EVENTS – Page 49

  • News briefs

    Members of the English Premier Football League are going to...

    2012-04-05T00:00:00Z

    Members of the English Premier Football League are going to play on U.S. pitches next summer to raise the appeal of the sport. Liverpool will play against Roma at Boston's Fenway Park next July 25. Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspurs and Aston Villa are other Premier League clubs slated to play pre-season ...

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    Messe Friedrichshafen reports success for the second edition of...

    2012-04-05T00:00:00Z

    Messe Friedrichshafen reports success for the second edition of its consumer show, Velo Berlin, held in the German capital until last Sunday. Altogether 9,500 visitors were welcomed by 200 exhibitors during the two days of the event. The show spread over seven halls and an exhibition space of 13,000 square ...

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    Performance Days, the specialty show for fibers and fabrics,...

    2012-04-05T00:00:00Z

    Performance Days, the specialty show for fibers and fabrics, will concentrate its efforts on Munich, where the next event will take place on May 9-10. That means that the usual other location, in the French town of Annecy, is cancelled. The organizers say that visitors, especially from Italy and overseas, ...

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    The annual innov-ex conference at Lancaster University in the U.K....

    2012-04-05T00:00:00Z

    The annual innov-ex conference at Lancaster University in the U.K. is providing online streaming with broadband connection for delegates who cannot attend. Scheduled for Apr. 17, the conference will center on sustainability and innovation in the all mountain and adventure sports. Details on http://innovation-for-extremes.net/conference

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    The 7th Salon du Golf in Paris saw the number...

    2012-03-27T00:00:00Z

    The 7th Salon du Golf in Paris saw the number of visitors increase slightly to 29,400 on March 9-11, compared with 28,000 one year ago. The trade-only day before the show attracted 1,032 visitors. A total of 120 companies representing nearly 500 brands participated in the fair, compared with 150 ...

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    Life Fitness, Technogym, Proteus, Madweave and BGM Trade are among...

    2012-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Life Fitness, Technogym, Proteus, Madweave and BGM Trade are among the companies that have agreed to exhibit at the new Activesport fair in Kiev next April 26-29. KDM International and Proexpo, which are organizing the new event, have planned a wide promotion campaign in local media to attract professional visitors ...

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    Gliss'Expo will be the new name of the action sports...

    2012-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Gliss'Expo will be the new name of the action sports fair due to be held at Seignosse, on the French Basque coast, from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2. The fair is organized by Alain Sevellec, who co-founded the former Glissexpo action sports fair in 1990. Held until 2002 on the ...

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    About 60,000 visitors flocked to Expo Sports, the specialist running...

    2012-03-27T00:00:00Z

    About 60,000 visitors flocked to Expo Sports, the specialist running fair that was held in Barcelona at the weekend, in conjunction with the Barcelona Marathon. More than 140 exhibitors participated in the fair, which was an increase of about 40 percent from one year ago. The novelties included a new ...

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    The annual On Snow exhibition took place in Geilo, Norway...

    2012-03-27T00:00:00Z

    The annual On Snow exhibition took place in Geilo, Norway on March 11th and 12th - and it was considered a success. Every year, the event takes place at Vestlia Hotel on a mountain slope and acts as a testing and training event to get retail sales staff familiar with ...

  • Short stops

    Celebrating its 10th year in the market, Sport-Achat, the French...

    2012-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Celebrating its 10th year in the market, Sport-Achat, the French trade show that took place in Lyon on March 12-14, reported a 3% increase in attendance to a total of 3,576 visitors

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    Messe München announces that the 2013 edition of Ispo Beijing...

    2012-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Messe München announces that the 2013 edition of Ispo Beijing will run from Feb. 27 through March 2, a little later than this year. It will again be held at the China National Convention Center (CNCC), near the Bird's Nest, the stadium of the 2008 Olympic Games.  It will be ...

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    The British Golf Industry Association is going to the China...

    2012-02-28T00:00:00Z

    The British Golf Industry Association is going to the China Golf Show 2012, its first appearance at the Beijing event. The China Golf Show, just bought by Reed Worldwide Exhibitions, has drawn the interest of some member companies of the BGIA, prompting the association to attend the event. It will ...

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    Ispo Beijing, which will be held in the Chinese capital's...

    2012-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Ispo Beijing, which will be held in the Chinese capital's CNCC convention center on Feb. 22-25 next week, will attract professional retailers from China and abroad with an action sports village. More than 50 snowboard, skateboard and related brands will take part in the project, including new exhibitors such as ...

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    BSI, the German sporting goods industry federation, is raising the...

    2012-02-16T00:00:00Z

    BSI, the German sporting goods industry federation, is raising the number of golf industry workshops to four this year from the three sessions it had organized for the first time in 2011 after the demise of Golf Europe in Munich. The two-day ordering sessions will be held between Oct. 21 ...

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    The U.K. Golf Show has moved back its dates for...

    2012-02-16T00:00:00Z

    The U.K. Golf Show has moved back its dates for the 2012 event, now set for Oct. 9-11. The earlier dates mean the event won't conflict with half-term school breaks in the U.K. The show will be held at the Harrogate International Center. It is Europe's largest golf trade show ...

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    Attendance was relatively stable and the mood was generally positive...

    2012-02-03T00:00:00Z

    Attendance was relatively stable and the mood was generally positive at Ispo Munich, in spite of the recent snow situation and the uncertain economy. As an Italian put it, many came over just to look at the latest novelties, to get an overview of the sector and to recharge their ...

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    The organizers of Who's Next Prêt-à-Porter, the new French fashion...

    2012-02-03T00:00:00Z

    The organizers of Who's Next Prêt-à-Porter, the new French fashion trade show in Paris, plan to make several adjustments after its first edition on Jan. 21-24. They plan to boost international promotion for the event in order to achieve the goal of an even split between French and foreign visitors ...

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    The Norspo trade fair, which took place at the end...

    2012-02-03T00:00:00Z

    The Norspo trade fair, which took place at the end of January outside of Oslo, Norway, received a record number of visitors. Exporama, the exhibition center that houses the event, recorded 2,134 visitors to the three-day fair consisting of 130 exhibitors. In 2011, 2,071 visitors attended the event. Norspo is ...

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    The Outdoor Retailer Winter Market ended up one week ago...

    2012-01-27T00:00:00Z

    The Outdoor Retailer Winter Market ended up one week ago with a increase of attendance of about 10 percent to 26,000 visitors, in spite of the recent mild weather in the U.S., which cover only 23 percent of the 48 states in December, compared with 48 percent of them in ...

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    With both the football World Cup and the Olympics to...

    2012-01-27T00:00:00Z

    With both the football World Cup and the Olympics to be held Brazil in the coming years, the country and its fast-growing middle class are drawing increasing interest from the global sporting goods industry. This land of hope will be at the center of Forum Brasil, a conference that will ...