Trade Show Executive’s Fastest 50 Awards will honour on 9-11 March the 50 most rapidly expanding trade fairs held in the US in 2010, as well as the six overseas fastest-growing shows in Canada, Latin America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
Within the overseas category, the Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) has revealed its annual convention and trade show is among a short list of three shows being nominated for the Canadian Gold Award.
The Fastest 50 Gold awards will recognise the fastest-growing show in Canada, based on percentage of growth in net square feet of exhibit space.
This recognition and celebration of growth, in spite of the challenging economic climate, represents a significant accomplishment, CPMA said.
CPMA’s annual show is being nominated because of the impressive growth seen at the 2010 edition held in Vancouver on 14-15 May 2010 compared with the previous year’s convention in Toronto.
In 2010, CPMA saw an increase of 29 per cent in net square feet of exhibition space as well as marked rise in the number of exhibiting companies.
“We’re thrilled to be on this list,” said Dan Dempster, CPMA’s outgoing president, in a press release.
“It demonstrates that CPMA’s Annual Trade Show has so much to offer and our industry and peers are responding to that.”
CPMA’s 86th Annual Convention and Trade Show will take place on 13-15 April in Montreal.
Already, the association claims this year’s fair boasts a 15 per cent increase in the number of reserved exhibition spaces over 2010.
