TRADE FAIR

A 'trade fair' (or 'trade show') is an exhibition organised so that companies in a specific industry can showcase and demonstrate their new products and services. Some trade fairs are open to the public, while others can only be attended by company representatives (members of the trade) and members of the press, therefore tradeshows are classified as either "Public" or "Trade Only". There are currently over 2500 trade shows held every year in USA alone.
Trade fairs often involve a considerable marketing investment by participating companies. Costs include space rental, display design and construction, telecommunications and networking, travel, accommodations, promotional literature, and "give away" items. In addition costs are incurred at the show for services such as electrical, booth cleaning, internet services, floral decoration within the booth and drayage (also known as material handling).
Consequently, cities often promote trade shows as a means of economic development.
Exhibitors attending the event are required to use an exhibitor manual or online exhibitor manual to order their required services and complete any necessary paperwork such as health and safety declarations

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List of major trade fairs

List of major trade fairs

List reviewed on August 22, 2007 - in alphabetic order.

Name	Description	Latest date	Location(s)	Visitors
AgroVak Holland	Agricultural machinery	December 15, 2006	Den Bosch, Netherlands	41,146 in 2005
ANUGA	Food	October 13, 2007	Cologne, Germany	161,000 in 2005
Biotech Fair	Biotechnology	February 13, 2007	New Delhi, India	5,000 in 2005
Bologna Motor Show	Auto show	December 7, 2006	Bologna, Italy	1,200,000 in 2006
Buyers Market of American Craft	Tradeshow for American Craft Artists	February 16, 2007	Philadelphia, PA	9,000 annually
Canadian International Auto show	Cars and Auto Industry	2006	Toronto, Canada	3500 in 2006
Cairo ICT	Information & Communication Technology	February 5, 2006	Cairo, Egypt	29,000 in 2006
CEDIA Expo	Consumer electronics	September 14, 2006	Denver, Colorado	26,000 in 2005
CERSAIE	Ceramics for the Building Industry	September 26, 2006	Bologna, Italy	90.345 in 2006
CES, Consumer Electronics Show	Consumer electronics	January 7 - 10, 2007	Las Vegas, Nevada	120,000 in 2005
COMDEX	Computer show	cancelled	Las Vegas, Nevada	50,000 in 2003
CONEXPO-CON/AGG	Construction	March 11 - 15, 2008	Las Vegas, Nevada	125,000 in 2005
E3, Electronic Entertainment Expo	Video games	May 9, 2006	Los Angeles, California	70,000 in 2005
eBay Auction Sellers Convention	Online Auction	June 14, 2007	Boston, Massachusetts	10,000 in 2005
eComXpo	eCommerce	June 14, 2007	100% Online and Virtual	13,000 in 2006
Enolitech	Wine, Olive oil	April 6, 2006	Verona, Italy
Factory Indo 2007	Indonesia's International Exhibition on Factory Equipment & Supplies, Industrial Automation, Material Handling & Logistics, Subcontracting, Outsource Manufacturing and Support Engineering Services & Supplies	August 22 - 25, 2007	Hall D, JIExpo PRJ, Kemayoran, Jakarta, Indonesia
FHC China	Food	November 30, 2006	Shanghai, China	30,000 in 2005
Forest and forest products	Forest and forest products	September 19, 2006	Minsk, Belarus	160,000 in 2005
Frankfurt Book Fair	Books	October 4, 2006	Frankfurt, Germany	270,000 in 2004
Games Convention	Video games	August 26, 2007	Leipzig, Germany	183,000 in 2006
GIFTEX	Gifts	September 19 - 23, 2007	Bombay, India	53,000 in 2006
GITEX Consumer Electronics Expo	Computers and Electronics	September 6, 2007	Dubai, UAE	120,000 in 2006
Global Gaming Expo	Gambling Industry	November 14, 2006	Las Vegas, Nevada	16,000 in 2004
