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Companies that participated in AIME 2009 have
until Friday 4 September to select their preferred space at AIME
2010 (18th Asia Pacific Incentives & Meetings Expo) at the
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, 2 and 3 March. From
Monday 7 September, space on the floor plan will be open to new
exhibitors.
Event
Director, Rosemarie Sama, said that this year’s record breaking
event had resulted in 92% of exhibitors stating they intend to
return in 2010.
“Based on the success of this
year’s event we are expecting a record number of space bookings to
be made during the priority booking period,” Ms Sama said.
Figures audited by the Circulations
Audit Board in Australia verified an increase in the
total attendance numbers by 10% on the previous year. A
total of 3,581 visitors including 467 Hosted Buyers and
71 media representatives visited the two-day event.
AIME’s trade visitor numbers rose by 12.5%, from 2,768
in 2008 to 3,114. The audit also showed that 832 people
visited AIME more than once in the two day period.
Exhibitor
numbers set a new record with 854 exhibiting companies from 50
countries participating, an increase of 3.8% on last year.
Australian exhibitor numbers increased from 354 in 2008 to 396 at
AIME 09. The number of exhibitors from Asia also increased from
261 in 2008 to 296 this year. The remaining 162 exhibitors came
from New Zealand, the Pacific or from other international
destinations.
AIME is organised by Reed Travel
Exhibitions (RTE) on behalf of the Melbourne Convention + Visitors
Bureau.
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