GARDEN Trader 2024

spoga+gafa 2023 - significant increase in attendance Successful trade fair focusing on "Social Gardens" he gardens of the future are sustainable, promote the social exchange and offer more potential than ever as extended living and working space. That is the overriding conclusion of spoga+gafa, which further consolidated its position as the leading global trade fair. The trade fair is on the pulse of time with its key theme "Social Gardens - Places of encounter" and has raised awareness for the positive effects of gardens as social meeting places. "We are delighted that we were able to follow on from the fantastic results of the year 2019 with spoga+gafa 2023. The exhibitors and the international trade audience were above all extremely pleased with the quality of the discussions and the products. The fantastic atmosphere in the exhibition halls underlined this impressively. With a strong increase in the number of visitors from Germany and at the same time around 70 percent of foreign trade visitors, spoga+gafa once again confirmed its relevance as the industry's most important international trade and networking platform," stated Oliver Frese, Chief Operating Officer of Koelnmesse GmbH. spoga+gafa 2023 in figures: 1,853 exhibitors from 58 countries participated at spoga+gafa in 2023. The increase in the number of T The entire diversity of the garden united in Cologne: spoga+gafa 2023 closes after three success- ful trade fair days and draws an extremely positive. Around 30,000 trade visitors from 122 coun- tries took part in the world's largest garden lifestyle trade fair this year. In total, over 1,800 exhibi- tors from 58 countries presented the trends and highlights of the coming garden and BBQ season from 18 to 20 June. Hence, the show almost matched the record figures of the year 2019. The next spoga+gafa is scheduled to take place in Cologne from 16 to 18 June 2024. By/ Press Center Pictures/ Joy w w w . I M B 2 B . c o m TRADE SHOW REVIEW 84