• More space – six halls totalling 63,000 m2 of exhibition space
• More interest from central and eastern Europe, the Russian Federation and the Middle East
• More end users

The 10th International Commercial Property Exposition, EXPO REAL 2007, is expanding again – this year by an entire exhibition hall. “Demand for space is so strong that in 2007 EXPO REAL will grow from five to six halls, to provide a total of 63,000 square metres of space,” explained Eugen Egetenmeir, a member of the Management Board of Messe München. The same happened in 2006, which was also a whole hall bigger than the previous event. Year-on-year that represents an increase in space of around 20 percent, while keeping the same, carefully delineated product range in the interests of the quality level of the event. The tenth EXPO REAL takes place from 8 to 10 October 2007 in Munich.

This growth is due mainly to strong international demand. Messe München expects that the space taken up by exhibitors from outside Germany will again expand by 30 percent. At the last EXPO REAL over one third of the total exhibition space was booked by foreign companies. In addition to exhibitors from Germany, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Spain, more and more companies from east and southeastern Europe and the Middle East were using EXPO REAL as a place to find investors for many of their real-estate projects.

Interest from the Russian Federation remains high. Moscow city and region, and the cities of St Petersburg and Ekaterinburg will be taking larger stands this year. And there is increased interest in participation from Russian project developers and financiers.

More and more countries, regions and locations are exploiting synergies in their presentation at the fair, and setting up a joint stand of exhibitors. Austria, the Netherlands, Italy and the Nordic Region, for example, have organised national pavilions for many years. Last year for the first time the Arabian Court took part, and the US pavilion has been expanding in size each year, since it was first set up in 2005.

Ever more end users of real estate, too, are identifying EXPO REAL as a platform for their expansion strategies and for making contacts in promising new markets. In 2007, for example, chainstores like Lidl, DM Drogeriemarkt, Obi, Toom Baumarkt, the REWE Group, Plus and Hornbach will all be exhibiting at the fair.


EXPO REAL
EXPO REAL, the 10th International Commercial Property Exposition, takes place from 8 to 10 October 2007 at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre. The event is an international platform for networking on projects, investment and finance. It covers the entire spectrum of the property sector and brings together players from all the key markets from Europe, to Russia, the Middle East and the US. An extensive conference programme, featuring around 400 speakers, provides an in-depth overview of current trends and innovations in property investment and finance. EXPO REAL 2006 attracted 1,638 exhibitors from 40 countries and 21,112 visitors from 65 countries. The statistics for EXPO REAL are independently audited on behalf of the Gesellschaft zur Freiwilligen Kontrolle von Messe- und Ausstellungszahlen (FKM), a society for the voluntary control of fair and exhibition statistics.

Messe München International MMI
Messe München International (MMI) is one of the world´s leading trade-fair organisations. It organises around 40 trade fairs for capital and consumer goods, and new technology. Over 30,000 exhibitors from more than 100 countries, and over two million visitors from more than 200 countries take part each year in the trade fairs in Munich. In addition, MMI organises trade fairs in Asia, Russia, the Middle East and in South America. With four subsidiaries abroad and 66 foreign representatives covering 89 countries, MMI has a truly global network.

Press contact:
Petra Gagel
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E-mail: petra.gagel@messe-muenchen.de

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