Hannover Messe	Industry, Technology	April 16 - 20, 2007	Hanover, Germany	over 230,000 in 2007
HostingCon	Computers	July 17, 2006	Las Vegas, Nevada	650 in 2005
IAA	Cars	September 2007	Frankfurt, Germany
ICT ExpoCom 2008	The International Information & Communication Technology Exhibition & Conference for Indonesia	May 20 - 22, 2008	Jakarta Convention Center, Jakarta, Indonesia	10,227 in 2007
IETF India	Technology Fair and Engineering Exhibition	February 13, 2007	New Delhi, India	1,150,000 in 2005
	Interactive marketing and technology conference	November 6, 2006	various cities	10,000 in 2006
International Luxury Travel Market	Luxury Travel Exhibition	March 12, 2007	Cannes, France
International Pool & Spa Expo	Swimming Pool, Spa and Hot Tub	November 29, 2006	Las Vegas, Nevada	10,000 in 2006
International Show of Agriculture	Food, Agricultural machinery	March 3, 2007	Paris, France	600,000 in 2007
International Technical Fair	machine engineering, automobiles, transport, information technologies, software, electronics, electrical engineering, construction, chemistry, power engineering, ecology	September 24, 2007	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	141,000 in 2006
IFA	Consumer electronics	September 2006	Berlin, Germany	273,800 in 2003
IMM - International Furniture Fair	Furniture	January 16, 2006	Cologne, Germany	125,000 in 2005
Machine Tool Show 2007	General Engineering Exhibition	October 24, 2007	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	13,584 in 2006
Macworld Conference & Expo	Computers	January 9, 2006	San Francisco, CA	32,000 in 2005
Metalworking tradeshow	Metallurgy	March 21, 2007	Minsk, Belarus	90,000 in 2005
Mondial de l'Automobile	Auto show	September 30, 2006	Paris, France	1,400,000 in 2006
MTA Malaysia	Machine Tool, Precision Engineering and Metalworking Technology Exhibition	May 16, 2007	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	23,659 in 2006
MTA MetalAsia	Machine Tool, Precision Engineering and Metalworking Technology Exhibition	March 28, 2007	Singapore, Singapore	13,457 in 2005
MTA Vietnam	Machine Tool, Precision Engineering and Metalworking Technology Exhibition	April 7, 2007	Ho Chi Minh (Saigon), Vietnam	6,729 in 2006
MTT2008 & OEM2008 Indonesia	The 3rd International Metalworking Technology & Machine Tools Exhibition & Conference	August 27 - 30, 2008	Hall A, JIExpo PRJ, Kemayoran, Jakarta, Indonesia	9,676 in 2006
Novi Sad Fair	Agriculture	middle of May	Novi Sad, Serbia	600,000
Nuremberg International Toy Fair	Toys, Games	February 1, 2007	Nuremberg, Germany	80,000 in 2007
Paris Air Show	Aerospace	June 18, 2007	Paris, France	550,000 in 2007
Photokina	Photography	September 26, 2006	Cologne, Germany	160,000 in 2004
Pollutec	Environment	November 28, 2006	Lyon, France	65,000 in 2004
Pollutec China	Environment	March 8, 2006	Shanghai, China	3,500 in 2006
Pool Trade Show	Fashion	July 17, 2006	New York & Las Vegas	50,000 in 2005
Property Expo India 2006	Real Estates	June 10, 2006	Jaipur, India
RESALE	Used machines	April 18, 2007	Karlsruhe, Germany	10,000 in 2006
SIMO TCI	Consumer electronics	November 7, 2006	Madrid, Spain
SMAU	Computers, Consumer electronics	October 4, 2006	Milan, Italy	50,000 in 2006
Sol	Olive oil	April 6, 2006	Verona, Italy
Tokyo Game Show	Video games	September 22, 2006	Tokyo, Japan	160,000 in 2004
Total Workplace Management	Facility management	October 10, 2006	London, UK	4,675 in 2005
Vinitaly	Wine	April 2, 2007	Verona, Italy
World of packing	Packing	September 26, 2006	Minsk, Belarus	90,000 in 2005
World Food Market	Ethnic & world cuisines	November 21, 2007	London, UK	3500 in 2006