and bath industry professionals. “How do we top that next year?” asked Williford. “We will. We somehow think of something every year, and we’ve been doing that every year since 1964.”

Darcy asked the audience to toast KBIS — its past and its future. “Here’s not only to the last 60 years of KBIS, but also to the next 60 years of KBIS.”

Event prizewinners included Tristan Gary of Tristan Gary Designs in Seattle, who won the Avallon 24-inch-wide beverage center from Ferguson Bath, Kitchen & Lighting Gallery, presented by Sarah McDaniel, Field Marketing Specialist for Ferguson, which sponsored the giveaway and free professional headshots at the NKBA | KBIS booth during KBIS 2024.

KBIS, owned by NKBA | KBIS, co-located with NAHB’s International Builders Show (IBS) for Design & Construction Week(DCW) in Las Vegas, from Feb. 27 – 29, 2024. Next year, DCW will take place from Feb. 25 – 27, again in Las Vegas.