3,600 Trade Visitors from 63 Nations Came to IPM DUBAI and WOP DUBAI 09
IPM DUBAI Confirms Its Position as the Green Hub between Europe, Asia & Africa

The fourth IPM DUBAI and the new WOP DUBAI World of Perishables fair for fresh fruit and vegetables which was staged for the first time in parallel at Airport Expo Dubai have come to an end with very good success. "With a total of around 3,600 visitors from 63 countries, we have confirmed the position of IPM DUBAI as one of the most important horticultural fairs in the Arab region and, in addition, have installed a very popular new special fair for temperature-sensitive goods," Egon Galinnis, Managing Director of Messe Essen, and Michael Müller, Managing Director of the joint venture partner planetfair which is based in Dubai, showed that they were very pleased about the good course of both the events which were staged together.

             
His Excellency Khalid Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Director General of Department of Tourism and Commercial Marketing (DTCM) who inaugurated the two sister shows, emphasized the importance of quality fresh flowers, plants, fruit and vegetable for a green Dubai and the hospitality industry.

             
Under the patronage of Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum IPM DUBAI attracted 240 exhibitors from 22 nations presenting their ranges on offer from the fields of plants, technology, floriculture, sales promotion as well as plant care and logistics. In a survey, they gave a positive résumé of how the fair had gone. Even if no high rates of increase are to be expected in view of the difficult economic situation all over the world, they were pleased about the very stable success of the participation in the fair. There was particular praise for the quality of the 2,261 visitors who predominantly came to IPM DUBAI from the Arab and Asian regions. Even now, almost all the exhibitors were already expressing their great interest in wanting to come back for the next IPM DUBAI which will take place in February 2010.



One highlight at IPM DUBAI was the presentation of a greenhouse by nine German companies which introduced the complete available range of ultramodern greenhouse technology. The demonstrations of the German Florist Champion Manfred Hoffmann who created floral masterpieces and bouquets in the German style were crowd-pullers.


The next IPM Dubai will take place in February 2010.