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World Floral Expo 2010 - Press Release: 26/02/2010
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World Floral Expo 2010, renewal of your space reservation.
World Floral Expo 2009, a great success!
Numbers Up!
for World Floral Expo, 2010!
The 6th annual World Floral Expo closed its doors yesterday on a successful and satisfying trade show. The number of exhibitors was up by 10% compared to 2009. Many companies registered to exhibit at the last minute - a clear sign that although we still live in economic uncertainty the industry has optimism for the future.
The number of attending qualified buyers was also up by almost 20%. Qualified buyers made it to Miami and spent time planning and resourcing with their favorite suppliers and with new companies at the fair. Most attendees visited the trade show floor two consecutive days to continue talks with exhibitors.
On Tuesday morning before the trade show opening a Cargo Logistics Conference was presented for exhibitors and attendees with a panel of 6 speakers representing American Airlines, Continental Airlines, FlowersOnline, Liege Airport, International Logistics Flower Center, and Armellini Express Lines.
Tuesday night the official grand opening party held around the swimming pool of the Double Tree Hotel was enjoyed by over 300 WFE exhibitors and attendees. It was lively gathering with social and business conversations flowing amidst four hours of food, drink, and entertainment.
During the evening festivities prizes were awarded to the following exhibitors:
Best Booth Design Award:
- De Ruiter Innovation, Holland - Gold
- Flowers of the World, USA – Silver
- Lynx Global / Centurion Cargo, USA – Bronze
Best Grower Awards:
- Nevado, Ecuador – Gold
- Agrocoex S.A., Ecuador – Silver
- Floraustral, Chile – Bronze
Best Breeder Award:
- Preesman, Holland – Gold
- Royal van Zanten, Holland – Silver
- Ball S.B., USA – Bronze
The Best Country Award was won by Ecuador, who received Gold for the third year in a row. Kenya won a close second and received Silver for their display.
The Best Perishable Novelty Award went to Olij Roses from Holland for their new variety “Red Paris”. The Best Non Perishable Novelty Award went to the French company Polypap for their new “Bouquetto” retail packaging design.
The open house company tour on Wednesday was also well attended by almost 50 buyers. They had an excellent tour of the facilities of Continental Flowers, Mayesh Wholesale, Trans International Cargo, Armellini, and Trans World Forwarding.
Show manager Dick van Raamsdonk said, “It was very good to see how many new buyers came to Miami to check out the show and meet suppliers”. Show organizers noted that Canadian buyers were also well represented at WFE 2010.
When canvassed most participants expressed that the overall outcome for both exhibitors and visitors was above expectations. When asked about his results after two days on the show floor one exhibitor mentioned “There was a good buzz going around the trade show”.
Next year’s World Floral Expo is scheduled for Tuesday March 8 to Thursday March 10, 2011 and will once again be held at the Double Tree Hotel in Miami although the Exhibition Hall will carry a new name: “The MACC” (the Miami Airport Convention Center).
Floral industry buyers and suppliers should make note on their calendars and room in their budgets to participate with WFE 2011 because this show is on the rise and not to be missed.
World Floral Expo 2010 - Press Release: 26/02/2010
PRESS RELEASE
WORLD FLORAL EXPO 2010, MIAMI, FLORIDA
Miami, February 26. The 6th edition of World Floral Expo is about to open its doors. From Tuesday March 9 to Thursday March 11 the yearly held international floriculture trade show for the US floral wholesaler & high volume retailer will showcase the latest developments and novelties in the world floral industry.
Show hours are daily from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm.
Flower breeders will display their newest developed varieties, growers their best flower production and floral suppliers their newest products. A flower design team from Holland consisting of 7 top flower designers will give continuously flower demonstrations to the buyers in the show.
On Tuesday morning the 9th of March a special key note forum will take place in the East Hall of the Doubletree Miami Mart Airport Hotel/Convention Center the role of Cargo in the Flower Industry. 5 keynote speakers, representatives from American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Armellini Express Lines, Liege Airport from Belgium and the Logistic Flower Center from Ecuador will elaborate on this subject in an inter-action session with the audience.
The trade show opens at 1:00 pm and after it closes on its first day, the offical party will take place in the swimming pool area of the official Exhibition hotel, where exhibitors and visitors can socialize and listen to whom has received one of the 14 prices that will be awarded to the Best Booth Design, Best Grower, Best Breeder, Best Country Display, Best Perishable Novelty and Best Non Perishable Novelty.
