All articles tagged with "Fair-Selection"
The UFI EX research stream has reframed how successful European fair organisers think about exhibitor service design. A grounded look at what exhibitor experience actually measures, where leading fairs deliver vs where the experience breaks, and how exhibitors should use EX research to choose fairs.
The European trade fair calendar is consolidating in some sectors and fragmenting in others. A decision framework for exhibitors managing the calendar across 2026-2028, with EUR cost-per-qualified-lead figures by fair tier, the show-tier classification AUMA and UFI now use, and the practical playbook for fair-selection decisions.
Picking the wrong fair burns six-figure budgets faster than any other exhibition mistake. A four-filter framework, audience fit, calendar fit, commercial geometry, and competitive density, for choosing European trade fairs that actually pay back, with named-fair examples from Hannover Messe to Salone del Mobile.
A weighted scorecard methodology for choosing trade fairs in Europe, drawn from AUMA, UFI and CEIR exhibitor research. Real audience-quality data, exhibitor-density math, and EUR cost-per-qualified-lead benchmarks at Hannover Messe, Anuga, Bauma, EuroShop, IFA and ISE.
