sold in Asia  Moreover  that is five and a half times the space sold in Asia s second largest trade fair market  Japan  which recorded growth of just 1 2 per cent  In terms of growth China was only surpassed by India  up 7 8 per cent  and the smaller South East Asian trade fair markets   the Philippines  In  donesia and Vietnam   The infrastructure available in Asia will remain a strong growth driver for the trade fair business   Hence  we can see that a host of new venue projects are being planned and implemented   observes UFI Managing Di  rector Kai Hattendorf   Especially outside China   in countries such as Indonesia  Thai  land  Malaysia and elsewhere   The UFI re  port provides detailed information on the de  velopment of trade fairs in the surveyed mar  kets in Asia Pacific  The report includes an analysis on market performance in 2015 as well as forecasts for the future and comments on the key trends in the respective markets  In addition  each of the 700 UFI members is entitled to an executive summary of the UFI research and to purchase the full report on the Asian exhibition industry at a discount  For the 600 expected attendees of the UFI Congress in Shanghai it is a must read to pre  pare for the event  www ufi org           PB 24 TradeFairs Internation al 5 2016 Rund 600 Teilnehmer werden von den UFI Verantwortlichen im November in Shanghai erwartet  UFI is expecting around 600 attendees in Shanghai this coming November  Ph ot o   U FI  Benefit from change  UFI Managing Director Kai Hatten  dorf about the UFI Annual Con  gress in Shanghai and challenges for the trade fair industry  What does this year s  congress theme  Ripples  mean  Small changes can have big impacts  both in your own neighbourhood and at the other end of the horizon  Over the past 25 years  the exhibition industry has benefited from globalisation  from markets and cultures opening up despite their diversity  Now  times are more complicated  Digitalisation is changing businesses globally at an ever  faster pace  The political climate in vital global markets is also changing  Stability is being re  placed by uncertainty  from politics to person  al safety  These changes  these  ripples  will take the spotlight at our UFI Congress in Shanghai  We will be exploring how organis  ers  venue operators  and service companies should best react to these ripples  These reac  tions should enable our members not only to stay afloat on the waves of change but  better yet  benefit from them  What new elements can  delegates expect in Shanghai  We are working with a whole range of new programme elements  We will further expand the highly successful  Special Interest  ses  sions  And the winners of our new  Next Generation Leadership Grant  will be able to share their views on the future of our indus  try on the big congress stage   Does Asia face different challenges  than  say  Europe  They are different but still the same  The trade fair industry is global  markets are no longer isolated  Of course  the current chal  lenges in fast growing markets differ from those in stable ones  But  on the whole  trade fair managers are faced by identical chal  lenges   from digitalisation through the top  ic of security to coopetition   
        
        
        
         
        
          
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