Coverings 2027 · April 6–9, 2027 · Orange County Convention Center, Orlando
Coverings 2027 booth design & build in Orlando
Custom and rental booths for tile, stone and installation-system brands at the Orange County Convention Center. We engineer the slab supports, light the finish honestly, order Freeman and put our on-site team on the dock.
- April 6–9, 2027
- Orange County Convention Center
Every last fee listed upfront, in full, on paper. 3,000+ exhibitors · 10,000+ booths built · 4.9★ client rating · Since 2015
Built by Purple Exhibits for TileBar · island exhibit
01 Purple at Coverings 2027
What makes Coverings different, and how we build for it
Coverings runs on touch. Distributors, retailers, builders and fabricators walk the North/South Building comparing collections by hand, and 77 percent of the crowd buys or specifies product. Architects and installers hunt for the systems behind the CID Awards entries, then stop at the Artisan Showcase and the Installation Innovation Stage. The organizer fills the week with Coverings Stages sessions, Show Floor Tours, the Coverings Champions program and the Coverings Rock Star Awards, so buyers move fast and pause only for a booth that reads from the aisle. The hall is non-union, Freeman handles the freight, and 2027 opens a three-year Orlando run. We build so a designer touches the slab within ten steps of the aisle.
Side-by-side comparison of full collections, legible labels on every piece, and a table off the aisle where range, pricing and container terms can be worked through.
Room-scale vignettes that show format, joint and pattern at the size they will specify, lit so the color they see is the color that ships.
Setting systems, tools and edge details they can handle, a working demo they can watch, and staff who answer technical questions on the spot.
Your team in Orlando
Two shops, one project manager, every hall
We build in our own production shop in Fishkill, NY and our Las Vegas hub, ship to the Orange County Convention Center, and install with our own project manager on the floor and vetted local labor. Predictable 30–45-day turnarounds, secure storage and pre-show QA.
Your team lands to a lit, stocked booth. You just show up.
02 Booths & pricing for Coverings 2027
Pick a footprint. We price it as a rental, a custom build, or a hybrid.
Coverings is an island show at the top end, with pavilion stands and slab producers on 20×30 and larger footprints, and a long run of 10×10 and 10×20 inlines from independent tile and tool brands. Purple clients here most often take a 10×20 with one full-height feature wall or a 20×20 island with a room vignette.
One full-format tile or slab wall, a sample counter with pull-out trays and a single stool for a specification conversation.
Shown: Lunawood, a Purple inline booth
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A hero feature wall plus a sample library sorted by collection, with a small table for distributor pricing talks and catalogue storage.
Shown: Duplach, a Purple inline booth
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A room vignette with a corner and return, engineered slab easels, an open meeting table and a hanging sign rigged by OCCC crews.
Shown: Plain & Fancy Custom Cabinetry, a Purple island exhibit
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A sequence of room settings, multiple slab displays, an installation demo zone with dust control, closed meeting rooms and crated sample storage.
Shown: Timberline, a Purple island exhibit
See 20×30 rental booths →In Purple's price
- Design and a 3D rendering, revised until it is right
- Structure, printed graphics, counters and storage as specified
- Lighting and power distribution inside the booth
- Installation and dismantle, with our project manager on the floor
- Every show-service order and deadline tracked for you
Billed by the show and its contractor
- Booth space (paid to the organizer)
- Material handling / drayage
- Electrical service, internet and rigging
- Booth cleaning and any union labor the venue requires
We estimate every one of these on your proposal, so the total is on paper before you sign.
All-in 2026 ranges for design, structure, graphics, installation and dismantle. A custom-built booth runs roughly $100 to $250 per square foot depending on finish level. A rental of the same footprint usually lands at 35 to 50 percent of the purchase price for one show. Get an exact number for Coverings with the booth cost calculator or read the 2026 booth cost guide.
Send the show, your booth size and what the space needs to do. We reply within one business day and send a rendering and a fixed proposal, usually within a week. No charge.
03 Built by Purple
Booths we have designed, built and installed
Case study · Fabuwood
Fabuwood at KBIS 2026, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando
An award-winning 13-room cabinetry environment with an illuminated brand portal and timber slat walls. Designed, built and installed by Purple; named one of the best booths on the floor.
Read the Fabuwood case study All case studies →“If you’re looking for a trade show booth expert who shows up and gets the job done right, Purple Exhibits is the real deal.”
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04 Designing for tile and stone at Coverings
Four things we get right for Coverings exhibitors
1Pick the hero material first
Pick the hero material first. One collection stops the visitor, a companion range explains the line and hand samples close the specification. Giving every finish the same wall area turns a large booth into a stockroom, so we plan the hierarchy before we draw a single wall.
2Light the finish, not the graphics
A polished slab and a textured porcelain behave differently under the same fixture. We test your production samples under the exact lamps in the plan, set grazing angles to show relief, and keep colored spill light off the material so a buyer sees the true tone.