On Wednesday March 10 the traditional Miami Floral Company Tours will take place. New in the programme are the importer sourcing mornings on Wednesday the 10th and Thursday 11th of March between 9.00 am and noon. To date 137 companies have registered to exhibit from 21 countries around the world. Pre registered qualified floral buying companies, mostly from the USA & Canada until today are 23% up compared to last year's edition. Total number of registered exhibitors & visitors at this moment almost reach 1300, an increase of almost 40%.
The organisers, HPP Exhibitions, are for this reason optimistic that the US floral industry is catching up again and expect a successful trade show coming up!
END OF PRESS RELEASE
Raffle Winners - Hotel Stay.
Our raffle winners are:
1. Long Island Wholesale Florist - USA
2. Pikes Peak of Texas Inc. - USA
Each raffle winner will receive a 2 nights complementary hotel stay at the Doubletree Miami Mart/Airport Hotel & Exhibition Center. Congratulations!
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Under no circumstances should you sign anything indicating you will become part of an "exhibition directory" that will list your company's products and services, if the letter is sent to you by FAIRGUIDE or CONSTRUCT DATA VERLAG of Vienna, Austria.
This company is not connected to World Floral Expo and/or ANY exhibition organized and/or managed by HPP Exhibitions.
World Floral Expo 2010, renewal of your space reservation.
The preparations for World Floral Expo 2010 have just started and are in full swing, including the attendee promotion campaign of the worldwide Floricultural showcase for the floral wholesale & mass market-retail buyer. Therefore the earlier your application or reservation will be in, the sooner your company will be included in the attendee promotion for the 6th edition that will be held from Tuesday March 9 to Thursday March 11 in the Double Tree Miami Mart/Airport Hotel & Exhibition Center right in the floral heart of Miami.
A new updated floor plan has been drawn and hereby enclosed. We would like for the 2010 edition of World Floral Expo to offer first to all our 2009 exhibitors the same booth space location as this year. If you like another booth space, this can be selected as well and will be confirmed after July 31, if available. All booth spaces that are not taken by 2009 exhibitors at this date, reserved or booked, will be released and offered to other exhibitors. Booth space applications will be allocated and based on date and time of email or fax receipt of the contract form. For a reservation an email will do and the reserved space will be secured for 4 weeks.
Attached you will also find enclosed the renewal space application form for 2010. Please take a look at it and let us know your choice(s). If you prefer another booth space it is better to choose 2 or 3 options, in case the first choice is not available.
Jasper van Dijk, who is in charge of the attendee promotion, will contact you by email after you have booked your space to ask which products you like us to highlight in this promotion program. Also he will ask you if you like to make a special offer to attending buyers during the trade show days. This will become part of the promotion campaign as well and gives you an extra free promotion opportunity.
The next World Floral Expo meeting will take place on Tuesday June 16 in the Double Tree Miami Mart /Airport Hotel & Exhibition Center at 2:30 pm. All (potential) exhibitors are as usual invited to join and be part of the decision making on how the Show will be executed in 2010. World Floral Expo is and will stay a Miami based Floral Industry Production with a little touch of the Dutch.
I hope to see you all on the 16th of June for the next expo meeting in Miami and I look forward to your continued support to bring the expo to the next level!
With best regards,
Dick van Raamsdonk
General Manager
World Floral Expo
Miami
USA
World Floral Expo 2009, a great success!
Miami, FL - The Doubletree Miami Mart/Airport Hotel & Exhibition Center was the center of global attention for the world fresh flower industry during the 5th World Floral Expo in Miami, Florida held last week (March 10-12) in the heart of Miami's flower import & distribution area. The 3 day trade show attracted over 300 highly qualified attendees and 121 exhibiting companies from 14 countries.
The Show is designed especially for US floral wholesalers and high volume retailers to enable them to select the wide range of products from companies of their choice.
Displaying flowers from Miami importers, growers from all over the world and not to forget from breeders, showing their newest varieties available for production, is the main exhibitor profile of World Floral Expo. A big name, but more and more doing what it promised from the beginning: becoming the Number One event for the U.S. Floral Industry in the Number One Floral City in the U.S., Miami!
And the success of this years' edition certainly proves to live up to the name it established 5 years ago. Several companies said that the first day only already gave them more business than all 4 show days of last year.
A Miami importer that exhibited wrote: "It was our most successful Show ever. We were able to write orders at the show and solidify accounts that we had been working on. The organization and professionalism was greatly appreciated by everyone".
Qualified Buyers that visited were also very happy with the show's policy that all events in and around the trade show were free for them to attend. "A big difference with other trade shows" which is really appreciated", was a much heard comment. The opening night cocktails were held outside at the Sheraton Pool side was a great success and everybody enjoyed the ambiance and networking at the same time.
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