Y ou don t need to look too hard to no tice how dynamically things are devel oping in India the number of events taking place in both the B2B and the B2C segment increases every year According to the Indian Exhibition Industry Association IEIA around two million square metres of exhibition space is sold annually State gov ernments have now recognised the potential of the exhibition industry and are encourag ing the private sector to invest in developing venues Many of them are being developed on the public private partnership model In vestment in the development of related infra structure is also encouraged The Indian government has given emphasis to the devel opment of urban infrastructure hotels and transport reports Anbu Varathan director general and CEO of the Indian Machine Tool is the BIEC s flagship event celebraded its 50th anniversary in the new hall this year to gether with Tooltech 2019 The job does not finish with building venues that meet inter national standard venues insists Varathan It is also important to provide quality serv ices Industry bodies such as the UFI and the IAEE offer a variety of further training courses as he points out All these steps will change the overall landscape of exhibi tions and exhibition venues in India The BIEC has been extended several times since it went into operation 12 years ago This has enabled it to meet growing de mand and host major industrial exhibitions Over 280 events have been held there since 2007 A variety of international exhibition or ganisers such as UBM Asia Deutsche Messe Hannover NürnbergMesse Messe München and Koelnmesse have held events at the Ban galore International Exhibition Centre The entry of foreign exhibition organisers into the Indian market has also brought significant changes The average size of the exhibitions staged has increased and the skill set of the workforce in the industry has improved In addition technology and innovations have played a vital role in the development of ex hibitions that meet international standards It s clear that immense progress is being made www biec in PB 32 TradeFairs Internation al 2 2019 INTERNATIONAL Manufacturers Association That has en couraged exhibition organisers to take their shows closer to industrial centres says Va rathan who is also CEO of the Bangalore In ternational Exhibition Centre BIEC That helps organisers to attract more visitors and increase footfall India s largest exhibition and conven tion centre the IICC is currently being built in Dwarka New Delhi Other venues are also undergoing expansion in other cities such as Chennai Noida Hyderabad and Jaipur The BIEC in Bangalore was recently expanded with a new 17 500 square metre hall Hall 5 The Bangalore International Exhibition Cen tre now has a total of over 77 000 square me tres of indoor exhibition space Imtex an ex hibition of metal cutting machine tools that INDIA Significant changes The subcontinent is becoming increasingly attractive to organisers of international exhibitions Appreciable invest ments have been made in the exhibition infrastructure and everything else around it Mit der Schere am roten Band Eröffnungszere monie bei der Flaggschiffmesse Imtex 2019 im BIEC in Bangalore Ready to cut the ribbon opening ceremony for flagship show Imtex 2019 at BIEC in Bangalore Ph ot o B IE C

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