Global Update: Real Estate in Istanbul

More shows are debuting and relocating around the world, including one that organizers are billing as Turkey’s first real estate tradeshow.

• RealistExpo will debut Sept. 27-30 at the New Fair Complex in the Istanbul (Turkey) World Trade Center. Show organizer Atilim Fuarcilik said it is the country’s first real estate tradeshow. Close to 70,000 visitors are expected, along with 100 domestic and international exhibitors involved in the Turkish real estate business. Show managers said the Turkish real estate market has been labeled one of the hottest in Europe by such publications as Business Week and FT Business.

• Banks, telecommunications companies, real estate agents, travel agencies, food companies, employment agencies, insurance companies and car dealers are among the exhibitors looking for business opportunities in Spain’s immigrant community. Show manager Ifema expects companies in those sectors will exhibit in Integra Madrid, a trade fair for products and services for immigrants, to debut in Madrid Oct. 11-14.

• Despite the apparent success of the most recent Expo Real Asia held in December 2006 in Macau, China, Messe Muenchen will move the commercial property event to a new, yet-to-be-determined location. Expo Real Asia, scheduled Nov. 5-7 at the Venetian Macau, will change locations to follow regional Asian market trends. Messe Muenchen previously held it in Shanghai and Tokyo and now is considering several other Asian countries for the event’s next location. The next Expo Real, held each year in Munich, will take place Oct. 8-10.

• The American Academy of Anti-aging Medicine will launch the Dubai Conference on Anti-aging and Regenerative Medicine at the Hyatt Regency Corniche Hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Oct. 19-21. The event, hosted jointly by the American academy and the Arabian Academy of Anti-aging Medicine, will include a medical conference and an exhibition featuring new medicines and technologies in the field.

• E.J. Krause & Associates will launch a tradeshow Dec. 6-8 in Guangzhou, China, focusing on broadband Internet and home networks. Digi Comm Expo will bring together radio and TV broadcasters, communications operators, equipment suppliers and research institutes at the Guangzhou Intl. Exhibition Center. The conference portion of the event will also feature discussions of industry trends, innovation, industrial standards, network planning, research and development. Summit meetings will be held on the digital home industry and new media development.

• In response to demand from the energy sector for its own event for renewable energies and energy efficiency, IFEMA’s Genera international energy and environment fair, previously a biennial, will be an annual show beginning next year. The 11th edition of Genera will take place Feb. 26-28 at Feria de Madrid (Spain). Genera 2007 attracted 280 exhibiting companies and surpassed expectations with 12,842 professional attendees, an 81-percent increase compared to 2005.

• Reed Exhibitions China canceled its international environmental protection show Pollutec China, scheduled for March 2008 at Intex Shanghai. Pollutec China was held each year since 2004.

• Brintex will launch Distil, aimed at global spirits brands, buyers and influencers, May 20-22 at ExCeL in London, collocating it with the London Intl. Wine Fair. The tradeshow will feature tasting, discussion, networking, education, research and debate. Attendees are expected from the international bar, restaurant and catering trade. Exhibitors will be major spirits brand producers and distributors, as well as worldwide niche and boutique brandmakers.

• The Ambattur Industrial Estate Manufacturers Assn. and the AIEMA Technology Centre will organize ACMEE 2008, an international machine tools and auto components exhibition, in Chennai, India, June 19-23. Dilip Kumbhat, chairman of ACMEE 2008, said the exhibition would attract more than 80,000 trade visitors from India and abroad.

• Beginning July 27-31, 2008, a textile manufacturing exhibition, ITMA ASIA + CITME 2008, will be held biennially in Shanghai. The event will combine the ITMA ASIA – Asian Intl. Exhibition of Textile Machinery and CITME – China Intl. Textile Machinery Exhibition. The show expects about 100,000 international attendees and 10,000 international exhibitors. The Intl. Exhibition of Textile Machinery Asia and the China Intl. Exhibition Center will organize ITMA ASIA + CITME 2008. ITMA is owned by CEMATEX, an organization comprising nine national European textile machinery associations. Edward Roberts, CEMATEX president, said China was chosen for next year’s event because it makes up one-third of the world’s textile production capacity and is a major textile machinery importer. ITMA was last held in Singapore in October 2005.

• Olma Fairs St. Gallen (Switzerland) will launch the biennial Geoprotecta, Nov. 13-15, 2008, at its fairgrounds. The event is a trade fair for integral risk management, focusing on the potential consequences of climate change for Switzerland and strategies to protect against natural hazards. Consultants as well as providers of products and services for integral risk management of natural hazards will participate.