Trade fair

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Image:LinuxWorldBoston2006.agr.JPG 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

[edit] List of major trade fairs

(list reviewed on August 1st 2006), in alphabetic order.

Name	Industry	Next date	Location	Attendance
IETF India [1]	Technology Fair and Engineering Exhibition	2007-02-13	New Delhi, India	1,15,000 in 2005 [2]
ad:tech [3]	Interactive marketing and technology conference	2006-11-6	various cities	10,000+ SF Event 2006 [4]
Total Workplace Management	Facility management	2006-10-10	Olympia, London, United Kingdom	4,675 in 2005 [5]
ANUGA	Food	2007-10-13	Cologne, Germany	161,000 in 2005 [6]
eBay Auction Sellers Convention [7]	Online Auction	2007-06-14	Boston, Massachusetts	10,000 in 2005
International Agricultural and Gardening Machinery Exhibition [8]	Agriculture and gardening	2006-12-12	Hertogenbosch, Holland	116,000 in 2005
AGROVAK HOLLAND [9]	Holland Agro Exhibition	2006-11-15	Bologna, Italy	173,000 in 2005
Biotech Fair [10]	Bio Technology Fair	2007-02-13	New Delhi, India	5,000 in 2005 Biotechnology Fair
Buyers Market of American Craft	Tradeshow for American Craft Artists	2007-2-16	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	9,000 annually; www.AmericanCraft.com [11]
CEDIA Expo [12]	Consumer electronics	2006-09-14	Denver, Colorado, USA	26,000 in 2005 [13]
CERSAIE [14]	Ceramics for the Building Industry	2006-09-26	Bologna, Italy	130,000 in 2005
CES, Consumer Electronics Show	Consumer electronics	2006-01-05	Las Vegas, Nevada	120,000 in 2005 [15]
COMDEX	Computer show	cancelled	Las Vegas, Nevada	50,000 in 2003
E3, Electronic Entertainment Expo	Video games	2006-05-09	Los Angeles, California	70,000 in 2005
FHC China	Food	2006-11-30	Shanghai, China	30,000 in 2005 [16]
Forest and forest products [17]	Forest and forest products	2006-09-19	Minsk, Belarus	160,000 in 2005
Frankfurt Book Fair	Books	2006-10-04	Frankfurt, Germany	270,000 in 2004
Games Convention	Video games	2007-08-26	Leipzig, Germany	183,000 in 2006
Global Gaming Expo	Video games	2006-11-14	Las Vegas, Nevada	16,000 in 2004 [18]
HostingCon	Computers	2006-07-17	Las Vegas, Nevada	650 in 2005 [19]
IFA	Consumer electronics	2006, september	Berlin, Germany	273,800 visitors in 2003[20]
IMM - International Furniture Fair	Furniture	2006-01-16	Cologne, Germany	125,000 in 2005 [21]
Macworld Conference & Expo	Computers	2006-01-09	San Francisco, California	32,000 in 2005 [22]
Metalworking tradeshow [23]	Metallurgy	2007-03-21	Minsk, Belarus	90,000 in 2005
Novi Sad Fair	Agriculture	middle of May	Novi Sad, Serbia	600,000 [24]
Photokina	Photography	2006-09-26	Cologne, Germany	160,000 in 2004 [25]
Pool Trade Show [26]	Fashion	2006-07-17	New York & Las Vegas	50,000 in 2005
Property Expo India 2006	Real Estates	2006-06-10	Jaipur, India	[27]
SIMO TCI	Consumer electronics	2006-11-07	Madrid, Spain
Tokyo Game Show	Video games	2006-09-22	Tokyo, Japan	160,000 in 2004
Sol [28]	Olive oil	2006-04-06	Verona, Italy
Enolitech [29]	Olive oil	2006-04-06	Verona, Italy
Vinitaly [30]	Wine	2006-04-06	Verona, Italy
World of packing [31]	Packing	2006-09-26	Minsk, Belarus	90,000 in 2005
Pollutec [32]	Environment	2006-11-28	Lyon, France	65,000 in 2004 [33]
Pollutec China [34]	Environment	2006-03-08	Shanghai, China	3,500 in 2006 [35]