The national trade fairs in Germany have maintained their position in the first Half of 2010: As the economic situation improved several fairs could once again report positive results. This was the result of preliminary calculations of the AUMA_Ausstellungs and Fair Committee of German Business.

On average, the fairs had constant exhibitor figures during the first Half of 2010 (compared to full year 2009: -4.3%), with over half of the fairs registering more exhibitors than at the same event in the previous year. The visitor numbers also improved significantly: They were on average only 2% lower than the at the previous year’s events (full year 2009: -8.4%) over 50% of the fairs also measured a positive result here. The rented area was however around 4% below the results of previous events in the first Half of 2010 (full year 2009: -6.0%). It seems that here the exhibiting industry’s savings decisions from 2009 are still having effects.

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