MEDIA RELEASE PR36668
September Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair Outperforms Expectations
HONG KONG, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-Asia-AsiaNet/ --
27 September at Hong Kong's leading exhibition centres, was a great success due to a new hall and exhibit
arrangement and a surprisingly strong attendance. With 3,061 exhibitors and exhibits on 120,000 square
metres the Fair was the world's largest jewellery event in 2009.
The total number of trade visitors was up 5 percent to 39,146 - despite the difficult economic climate in the
jewellery industry. The event is the most international jewellery fair globally, featuring exhibitors from 44
countries, 21 group- and country pavilions and 23,248 visitors from overseas. In line with the shift in the global
economic markets the amount of buyers from Asia, namely China and India increased, while the attendance
from USA retracted slightly.
The new arrangement of product sectors contributed to the success of the fair: the clear allocation of
jewellery materials to Asia World Expo and finished jewellery to HK Convention and Exhibition Centre helped
buyers to prepare their trips and navigate supplier's onsite more efficiently. Exhibitors and visitors confirmed
that the improved arrangement has lead to more efficient sourcing.
Visitors were also helped with pre-fair information and onsite assistance provided by the media partners of
the show, Jewellery News Asia, the publisher of the exhibition's show daily, and JewelleryNetAsia the internet
portal and sponsor of the newly launched onsite Product Locator Kiosks.
The next dates for the September Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair are 14 - 18 September 2010, at
AsiaWorld-Expo (exhibit profile: diamonds, pearls, gemstones, equipment & packaging) and 16 - 20
September 2010, at Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre (fine finished jewellery).
A Fair Report with detailed figures and pictures is available on request.
About UBM Asia:
quality business information through 22 trade publications and associated B2B websites. With its headquarters
in Hong Kong, UBM Asia has over 650 staff in 16 major cities in Asia and the USA.
For media enquiries, please contact:
UBM Asia Ltd
Marketing Communications Department, Jewellery Fairs
Tel: +852-2516-2144
Fax: +852-3749-7318
Email: pressjwf@cmpasia.com
SOURCE: UBM Asia
NEWS 
