Registration Roundup

Rachelle Crum -- Tradeshow Week, 5/8/2006

The second staging of Top Hair Intl., March 18–19 at Messe Duesseldorf in Duesseldorf, Germany, attracted 15,600 attendees, 140 percent more than it did in 2005 (with 6,500 attendees). The show, which presented 100 exhibitors in 86,111 net sq. ft., grew in all respects since 2005, when it spanned 69,965 net sq. ft. with 60 exhibiting firms. Show organizer Messe Duesseldorf said 58 percent of the visitors held top executive positions.

Attendance at Techtextil North America was up 6.2 percent from 2005. The biennial show, March 28–30 at Atlanta's Cobb Galleria Centre, drew 4,081 attendees to a 49,600 net sq. ft. showfloor with 329 exhibiting firms from 25 countries. Its 2004 edition spanned 49,000 net sq. ft. with 288 companies and 3,844 attendees. Show organizer Messe Frankfurt said buyers were enticed by several special feature areas.

Please submit items for Show Biz to Rachelle Crum at rachelle.crum@reedbusiness.com.