INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY AND FIGHT AGAINST COUNTERFEITING AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS: A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WAS SIGNED BETWEEN AEFI AND THE MINISTRY OF ENTERPRISE AND MADE IN ITALY – DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY – ITALIAN PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

Collaboration between AEFI and the Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy is strengthened thanks to a new memorandum of understanding signed with the Directorate General for Industrial Property – Italian Patent and Trademark Office (DGPI-UIBM). According to the agreed text, which falls under the powers contemplated in Article 223 – paragraph IV – of […]

TRADE FAIRS: MAURIZIO DANESE UNANIMOUSLY CONFIRMED AS AEFI PRESIDENT

DANESE: WITH ORGANISERS JOINING UNITED SECTOR AND STRONG REPRESENTATION. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE GOVERNMENT TO INNOVATE THE EXHIBITION INDUSTRY URSO (MINISTER OF ENTERPRISES AND MADE IN ITALY (MIMIT)): IT IS NECESSARY TO GO ABROAD AS ONE WITH A UNITED EXHIBITION SYSTEM Maurizio Danese has been unanimously confirmed at the helm of Aefi, the leading […]

TRADE FAIRS: PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT SIGNED BY MINISTRY OF ENTERPRISE AND MADE IN ITALY (MIMIT) AND AEFI

URSO (MINISTER): THE “MADE IN ITALY” LABEL IS A BRAND THAT CERTIFIES ITALIAN KNOW-HOW. MIMIT WITH TRADE FAIRS TO ENHANCE OUR EXCELLENCE DANESE (PRESIDENT OF AEFI): TRADE FAIRS DRIVE THE GROWTH OF INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS AND WORK WITH INSTITUTIONS TO PROMOTE THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC SYSTEM “Creating projects to enhance the excellence of the Italian trade fair […]

TRADE FAIRS: AEFI REMEMBERS LORENZO CAGNONI, THE DOYEN OF ITALIAN TRADE FAIRS

The AEFI Board of Directors, President Maurizio Danese and Secretary General Loredana Sarti remember Lorenzo Cagnoni – President of IEG – Italian Exhibition Group and Vice-President of AEFI, the Association of Italian Trade Fair Exhibitions, who passed away today in Rimini at the age of 84. In almost 30 years of activity in the trade […]

EXHIBITIONS, DANESE (AEFI): UNIFIED ACTION PLAN FOR THE MADE IN ITALY BRAND WORLDWIDE

A STRATEGY FOR GROWING ITALIAN EXHIBITIONS INTERNATIONALLY IN A REPORT FROM AEFI/ROLAND BERGER “The Italian exhibitions industry consists of 190 companies with an overall workforce of 3700, and has an annual turnover of 1.4 billion euro. It is an extraordinary vehicle for growing the Made in Italy brand, which however is still far from reaching […]

EXHIBITIONS, AEFI/PROMETEIA: EXHIBITIONS TOURISM GENERATES 10 BILLION EURO A YEAR, 4.8 BILLION IN ADDED VALUE AND 90,000 JOBS

DANESE (AEFI): GREAT POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH, THE PRIORITIES ARE SERVICES, TRANSPORT AND HOSPITALITY Exhibitions tourism in Italy generates over 10 billion euro a year, corresponding to an added value of 4.8 billion euro, and is estimated to account for 90,000 jobs. In other words, every euro spent by visitors to exhibitions generates 2.4 euro in […]

TRADE FAIRS: AEFI UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES THE NEW BY-LAWS AND OPENS UP TO EXHIBITION ORGANISERS

The Shareholders’ Meeting of AEFI, the Association of Italian Trade Fair Exhibitions, was held this morning in Bologna, at the headquarters of BolognaFiere, and the association’s new by-laws were unanimously approved. At the behest of the Italian Government and in agreement with CFI, the Industrial Trade Fair Committee, the association opened up membership to organisers […]

TRADE FAIRS, AEFI: 267 INTERNATIONAL EVENTS (33 MORE THAN 2022) AND 264 NATIONAL EVENTS ON THE 2023 CALENDAR

DANESE (PRESIDENT OF AEFI): THE SECTOR RE-LAUNCHING FROM INTERNATIONALISATION, DRIVING TOURISM AND THE LOCAL ECONOMY With 267 international events and 264 national appointments, the Italian trade fair sector is re-launching in 2023 recovering pre-pandemic results and performance with 33 international events (+14%) and 23 national ones (+10%) more on the agenda than last year. According […]

AEFI FOR THE 7TH GLOBAL EXHIBITIONS DAY: TWO EVENTS TO HIGHLIGHT THE VALUE OF A STRATEGIC SECTOR FOR MADE IN ITALY

It was a ‘trade fair pride’ day, celebrated by Aefi, in Rome on 1st June, at the 7th edition of the Global Exhibitions Day (GED) established by Ufi. The relationship between Italian trade fairs and made in Italy was at the centre of the proceedings: a strategic alliance on the route to international markets. A […]

AEFI, RELEASE OF “THE TRADE FAIR SYSTEM, THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND EXCELLENCE MADE IN ITALY. FROM SHOWCASE TO PROMOTIONAL TOOL”

“The trade fair system, the driving force behind excellence made in Italy. From showcase to promotional tool” is the second volume by Aefi (Italian Association of Exhibitions and Fairs), which aims to analyse the impact of the exhibition sector on the country’s strategic sectors, focusing particularly on five key areas of production for Italy: agrifood, […]