trade shows

Providing an ad hoc response to the sector's new needs: this is the credo of the IMEX Frankfurt event, to which business travel and MICE professionals will be converging from 14 May. With a global representation in terms of exhibitors, conferences covering the most topical issues and opportunities, IMEX Frankfurt will be the place to be...

The next two Aviation-Event conferences will be held on 15 March in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, followed by Chisinau, Moldova, on 30 May. The first will focus on the environment and, above all, the integration of AI into airport services. The second will focus on Moldova as an aviation market and the future of aviation in the Balkans...

What conclusions can be drawn from the 2023 financial year for Paris Region trade shows? As with the other branches of the MICE and business travel industries, business is on the up, with volumes approaching pre-crisis levels once again. The latest barometer from the Paris Region Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI Paris Ile-de-France) shows that the last quarter has seen an acceleration towards this goal. "This is the...

How would you sum up 2023? Odile Delannoy - 2023 was a very good year for our 73 members, including 64 convention centres and offices in France. Business remained strong throughout the year, including December. As a result, their results were higher than in 2022. Every...

What is the situation regarding the return of international trade show business to pre-crisis levels? Corinne Moreau - International trade shows are still 10 to 20% behind 2018. This is not specific to France either. The Germans, who are our main competitors,...

For over 55 years, Promosalons has been working to promote French trade shows to an international audience, attracting foreign visitors and exhibitors to major events made in France. "Promosalons was created by and for the organisers themselves, with the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Unimev - which was not yet called...

The IFTM Top Résa event closed its doors on Thursday evening, at the end of three days rich in information for professionals in the sector. Alongside the presentation of the first Meetings & Events barometer published by Kactus, another study looked at the major trends in business travel. Based on...

The IFTM Top Resa 2023 event is both the meeting point for the world of travel and its barometer: it is approaching, and will provide valuable insights into the state of the sector, its dynamics and its prospects for the coming months and beyond. If the theme of this year's event, "Challenges and...

Exhibitors and visitors from abroad are back at Paris Region and French trade shows, or will be in the near future. This is the good news to come out of a study published on Monday 26 June 2023 on the "new behaviour of international business customers at French trade fairs". The survey was conducted by the "Copil Congrès...

Business travel, and to a lesser extent MICE, is making a comeback in Germany. This is borne out by the report recently published by the German authorities, who teamed up with the EVVC (European Association of Event Centres) for this 2022-2023 barometer. Admittedly, business travel is still below pre-Covid levels, but the number of business trips...

No less than 600 million dollars (550 million euros): that's the amount invested in the renovation of the Las Vegas Convention Center, which officially got under way on Tuesday. Among the highlights of the project is the extension of the West Hall, which will now cover more than 130,000 m²....

Etihad put on a show on 1 May at the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai, unveiling its new business class. It will be fitted on Boeing 787 Dreamliners, three of which will join the fleet in the third quarter of 2023, marking the arrival of this new Business class. It is in fact a...

Having emerged from the pandemic a year ago, events professionals have returned to near-normal activity as 2022 progresses, close to that recorded in 2019. The Palais des Festivals et des Congrès de Cannes, host of this year's Heavent Meetings show, is expecting to host 140 events this year for a total of...

There's no doubt that Sin City is still the place to be for major business events, and trade shows in particular. And business travellers are indeed returning to Las Vegas, as shown by the 2022 figures published by the local authorities. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) counted 39 million visitors...

At ITB Berlin, the leading travel event in March, the business travel industry had the opportunity on Wednesday to take stock of developments in their sector. Suzanne Neufang, CEO of the GBTA, addressed her peers. Confirming a gradual return to normal for business travel, she went on to...

Business at all Paris Region trade fairs from 2019 to 2022 (Source: CCI Paris Île-de-France) The CCI Paris Île-de-France has published a mixed picture in its barometer of business at Paris Region trade fairs in 2022. It all depends on the yardstick used to measure the recovery from the previous year. Pointing to...

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How did 2022 end, and how is 2023 shaping up? Marta Gomes - There has been a very strong upturn in the number of face-to-face events, with performances that exceeded our expectations. Attendance figures are also good. The year 2023 seems to be off to a good start on a number of counts, but we remain...

An event that takes place every four years, teams from all over the world, dreams of stars... Sound familiar? Yes, the Villeroy & Boch Culinary World Cup! While the stars of the game were gathering in Qatar, 75 teams from 55 countries were competing in Luxembourg...

The 2022 edition of the GBTA Europe conference was unique in more ways than one. For the first time, the international business travel association devoted an entire day to a new Sustainability Summit, prior to its 'classic' event. It was also the first time that GBTA Europe had gone beyond the German market, the preserve of its...