Organizers of the South East European Meetings Industry trade show Conventa report an upswing of exhibitors and hosted buyers.
The results of satisfaction survey conducted last year among the participants of Conventa showed great contentment with the show.
Moreover, many participants have stated that they will return to the event also in 2012. Looking at the numbers after the early bird registration this year, organizers report that in comparison to the same time last year, the number of exhibitors has risen by 40 percent.
The majority of 71 meeting industry suppliers that have already confirmed their attendance comes from Slovenia, followed by suppliers from Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Austria, Italy, Bulgaria and Albania.
Around 15 percent of exhibitors are newcomers. Presenting their offer to selected hosted buyers for the first time at Conventa will be Hit Alpinea, iDMC, Rogaška Hotels & Lotus Terme, Turizem Bled, Adria Kongres, Arena Turist, Globtour Event, Uniline, Rina Travel and MK Mountain Resort.
Conventa enfolds various opportunities thus reasons for attending the event are many.
So far great interest was shown also by hosted buyers. At the moment Conventa has 11 percent more registered hosted buyers in comparison to the same time last year. The ones who have already confirmed their presence come mostly from Europe.
On-line registration will be open for some time and in the end organizers are expecting around 140 exhibitors from Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Austria and Italy and around 300 hosted buyers.
Conventa, the leading business-to-business event in the area of meeting industry in South East Europe, will be from 18th to 19th January 2012, in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
