The world’s biggest trade fair for the consumer – goods sector Ambiente closed its doors on Tuesday, 15 February 2011. The high visitor quality and great decision-making authority indicates that the recovery is well advanced in Germany (around 77,500 of visitors came from Germany) and the world market (one in two of the buyers came from abroad, after Germany, the top five visitor nations are Italy, The Netherlands, France, the USA and Switzerland). The positive economic situation is also reflected by a representa­tive poll of exhibitors and visitors conducted by Messe Frankfurt during the fair. In 2010, participants were not very optimistic about future developments. After this year’s edition, the results are better – 80 % of all respondents consider the current economic situation to be satisfactory to good.

Dates for the next Ambiente are already confirmed, so you can update your calendar and start preparing your trip to Frankfurt on 10-14 February 2012.

Right at the beginning of the new business year, the world’s leading trade fair Christmasworld presents the trends and innovations for all festivities of the year – from Christmas, New Year and St. Valentine’s Day to Easter, summer parties and Halloween.

 At Christmasworld 2010 976 exhibitors from 36 countries attracted more than 30,000 visitors from 106 countries with a wide range of products, ideas and innovations.

 Participating or visiting this show, enables you to be one step ahead of the competition and take more clients from the market, so attending Christmasworld 2011 is a must for all in the industry.

 With 30 to 50  fairs annually, Frankfurt is the main conference and convention city in Germany. Therefore, hotels are fully booked most of the year and visitors are recommended to make reservations well in advance. This applies especially for January, when three leading trade fairs – Paperworld, Christmasworld and Beautyworld – are held together.

The third ITB Asia has closed on 22 October, 2010 in Singapore with 6,605 attendees, a 7.4% increase on last year.

The event featured hundreds of exhibiting companies from the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, the Americas, Africa and the Middle East, covering not only the leisure market, but also corporate and MICE travel.

 ITB Asia 2010 included exhibition pavilions for small and medium-sized enterprises providing travel services. Exhibitors from every sector of the industry – airlines, hotels, theme parks, tour operators, cruise lines, meeting facilities and travel technology companies attended.

After the success in Asia, ITB returns to Berlin in March 2011 to once again prove that this is the leading B2B-Platform of all tourism industry offers.