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Vision Expo Wests confirms over 275 exhibitors
The Vision Council and RX, co-organizers of Vision Expo West have announced that more than 275 exhibitors would take part in the next edition of the show, scheduled for next Sept. 22-25 in Las Vegas. The show’s floor will be organized around three main spaces: The Focus, for lenses, contact ...
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ArticleSilmo Paris announces over 500 exhibitors
The organizers of Silmo have announced that more than 500 exhibitors from 32 countries have already confirmed their participation in the next edition of the show scheduled to take place in Paris from next Sept. 24 to 27. It will be the first edition of Silmo Paris since 2019 and ...
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Over 120 brands to show at DaTE
The organizers of DaTE, the Italian trade show focusing on international designer eyewear, have announced that a total of over 120 brands will be exhibiting their collections in the ninth edition of the show taking place in Florence from Sept. 11 to 13. Confirmed brands include Dita, Face a Face, ...
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Vision Expo launches sourcing platform
In a partnership with Balluun, a global supplier in business-to-business technologies, the Vision Council and RX, the new brand name for Reed Exhibitions, launched their ShopVISION platform during the Vision Expo East trade show in early June. Described as a year-round marketplace where vendors and buyers of optical products can ...
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SILMO and COPENHAGEN SPECS launch new event format
SILMO and its partner COPENHAGEN SPECS are launching SPECS AND THE CITY, a new series of international eyewear industry events scheduled to take place during one weekend in five European cities. As the Covid-19 crisis led to the cancellation of almost all trade fairs since its outbreak and still partly ...
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Vision Expo first major in-person event since opti 2020
Relocated in Orlando, Florida, for pandemic-related reasons, Vision Expo East 2021 was the first major international in-person eyewear trade show to take place since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020. From June 2 to 5, over 200 exhibiting companies took part in the event that brought together ...
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ArticleMIDO to transition to hybrid format following digital edition
The digital edition of the MIDO international trade show ended last June 7 after three days of online events, discussions and business interactions, but the organizers are leaving that door open as the digital platform remains accessible and most its functionalities active. Looking forward to the next ...
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ArticleMIDO presents its digital edition
Beyond the presentation of Italian exports’ figures, the purpose of the joint online press conference by ANFAO and MIDO held on May 19 was to unveil more details about the MIDO Digital Edition, the digital event that will take place from next June 5 to 7, following the cancellation of ...
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Silmo Paris confirms 2021 edition
According to the French governmental plan for the progressive lift of lockdown restrictions in the country announced last week by President Emmanuel Macron, trade fairs and exhibitions will be authorized to take place from next June 30, without any limit in number of participants, provided that sanitary measures comply with ...
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Vision Expo East upbeat about its 2021 edition
The Vision Council and Reed Exhibitions, joint organizers of the Vision Expo eyewear trade shows, seem upbeat about the next edition of Vision Expo East, which should be the first major industry event to take place since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Initially planned to take place from May ...
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Italy to reopen trade shows as soon as June 15
On April 21, the Italian cabinet approved to reopen trade shows from June 15 and conventions and congresses from July 1, after having been suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The reopening of trade fairs could occur sooner than previously announced. Initially, the Industry Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti had indicated a ...
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Opti organizers give 2022 update
Klaus Paschka and Bettina Reiter, respectively managing director of Gesellschaft für Handwerkmessen (GHM) and exhibition director of opti, gave an update on April 15 about the next edition of the German trade fair in the form of a corporate interview on the show’s website. After a blank year in 2021 ...
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Transitions Academy 2021 cancelled
Transitions Optical announced the cancellation for safety reasons of the 2021 edition of its Transitions Academy, the international and educational event that was scheduled to take place in Orlando, Florida, from June 13 to 16. The company said that it would however proceed with its annual innovation awards’ program, for ...
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ArticleMido 2021 goes digital
In a live online conference followed by exhibitors, visitors, journalists and other stakeholders earlier today, Giovanni Vitaloni, president of the Italian industry association Anfao, announced that the 2021 edition of Mido, the international eyewear trade show scheduled for next June 5 to 7, would take place online ...
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100% Optical to hold a 2-day online event in May
Following the postponement of their 2021 edition to January 2022, the organizers of the London eyewear trade show announced the launch of 100% Optical Online, a digital event to take place on May 23 and 24. All members of the optical community will be able to access the virtual show ...
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New trade show announced in Dubai
While many international trade shows are cancelled or postponed, FourPlus Media, a Dubai-based publishing company, announced the launch of Vision Plus EXPO 2021, a new exhibition for the eyewear sector. The organizers said that they were expecting optical buyers from more than 50 countries to participate in the event scheduled ...
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Cecop launches an open digital event
Cecop, the Spanish-based international buying group with 6,700 members worldwide, is launching a new digital event to gather opticians and suppliers from seven countries in which it operates: Spain, Portugal, Italy, Brazil, the U.S., Colombia and Mexico. The Cecop Global Community Summit will take place online from March 10 to ...
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ArticleVision Expo, 100% Optical change plans
The Covid-19 and its new variants, as well as the uncertain completion dates of the current vaccination campaigns, are keeping trade show organizers under pressure to find solutions for their 2021 editions. While plans seem unchanged for the Milan-based Mido show which just started its visitors’ registration campaign for the ...
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ArticleHow Covid-19 has impacted companies’ trade show budgets
It has become commonplace to say that the Covid-19 pandemic has dramatically accelerated trends that were already underway with the digitalization of the economy and society in general. Trade shows have been one the sectors most affected by the phenomenon as restrictions on travel and mass events worldwide prompted them ...
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ArticleMore than 6,000 participants at the IOFT Tokyo show
Due to the relatively low impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in Japan so far, the international IOFT show was able to take place from Oct. 27 to 29. The co-organizers, Reed Exhibitions and the Fukui Optical Association, have just announced that 5,688 visitors and 146 exhibiting companies participated in the ...
