London Gets New York Apparel Show

The New Year brings information on new shows, as well as date changes and cancellations, spanning the globe from London to Karachi, Pakistan.

The U.S. children's wear tradeshow Bubble New York will have a spin-off, Bubble London, at London's Olympia Two Jan. 22-23 with about 60 exhibitors. Organizing the launch of Bubble in Europe is Kidding Consulting of New York. The two-year-old U.S. biennial show takes place at showrooms in New York City. Last July's edition attracted 100 exhibitors and 1,100 attendees.

The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, will host the April 14-16 2008 Congress of the World Jewellery Confederation, also known as the Confederation Internationale de la Bijouterie, Joaillerie et Orfèvrerie. It will be the first time the global jewelry trade organizations and professionals have gathered in the Middle East. The 2007 show was held in Cape Town, South Africa.

Conference & Exhibitions Management Services Pakistan (CEMS Pakistan) will stage three events for Pakistan's manufacturing industry, 3P 2008 (Plas, Print Pack), F+T 08 (Food + Technology 08) and PMTM 2008 (Pakistan Intl. Machine Tools & Metalworking). They will take place simultaneously at the Karachi (Pakistan) Expo Centre April 24-27. According to CEMS Pakistan, headquartered in Singapore, 220 local and foreign exhibitors and about 16,000 visitors from Pakistan and neighboring countries are expected at the events.

MCH Swiss Exhibition canceled the 2008 Buch Basel, originally scheduled May 2-4. Organizers said a difficult market environment kept registration below expectations. Also, show manager Stephan Lips left the company, and Swiss Exhibition is working to assemble a new show team and establish 2009 dates.

Poor conditions in the Australian agriculture industry led to the cancellation of the May 30-31, 2008, Natl. Australian Cotton Trade Show in Moree, Australia. Officials in Australia said they expected this season's harvest to be just 10 percent of the average cotton crop. Coordinator Brian O'Connell said the decision would allow growers and potential exhibitors to concentrate on getting their businesses through these challenging times, largely caused by a long-term drought. He said he expects the show to return in May 2009.

The first Intl. Rental Exhibition will be held in the RAI Exhibition Center in Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 3-5. The RAI organizes the new show in cooperation with the European Rental Assn. An integral part of the event will be the association's annual conference, to be held alongside the main exhibition in an adjacent conference hall. Organizers said they hope other domestic and international associations also will hold meetings and conferences during the event.

Decorate Life is the name of the new combination of Tendence Autumn + Winter, Collectione Preview Spring + Summer and The Design Annual to be held at the Frankfurt (Germany) Fair and Exhibition Centre July 4-8. Nicolette Naumann, vice president of Messe Frankfurt Exhibitions, said the event would address everything to do with the home and furnishings, including accessories and textiles, garden furniture and tableware, and gifts.

CMP Technology is partnering with IDG and Beijing Howell Intl. Exhibition Co., producer of China Joy, to produce the second edition of the China Game Developers Conference Sept. 24-26 in a new location, the Jiuhua Spa and Resort in Beijing. IDG was involved with the inaugural event, held at the Shanghai Intl. Convention Center in 2007.

2008 will see a new Aqua-Therm in Minsk, Belarus, in addition to existing editions of the show in Kiev, Ukraine; Almaty, Kazakhstan; and Baku, Azerbaijan. The international exhibition for heating, ventilation, air conditioning, water sanitation and environmental technology is scheduled to premiere Nov. 11-13. Although Reed Exhibitions came up with the concept, an Italian exhibition company, Fin-Mark of Bologna, will organize the show in Minsk.

Because of a conflict with the 2008 Summer Olympics, the COS+H 2008 China Intl. Occupational Safety & Health Exposition has been rescheduled Nov. 17-20 at the Natl. Agriculture Exhibition Center in Beijing. Originally planned for September, the show will be hosted by the State Administration of Work Safety and jointly organized by Messe Duesseldorf China and the Natl. Center for Intl. Exchange & Cooperation on Work Safety. Organizers said they expect about 300 exhibitors to display their new technologies to 20,000 trade visitors on about 140,000 square feet of exhibit space.

E.J. Krause & Associates and Fiera Roma will jointly launch ExpoComm Italia 2008 Dec. 2-4 at Fiera Roma, Rome's new international exhibition center. The exhibition and conference will focus on the latest innovations in telecommunications.