FOCUS Timeline 1998 Going east Messe Düsseldorf becomes a majority shareholder until 2015 of Veletrhy Brno BVV New construction Messe München also goes east moving to its newly built site in Riem 1999 Opening Singapore Expo is inaugurated Kick off German chancellor Gerhard Schröder performs the ground breaking ceremony for SNIEC in Shanghai 2000 World exhibition Hanover hosts Expo 2000 partially on the world s largest exhibition site Privatisation Italy discusses a new trade fair law the old one is criticised by the EU Commission and trade associations 2001 Relocation The Association of the German Trade Fair Industry AUMA moves from Cologne to Berlin New venue After the 9 11 terror attacks the UFI stages its annual congress in Cologne instead of Cairo 2002 Modern The new Messe Friedrichshafen opens its gates Cancellations No show of some well known companies Lufthansa at ITB Nestlé at Anuga and Lexmark at Cebit 2003 Inauguration Karlsruhe now also boasts a brand new exhibition centre Contagious The SARS virus causes havoc in Asia s trade fair industry 2004 Big Bang The European Union s enlargement by ten states boosts visitor and exhibitor figures within the EU Double digit Russian fairs post dynamic growth and Moscow s exhibition capacities surge thanks to its new Crocus Expo 2005 Glass sail Prime minister Berlusconi opens the somewhat futuristic looking Fiera Milano the world s second largest exhibition centre Airport venue Asia World Expo takes off in Hong Kong 2006 Growth Hong Kong Convention and Ex hibition Centre starts its next expansion Makeover Cologne is happy about its extensively revamped exhibition centre 2007 Gondoliere The Venetian opens in Macau an integrated resort with a hotel shopping conference and exhibition capacities Milestone Stuttgart s new fair starts operating

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