Featured Trade Shows

K Plastics & Rubber
October 27 - November 3, 2010
Turning Vision into Business
It's K time!
For more than 40 years, K has been and still is the biggest international trade fair for plastics and rubber, and takes place once every three years. The leading raw material producers, processing companies and machinery manufacturers offer an overview of the latest technical developments

MEDICA
November 17 - 20, 2010
MEDICA celebrates successful anniversary - Companies present a sparkling array of product innovations plus tailor-made services
The specialists from hospitals and doctors’ surgeries obviously did not want to miss out on the 40th anniversary of MEDICA..., read more

photokina | Globally unique and successful
21-26 Sept, 2010
Worldwide unique and successful
Innovation- and trendforum, global platform for business and communication of the whole imaging sector – that’s photokina!

drupa 2012   Print Media Messe
May 3 - 16, 2012
one world - one drupa
The last staging of drupa in 2008 was an overwhelming success with around 391,000 visitors from 138 countries attending the show, proving once again that it is the industry's leading event worldwide.

Trade Fair Travel Arrangements for Trade Professionals to Major International Trade Fairs in Europe and Asia !

International Trade Fair for Transport Technology
- Innovative Components, Vehicles, Systems -

21 - 24 September 2010 - Trade Fair
25 - 26 September 2010 - Public Days (tracks and outdoor displays)

InnoTrans has become established as an international industry showplace focusing on Railway Technology.

trade fair for the sport and leisure market

Sep 5 - 7, 2010

All the variety of the garden
spoga+gafa 2010 - The garden trade fair, Cologne
New trends tickling you like fresh grass beneath your feet. Top-class contacts sprouting up like fine plants in a royal garden. Machinery that sparkles with innovative highlights. On 5th September 2010, it will finally be time: at the spoga+gafa 2010, garden and business grow together in harmony. For three days, Cologne will become the international meeting place of the industry. Full of growth and variety

Preview spoga+gafa 2010
360° garden. Beginning on 5 September 2010, spoga+gafa will be presenting everything related to the garden. For three days, the Cologne garden trade fair will be the international meeting point for the industry. Full of growth and diversity. And full of new features. One of them is the entirely new structure. Divided into five exhibition areas, spoga+gafa 2010 is oriented towards the current development of the global green market. This further simplifies orientation for the more than 45,000 industry professionals. And simplifies positioning for you.

Leading function
spoga+gafa means growth. spoga+gafa is the industry meeting point. spoga+gafa is a business platform. And, importantly: spoga+gafa means garden delight.

Areas
spoga+gafa covers the entire garden market. From garden creation to garden living to garden care. The event also includes the areas garden excellence and garden basic.

Interest in gardens is growing – grow with it
Customized exhibition spaces and top-class international trade visitors: you can be sure of that at the spoga+gafa 2010. We will additionally support you in other aspects of your participation at the world’s most important garden trade fair.

There are plenty of reasons to join us FOR THE SPOGA COLOGNE Trade Fair .

You will meet knowledgeable industry leaders who will address a range of topics, link informative strategies for building your business, and learn how European demographics and psychographics differ from those in the U.S.

Put simply, if you want to tap into the vital European business market, you need to be at the SPOGA COLOGNE Trade Fair and Trade Show with TTI Travel, the Trade Fair Travel Specialists!

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In full bloom: The garden fair spoga in Cologne came to a close on Tuesday after three successful days. With 1,389 suppliers from 49 countries, spoga underlined its leading position as a global marketplace for the garden sector. On 168,000 m² of exhibition space, over 25,000 trade visitors from 89 countries were able to learn about the new products in the garden and leisure segments. "Despite the current difficult economic situation, spoga has once again presented the outdoor lifestyle sector at a high international level," said Oliver P. Kuhrt, Executive Vice President of Koelnmesse, to sum up the fair. "We were able to further improve the visitor quality, which played a major role in creating the positive atmosphere at the fair." In addition to the numerous world premieres and innovations that were presented at spoga, there was a very positive response from trade visitors to the target-group-oriented and interactive supporting programme with its special shows, workshops and events. spoga horse, which ran in parallel to spoga in Hall 4, was also able to confirm its position as the leading trade fair for equestrian sports.

From fashionable garden loungers through to high-tech sunshades: With 536 companies, the furniture sector was again very well positioned. 34 exhibitors in the Excellence hall enriched spoga with their furniture for the high-value and luxury sector. 409 companies presented their products for the leisure sector, which included the world's largest range of products from the grilling and barbecue segment. But there was also lots of action for the garden market: 583 companies were represented in the "ambience" area of the fair, including producers of decoration supplies, plants and plant care products. There were also 146 exhibitors presenting their basic garden products from the Far East in the "basic" segment.

