Since 1987, Global Sources has designed and published projects for companies whose business was expanding in the international markets.

Traditionally companies had used brochures to market to their clients in a somewhat costly and inefficient matter.

• Costly - because most companies need full-color brochures to explain their products and services.
  
  
• Inefficient - because most recipients of the brochure do not have the space or the incentive to file and keep even the most beautiful brochure.
  
  

We were asked by a prospective client to create a unique way to showcase their products and services. This is how we came to design the International Planner.

The success of our creations speak for themselves. They have been used as a marketing tool by such well known names as Exxon, Texaco, MCI, Hilton Hotels,etc.

Of course large companies have the buying power to get whatever they want, and need at a unit cost that justifies the expenditure. The challenge was to make it affordable for medium and small companies to use also. In 1995, we came to realize that we had created the ONLY international with complete information about all countries worldwide. We had received many requests about providing versions of the planner that people could give to their friends or loved ones. Because of the large demand for such a product, we finally chose to branch off into the retail market on the Internet for the year 2000.

Rather than just create one product that tried to satisfy the needs of everyone out there, we decided to created a line of products, each serving a specialized purpose for the different needs of global travellers.

These are the products that you will find at our website:

1. An International Holiday Planner - a 16 month, desk calendar that also includes 26 additional pages of original and extensive international travel information and color maps.

2. Desktop International Holiday Calendar - A downloadable calendar that contains all our holiday information for countries and religions around the world. A necessary tool that complements our International Planner as a quick reference source for your PC desktop.

3. Customized International Planners - Our International Holiday Planner customized with a company's logo and information about their products and services. Great gifts for customers that says a company is GLOBAL!

4. Customized Academic Planners - A special publication for schools that have an interest in multi-cultural information.

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A Short FAQ about us and our products
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Are our products available locally?
No. Our retail products are available on the internet.

What is our guarantee?>
We have a 100% repeat business every single year. If for any reason you are not happy with our product, send it back and you will be refunded your total cost.

Interested in a customized version of any of our products for your company?>

Use the form above to contact us or
Call Sheryl Thomas at 1-800-423-8828