This year’s event will take place at a new venue, Istanbul Expo Centre (İFM), occupying two halls – 9 and 10. The exhibition centre is located near the city centre and has multiple travel connections making it an easy journey for visitors from Turkey and further afield.

2018 will be its sixth exhibition, having grown its visitor attendance by 25% since the first event in 2013. The last FESPA Eurasia in 2017 attracted 8,761 unique visitors.

Roz Guarnori, Exhibitions Director at FESPA, commented: “Since the launch of FESPA Eurasia in 2013 we have developed our visitor proposition for the show, bringing both new and previous attendees to the show each year.

“The fact that more and more visitors are staying for longer than one day demonstrates that visitors are engaged with the exhibition and its relevance to the market. That’s reflected in that over 82% of visitors consider FESPA Eurasia to be the most important show in the region to attend for their business.”

FESPA Eurasia is hosted in partnership with FESPA’s Turkish Association, ARED, which means that the event will effectively reflect the needs and challenges of the regional Eurasia market.

Guarnori continued: “Being a federation of national associations is one of our unique selling points. We work closely with our associations to ensure that our events are tailored to the needs of the local audience.