ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "//IETF//DTD HTML//EN"> <html> <head> <title>160 international trade fairs planned for 2012 in Germany</title> <meta name="keywords" content="trade fair tradefair tradeshow exhibition Messe Auslandsmessef&ouml;rderung Germany confederation Verband Berlin Messedatenbank Messedaten tradefairdatabase database Datenbank Messeinformation Messeinformationen tradefairinformation&#13;&#10;trade fair trade show tradeshow Tradefair association exhibition tradefair messedatenbank Messdatenbank Messedaten tradefairinformation information tradefair messe Messe Messe&#13;&#10;trade fair tradefair tradeshow trade show Trade show Tradeshow Tradeshow Trade Show TRADEFAIR TRADE FAIR MESSE MESSEINFORMATION MESSEDATENBANK MESSEDATEN MESSEDATENBANK TRADEFAIRDATABASE DATENBANK&#13;&#10;EXHIBITION AUSSTELLUNG AUMA AUMA AUMA MESSEDATENBANK VERBAND ASSOCIATION MESSEVERBAND Messeverband "/> <meta name="description" content="160 international trade fairs planned for 2012 in Germany"/> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1250" /> <style type="text/CSS"> body {background-repeat: no-repeat} </style> </head> <body BGCOLOR="#ffffff" TEXT="#000000" ALINK="#0067AC" VLINK="#0067AC" LINK="#0067AC" BACKGROUND="../images/presseinfobg-gb_neu.jpg"> <TABLE cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="0" width="80%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD VALIGN="top"><br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <font size="2" face="Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp;<b></b></font></TD> <TD VALIGN="top"> <p></p> &nbsp; <p></p> <p></p> &nbsp; <p></p> <blockquote> <p>&nbsp;</p> <form> <p align="right"><INPUT TYPE="button" VALUE="home" onClick="window.close()"><INPUT TYPE="button" VALUE="print" onClick="window.print()"></p> <br/> </form> <font face="Arial,MS Sans Serif" size="2"> <br/> <table cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="5"> <tr> <td> <font face="Arial,MS Sans Serif" size="2"> Nr. 1/2012</font> <h1><font face="Arial,MS Sans Serif" size="3"> 160 international trade fairs planned for 2012 in Germany</font><br /> <font face="Arial,MS Sans Serif" size="2"> Industry association AUMA expects a slight dip in trade fair growth</font></h1> <font face="Arial,MS Sans Serif" size="2"><b>09.01.2012</b> German trade fair organisers are planning to hold 160 international trade fairs at home in 2012. Following a significant recovery in 2011 the Association of the German Trade Fair Industry (AUMA) expects exhibitor and visitor attendance to once again exceed the figures for the corresponding previous events.<br /><br /> According to AUMA s forecasts, 182,000 exhibitors and 10.3 million visitors will take part in 160 trade fairs, close to 2 % more than attended the same events in previous years. However, at 6.8 million m² there will probably be only a minimal increase in stand space. The anticipated slowdown of the economy this year is unlikely to significantly affect trade fair business in 2012. <br /><br /> Because German enterprises have good faith in trade fairs as an effective marketing tool. According to the findings of AUMA_MesseTrend, a representative survey by TNS Emnid which polled German exhibitors, 85 % regarded taking part in trade fairs as an important or very important part of their marketing strategy. Five years ago this figure was 79 %. In AUMA s view this shows that the main role of trade fairs, that of mirroring the real business world, remains as topical as ever. Trade fairs are about real contacts, real meetings and real business.<br /><br /> Furthermore, foreign interest in the German market and thus in German trade fairs remains high, due to the German economy being in relatively good shape.<br /><br /> In 2012 turnover by German trade fair organisers will reach approximately 2.9 billion euros, similar to results for 2010. Turnover fell to 2.7 billion euros in 2011, a year in which there were less events on the trade fair calendar. <br /><br /> <b>Press contact:</b> <br/> Harald Koetter, phone: +49 30 24000-140, fax: +49 30 24000-340, email: <a href="mailto:h.koetter@auma.de"> h.koetter@auma.de</a> <br /><br /> <hr noshade color="#0090d1"> <p align="center"><font size="1" face="Arial,MS Sans Serif">Ver&ouml;ffentlichung kostenfrei Beleg erbeten / Publication free File copy requested <br> Copyright © 2012 AUMA_Ausstellungs- und Messe-Ausschuss der Deutschen Wirtschaft e.V.