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Feb 24, 2014
Asia’s largest HVAC, plumbing and sanitation exhibition, ISH China & CIHE – the China International Trade Fair for Sanitation, Heating, Ventilation & Air-Conditioning, organized by Messe Frankfurt (Shanghai) Co Ltd and Beijing B&D Tiger Exhibition Co Ltd, will take place May 13-15 at Beijing’s New China International Exhibition Center.
The three-day event expects to welcome more than 950 exhibitors, covering 85,000-plus square meters of exhibition space across six halls.
The fair also anticipates more than 40,000 professional visitors from across the world,… more
Feb 24, 2014
From vintage splendor to comfortable yoga pants, the latest fashions sizzled at Advanstar’s MAGIC Market Week, held Feb. 18-20 and took over the Las Vegas Convention Center and the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas.
After a slower-than-expected holiday season and several severe storms around the nation that impacted buying patterns, the winter edition of the event came in strong with robust showfloor activity across its 10 trade shows that focus on men’s, women’s and children’s apparel, swimwear, footwear, accessories and sourcing.
“We’re… more
Feb 24, 2014
The Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre (Suntec Singapore) snagged a three-year deal with JEC Group to hold its event at the venue.
JEC Group is the world’s largest organization exclusively dedicated to the promotion of the composites industry that runs JEC Asia Composites Show & Conferences.
The show provides a marketplace for composites designers, manufacturers and suppliers to showcase their technologies, expand their expertise, network with a wide array of industry professionals and gain a competitive edge in this dynamic market.
JEC Asia, scheduled Nov. 17-19… more
Feb 24, 2014
Trade show organizers collect mountains of data through registration, attendee surveys, session surveys, exhibitor surveys, lead retrieval systems, social media, etc.
The question is, how is all that data being used? Is the data being used effectively?
The problem most shows face is not how to get more data, but how to make sense of what they already have.
Jeremy Figoten, senior vice president of Meetings, Sales and Communications for the National Apartment Association is taking a close look at his show data to better understand exactly why their show has been growing.
Figoten… more
Feb 24, 2014
Informa Exhibitions’ subsidiary, Informa Life Science Exhibitions, expanded its MEDLAB series to Singapore. The inaugural show, MEDLAB Asia Pacific, was held from 18th to 20th February 2014 at the Marina Bay Sands venue.
According to the organiser, the new show covered 3,000 m2 of exhibition space featuring exhibitors from the medical laboratory technology industry. Products categories at the show included: disposable items, diagnostic equipment, hospital management, laboratory equipment and biotechnology. The show also provides the industry with a platform to obtain the latest… more
Feb 24, 2014
The Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) hosted 1,565 events in 2013, up 9% from 2012’s 1,442. This represents a new record for the venue.
According to KLCC, seven new exhibitions were held at KLCC covering a wide range of industries – rail, security, fire & security, skin care, glass manufacturing and baby products. In the same period, 33 conventions – all new to KLCC – were held at the venue. Of those, 29 were international conferences.
During the year, KLCC welcomed about two million visitors and they generated an economic impact of US$212 million to Malaysia… more
Feb 24, 2014
German exhibition organiser Messe Düsseldorf will further expand its reach in China with the launch of a new retail trade show, C-star, in Shanghai next year. The inaugural show will be held from 13th to 15th May 2015 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC).
C-star is a spin-off event of the Düsseldorf-held EuroShop, and will be divided into four main exhibitor categories: Shop Fittings, Lighting, Refrigeration and Store Design; Retail Technology; Visual Merchandising and Marketing; and Exhibition Stand Construction. The show’s organisers will target to attract… more
Feb 24, 2014
VNU Exhibitions Asia Pacific, a joint venture between VNU Exhibitions Europe and the TCC Exhibition & Convention Centre, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Federation of Asian Veterinary Associations (FAVA) to improve content and management of livestock industry trade fairs.
Under the terms of the MOU, VNU Exhibitions will support FAVA with scholarship programmes in Southeast Asia, South Asia and China. FAVA will support knowledge sharing and analysis of new trends at industry trade fairs including VIV Asia in Thailand and ILDEX Exhibitionsin Myanmar, Vietnam,… more
Feb 24, 2014
Trade show organizers collect mountains of data through registration, attendee surveys, session surveys, exhibitor surveys, lead retrieval systems, social media, etc.
The question is, how is all that data being used? Is the data being used effectively?
The problem most shows face is not how to get more data, but how to make sense of what they already have.
Jeremy Figoten, senior vice president of Meetings, Sales and Communications for the National Apartment Association is taking a close look at his show data to better understand exactly why their show has been growing.
Figoten… more
Feb 23, 2014
The overall health of the trade show industry received a huge boost in the fourth quarter, according to the Center for Exhibition Industry Research’s Index.
The fourth quarter of last year ended on a high note, with an uptick of 3 percent, compared with the much smaller .04 percent growth in the third quarter of 2013 and 0.7 percent growth recorded in the fourth quarter of 2012.
Q4 2013 also marks the 14th straight quarter of increases in the trade show industry. In more good news, the latest results also outperformed GDP, which saw 2.7 percent growth in the same quarter.
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