GARDEN Trader (SPRING 2019)

the theme worlds of the fair such as the Outdoor Kitchen World in the garden bbq section, the Smart Gardening World, the IVG Power Place Akku and the IVG Power Places Green in the garden creation & care section and through the POS Green Solutions, all of which provided added value. The Outdoor Furniture Trend Show and the Icons of Outdoor Furniture special event were highlights in the garden unique segment. The Guided Tours on the segments garden unique, garden living und garden bbq, which not only went down very well with the trade visitors, but also with the trade press, provided further impulses. The extensive offer certainly paid off for the trade visitors. The level of satisfaction was extremely high. 79 percent of the trade visitors interviewed were satisfied or even very satisfied as far as achieving the goals of their visit were concerned. As such, the recommendation rate was correspondingly high: Around 90 percent would recommend a good business acquaintance to visit spoga+gafa. spoga+gafa 2018 in figures: 2,152 companies from 61 countries, 85 percent of which were from abroad, participated at spoga+gafa 2018. These included 322 exhibitors from Germany and 1,830 exhibitors from abroad. Including estimates for the last day of the fair, around 40,000 visitors from 114 countries attended spoga+gafa 2018. The share of foreign trade visitors was 64 percent.* * All figures are calculated in accordance with the guidelines of the Association for the Voluntary Control of Trade Fair and Exhibition Statistics (FKM). (www.fkm.de ). spoga+gafa 2019 will be staged from 1 to 3 September. Further information is available at www.spogagafa.com Koelnmesse – Global Competence in Furniture, TRADE SHOW REVIEW w w w . I M B 2 B . c o m 98