</font></p> <p align="center"><font color="#0090d1" size="2" face="Arial,MS Sans Serif">Last update: 1/2012</font></p> </td> </tr> </table> </font></blockquote> </TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> <br/> <br/> <p>&nbsp;</p> <!-- etracker PARAMETER 2.4 --> <script type="text/javascript"> var et_easy = 0; var et_ssl = 0; var et_pagename = "e06_gb-press01-2012"; var et_areas = "e06_Press"; var et_ilevel = 0; var et_url = ""; </script> <!-- etracker PARAMETER END --> <!-- etracker URL PARAMETER 2.4 --> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- var et_up=''; function et_pQ(param){var ll,fl, pV, rS; var qS= document.location.search; pV=""; if(qS.length>1){ qS=qS.substr (1);fl=qS.indexOf(param);if(fl!=-1){fl+=param.length + 1;ll=qS .indexOf('&',fl);if(ll== - 1 )ll = qS.length;pV = qS.substring (fl,ll);rS=new RegExp(" ",'g');pV=pV.replace( rS,'+' ); fl=pV. indexOf('=',0);pV = pV.substring( fl+1 );}}return pV;}if((tc = et_pQ( "et_cid" ))&&(tl=et_pQ( "et_lid" )))et_up += "&amp;et"+ "_cid=" + tc + "&amp;et_lid=" + tl ; if( typeof( et_sub ) != "undefined" && typeof( et_sub )!="unknown")et_up += "&amp;et"+ "_sub="+et_sub;else if( et_tmp=et_pQ( "et_sub" ))et_up += "&"+ "amp;et_sub="+et_tmp;if( typeof( et_target ) != "undefined" && typeof( et_target )!="unknown") if (tt = et_pQ("et_target") || et_target!="" ){ tv = et_pQ("et_tval"); to = et_pQ("et_tonr"); ts=et_pQ("et_tsale");} //--></script> <!-- etracker URL PARAMETER 2.4 END --> <!-- CLICK-TRACKER DELAY CODE --> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- var toSleep = true; function stopTimer(){toSleep=false;} function clickTracker(LinkName){var secureID="9X9STm"; var redirectUrl="http://www.etracker.de/skin/de.def/img/1px.gif"; etrackerSink=new Image(1,1);toSleep=true; etrackerSink.src="http://www.etracker.de/lnkcnt.php?et="+secureID+"&url="+ redirectUrl+"&lnkname="+LinkName;etrackerSink.onload=stopTimer;if(toSleep==true) {maxDelay(500);}return true;}function maxDelay(gap){var then,now;then=new Date().getTime();now=then; while( toSleep==true&&(now-then)<gap){now=new Date(). getTime();}} //--></script> <!-- CLICK-TRACKER DELAY CODE --> <!-- etracker CODE 2.4 --> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- var et_server = "http://www.etracker.de"; var et_sslserver = "https://www.etracker.de"; var et_referer = et_server + '/app?et=', cex = ''; var et_la = '', et_js = 1, et_pl, et_co, et_iw, et_sh, et_sw; var et_sc = 'na', et_gp = '', lt = '<', et_ih , et_up ; if( typeof( tt ) == "undefined" || typeof( tt ) == "unknown" ) {var tt='';} var tv, to, ts, et_tmp; function et_eC( param ) {var et_a = '', et_t = '', et_p = '', et_b='', et_s='',et; var et_ref=escape(document.referrer);if(et_js>=1.3){if(typeof(top. document)=='object')eval('try{et_ref=escape(top.document.ref'+ 'errer);}catch(e){et_ref="";}');} if(et_ref!='') et_gp+='&am'+ 'p;ref='+et_ref; et_gp +='&amp;swidth='+et_sw+'&amp;sheight='+ et_sh+'&amp;siwidth='+et_iw+'&amp;siheight='+et_ih+'&amp;sco'+ 'okie='+et_co+'&amp;scolor='+et_sc;if(et_easy)et_gp+='&amp;e'+ 't_easy=1'; if( et_pl!='' ) et_gp+='&amp;p='+escape(et_pl);if( et_areas != '' )et_gp += '&amp;et_areas='+escape(et_areas);if( typeof(et_target)== "undefined"||typeof(et_target)=="unknown") {et_target = ""; et_tval = "0"; et_tonr = "0"; et_tsale = 0;} et_gp+="&amp;"+"et_target="+ escape( tt.length?tt:et_target )+ "," + ( tv?tv:et_tval ) + "," + ( to?to:et_tonr )+ ","+(ts?ts: et_tsale )+","+( typeof( et_cust ) == "number"?et_cust:0 );if( typeof( et_lpage )=='undefined' ||typeof(et_lpage)=='unknown') et_lpage=''; else et_gp += '&amp;et_lpage='+et_lpage;if(typeof (et_se) == 'undefined' || typeof(et_se)=='unknown')et_se='';if (et_se!='')et_gp +='&amp;et_se='+et_se;if(typeof( et_trig ) == 'undefined'||typeof(et_trig)=='unknown')et_trig='';if( et_trig !='' )et_gp+='&amp;et_trig='+et_trig;if(et_pagename!='') et_gp +='&amp;et_pagename='+escape(et_pagename);if(typeof(et_basket) =='string')et_gp += '&amp;et_basket=' + escape(et_basket); if( typeof(et_up) == 'undefined' || typeof(et_up)=='unknown')et_up = ''; if( et_url ) { et_gp += '&amp;et_url=' + et_url } else { et=document.location.href.split('?'); et_gp += '&amp;et_url='+ escape( et[0] );}et_gp += '&amp;slang=' +et_la; tc=new Date(); document.write( lt + "a target='_blank' href='" + et_referer+ param+"'>" +lt + "img border='0' alt='' src='" + ( et_ssl==1? 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