IMEX ‘DELIGHTED’ BY TOP UK INDUSTRY AWARD

IMEX, the worldwide exhibition for meetings, incentive travel, and events were delighted to be voted by the Association of Exhibition Organisers (AEO) as Best Visitor Experience, Trade Show.

IMEX is the first recipient of this new award. Explaining the reasons why the Frankfurt exhibition came out on top, AEO Chairman, Trevor Foley, commented, "The judges were impressed at the lengths that IMEX went to insure that the event experience was something that the visitors and exhibitors would jointly value. This is a new award category which reflects the significance of the visitor experience to our industry. I'm pleased to say that the standard of entries was extremely high."

In 2005 a total of 3,260 hosted buyers from 57 countries attended IMEX in addition to 3,870 non-hosted buyers from 97 countries for a total of 7,130 buyers. Total exhibitors were 3,000, representing 140 countries.

A virtual exhibition continues online throughout the year at www.imex-frankfurt.com.

IMEX will take place from May 30 – June 1 2006, in Hall 8, Messe Frankfurt, Germany.

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