3Engineer every slab support
Slab displays are structural work. We size supports from exact dimensions, weights and viewing faces, plan the lifting sequence and the unloading order at the dock, and design padded crates so full-format pieces arrive without chips.
Samples sorted the way buyers decide
Buyers pull samples by collection, finish, format or application, so we arrange them that way, with labels that stay readable when a piece is lifted and restock storage built into the furniture. If a cutting or installation demo runs, it gets its own zone with dust control and storage.
Concept rendering
Every proposal comes with a rendering like this
You see the booth in 3D before we cut a single panel: layout, graphics, lighting and product positions, revised until it is right. Shown: a Purple concept for Khandelwal Industrial Enterprise.
Start my Coverings concept05 Orange County Convention Center · Orlando
Logistics for Coverings 2027, handled
The OCCC is a non-union building split into the West Building and the North/South Building, each with its own docks, freight schedule and attached hotel. Coverings sits in the North/South halls, where the Hilton Orlando connects by bridge and truck routes shift while the Grand Ballroom is built through 2029. Freeman is the show contractor: hand-carry is limited to what one person manages in one trip, so slabs and sample cases go through the Freeman marshalling yard on a target date. Rigging, hanging signs and power come from OCCC crews, with early-order pricing closing three weeks out. We file as your EAC, order every service and put our on-site team on the dock.
Hall rules, drayage estimates and freight deadlines for this building are in our Orange County Convention Center exhibitor guide.
What Purple handles
- Coverings exhibitor kit, Freeman orders and target dates
- Engineering of slab and heavy-sample supports
- OCCC rigging, hanging sign and power orders
- Freight to the advance warehouse and drayage paperwork
- EAC filing and covered-booth fire submissions
- Installation, dismantle and return shipping with our on-site team
Timeline, counted back from move-in
- Late January 2027Design sign-off; slab support engineering and any covered-booth fire submission filed with the OCCC.
- February 2027Production in Purple's shop, 30 to 45 days; graphics proofed against your physical tile and stone samples.
- Mid-March 2027Booth, supports and crated samples ship to the Freeman advance warehouse; OCCC rigging and power orders placed before early-order pricing closes.
- April 3–5, 2027Targeted move-in at the North/South docks; our on-site team installs, levels every slab and runs the handover check.
- April 6–9, 2027Show days with a Purple project manager on call for restocks, lighting tweaks and lead-capture fixes.
- April 9–10, 2027Dismantle, samples packed to your return plan, booth to storage or the next show.
Coverings exhibitor questions
Questions exhibitors ask us before Coverings
How much does a 20×20 at Coverings cost?
A 10×20 rental at Coverings runs $7,500 to $15,000 and a 10×20 custom build $15,000 to $45,000. A 20×20 custom island lands between $50,000 and $120,000, covering design, structure, graphics, freight paperwork and installation. Slab supports and sample drawers are the variables, so send weights and formats and we quote a fixed number.
Can you install our slabs at the Orange County Convention Center?
Yes. Our on-site team installs in the North/South Building every season. We engineer each slab support from your dimensions, weights and viewing faces, route heavy cases through Freeman rather than the lobby, level every piece and run a handover check on alignment, labels and lighting before you walk in.
Can we rent a booth for Coverings?
Yes. We rent full structures, feature walls and sample furniture with your graphics, and we mix rental frames with a custom hero wall when the budget calls for it. Many first-time Coverings exhibitors start with a 10×10 rental from $3,500 and upgrade the feature wall the following year.
When do we need to decide?
Sign off the design by late January 2027. That leaves 30 to 45 days for production, a mid-March ship to the Freeman advance warehouse and a clean install on your target date. We take later projects, but finish choices narrow and freight costs rise once the warehouse deadline passes.
Do you handle Freeman orders and drayage for Coverings?
Yes. We read the Coverings exhibitor kit, order Freeman material handling, book your target date, file the EAC notice and the covered-booth submission if you have a canopy, and order rigging and power from the OCCC. You get one calendar of deadlines and one person to call.
Before you sign with anyone
Five questions to ask any exhibit builder for Coverings:
- Is every fee on the proposal, including what the show contractor bills?
- Who builds the booth: your own shop or a subcontractor?
- Will your project manager be on the floor for install and dismantle?
- What exactly is in the rental, and what is billed by the show?
- Where does the booth go after the show, and what does storage cost?
Common situations
Already own a booth? We refresh the graphics, repair what is worn, ship it, install it and store it between shows. You keep the structure you paid for.
Exhibiting from outside the US? We are your team on the ground: freight to the advance warehouse, show-service orders, installation and storage, with one project manager answering your emails in your time zone.
Short on time? A rental with your graphics can be ready in two to three weeks. We tell you on the first call what is realistic for your date.
Get a proposal
Tell us about your Coverings booth
What happens next
- We reply within one business day with questions about your products, goals and footprint.
- You get a concept rendering and a fixed proposal, usually within a week. Every last fee listed upfront, in full, on paper.
- We build in 30–45 days, ship to the advance warehouse and install before the hall opens.