Visitor survey: the big decision-makers came to Cologne
"The quality of the trade visitors was excellent; the most important decision-makers were in Cologne," was the comment frequently made at the exhibitors' stands. The visitor survey also backed up this statement. 82 per cent of those surveyed had sole or joint responsibility for making purchasing and procurement decisions at their company. Half of all visitors to spoga are members of their respective management boards. The fair's extensive spectrum of products ensured that over 70 per cent of visitors rated the product range as either good or very good. Nearly 85 per cent would recommend a visit to spoga to a close business associate. 59 per cent of the trade visitors travelled to Cologne from outside Germany.

Interactive supporting programme met with a good response
A lot of attention was given to interaction and communication in the creation of this year's supporting programme - and this concept was a big hit! The exhibitor presentations of the top ten garden furniture, barbecue, and beach and water sports products were as big a hit with the trade visitors as the Excellence special shows "Flower Power", with its attractive presentation of POS concepts, and "Chilling out in the Mediterranean Garden". Events such as the Live Barbecues also attracted large crowds of interested visitors. For those interested in the increasingly important area of contract business, the workshop "Contract potential - everything that now has to be found outdoors" offered lots of information and know-how. The new Plant Park, where growers of young plants presented their products, passed its initial test at spoga. "We've gotten off to a good start. Now we need to let these shoots grow some more," was the general feeling expressed by this segment.

The trends at spoga 2009
In the outdoor living sector "new comfort" was popular - with a modern interpretation. Manufacturers are responding to consumer demands for a sense of well-being by providing models that are comfortable without neglecting design. For example, there are chairs resembling a shell and sun loungers that are reminiscent of a wave. Modular furniture that can fulfil individual wishes is also popular. As far as colours are concerned, warm and muted colours like mocca or cappuccino are currently fashionable. Combined with bright and flashy accessories, for example in lilac, orange or green, outdoor furniture in 2010 will be a real eye-catcher in the garden or on the balcony. The issue of sustainability is increasingly the focus of attention because of greater environmental awareness among consumers. Manufacturers are also adapting to this theme by increasingly using natural materials or developing new high-tech materials, for example a plastic that can replace tropical wood. Quality is still what counts. The trend towards high-quality products continues unabated. This is also true for the grilling and barbecue product segment, where sophisticated new developments in the areas of charcoal, gas and electric products have defined the fair's themes. "The barbecue industry has not felt the effects of the economic crisis," said Kurt Schlieper, Chief Executive of the Barbecue Industry Association Grillverband (BIAG), "In particular, the range of large gas grills - fitted out like proper outdoor kitchens - has grown. Consumers are now willing to invest more in a barbecue than in the past." Alongside the large gas grills, there were also numerous barbecue hearths and outdoor fireplaces at the trade fair, providing the romance of a campfire and at the same time reflecting the trend towards cosiness. Suppliers from the beach and water sports segments presented the further development of materials like neoprene as well as stylish game ideas for outdoor leisure enjoyment. In the "ambience" segment, appealing lifestyle accessories - ranging from large ceramic items and colourful outdoor XXL stones, right through to metal supporting shelves for the balcony - defined the scene at spoga. Leading brands in the floristry supplies and decorations segments were on hand in Cologne in this non-gafa year as well.

spoga Cologne 2009 in figures
A total of 1,389 companies from 49 countries took part in spoga in Cologne in 2009 on a gross exhibition space of 168,000 m², with 79 per cent of the exhibitors coming from abroad. By way of comparison, the fair in 2007 was attended by 1,547 companies from 56 countries, who exhibited on a gross exhibition space of 190,000 m², with 80 per cent of the exhibitors coming from abroad. This year's participants numbered 280 (2007: 318) exhibitors and 8 (7) additionally represented companies from Germany as well as 1,075 (1,170) exhibitors and 26 (52) additionally represented companies from abroad. When estimates for the last trade fair day are included, 25,350 (2007:27,561) trade visitors from 89 (100) countries, approximately 59 (60) per cent of them from abroad, came to spoga Cologne 2009.*
* All of these figures have been calculated in accordance with the guidelines of the Society for Voluntary Control of Trade Fair and Exhibition Statistics (FKM).

In 2010, spoga+gafa will be held from 5th to 7th September.