What is your accumulated experience of your company's two decade old journey?
We are the biggest in both hall rental and fair organization businesses in Turkey. Our dominance in these areas also supported the growth of our stand construction, material rental, catering and travel agency businesses.
Istanbul Trade Fairs (ITF) which was formed as a joint venture between ITE and CNR is Turkey’s biggest fair organization company. ITF has concentrated on organizing international industrial fairs. The biggest of our shows are Evteks, Tatef, Autoshow Istanbul, Imob, Gida and Otomotiv which Evteks and Tatef are the 2nd and 3rd biggest in the world.
The fair organization business is shifting from Europe to the East and our objective in the mid-run is to reposition Turkey as the main-hub for trade fairs in the EMEA and the Caucasian area.
Can you name your different partners and their activities related to fairs, shows and exhibitions?
We partner with industrial associations to get them to support our shows. Associations are the primary driving forces in certain industries where our fairs are competing with top international fairs, such as Evteks and Tatef.
How does textile & allied sector feature in CNR Expo's scheme of fairs and events and to what extent?
Being the second biggest export item of Turkey textiles and allied sectors are of great importance to Istanbul Trade Fairs (ITF).
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