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A trade fair (or trade show) is an exhibition organised so that companies in a specific industry can showcase and demonstrate their new products and services. Some trade fairs are open to the public, while others can only be attended by company representatives (members of the trade) and members of the press, therefore tradeshows are classified as either "Public" or "Trade Only". There are currently over 2500 trade shows held every year in U.S. alone.

Trade fairs often involve a considerable marketing investment by participating companies. Costs include space rental, design and construction of trade show displays, telecommunications and networking, travel, accommodations, and promotional literature and items to give to attendees. In addition costs are incurred at the show for services such as electrical, booth cleaning, internet services, and drayage (also known as material handling).

Consequently, cities often promote trade shows as a means of economic development.

Exhibitors attending the event are required to use an exhibitor manual or online exhibitor manual to order their required services and complete any necessary paperwork such as health and safety declarations.

An increasing number of trade fairs are happening online, and these events are called virtual tradeshows. They are increasing in popularity due to their relatively low cost and because there is no need to travel whether you are attending or exhibiting.

List of major trade fairs

List reviewed on February 18 2008 - in alphabetic order.

Title	Description	Dates	Location	Visitors
Anuga	Food	October 13 2007	Cologne, Germany	158,817 in 2005Facts and Figures, Anuga website, January 2007. Retrieved November 15 2007.
Bologna Motor Show	Auto show	December 7 2006	Bologna, Italy	1,200,000 in 2006The figures of the 31st edition of Bologna Motor Show, International Automobile Exhibition, Bologna Motor Show, September 5 2007. Retrieved October 19 2007.
Cairo International Book Fair	Books	January 24 2007	Cairo, Egypt	2,000,000 in 2007 - largest book fair in the worldCairo International Book Fair Attracts Two Million Visitors
CeBIT	Information and communication technology	March 15-March 21 2007	Hanover, Germany	480,000 in 2007CeBIT End of Show Report 2007, CeBIT. Retrieved October 19 2007.
CES, Consumer Electronics Show	Consumer electronics	January 7-January 10 2008	Las Vegas, Nevada	143,767 in 2007[http://www.cesweb.org/docs/2007_CES_Audit_Highlight.pdf Preliminary Attendee Highlight Document], CES website, 2007. Retrieved November 15 2007. Note: figure includes exhibit and conference attendees, press, analysts, speakers and exhibitors.
COMDEX	Computer show	cancelled	Las Vegas, Nevada	50,000 in 2003^{[citation needed]}
CONEXPO-CON/AGG	Construction	March 11-March 15 2008	Las Vegas, Nevada	124,301 in 2005CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2008 Prospectus, CONEXPO-CON/AGG website. Retrieved November 15 2007. Note: figures include attendees for the co-located International Exposition for Power Transmission.
Cottage and Country homes show	log home	february 14- February 17 2008	Montreal, Canada	57,000 in 20062nd Cottage and Country homes show, salonchalet.com (Cottage and Country homes show website). Retrieved November 15 2007.
DigitalLife	Video Games, Consumer Electronics	September 27-September 30 2007	New York City, New York	(unknown attendee count in 2007; 50,000 in 2006Overview, DigitalLife. Retrieved October 19 2007.)
Drupa	Printing Equipment	May 29-June 11 2008	Messe Düsseldorf, Germany	(393,654 in 2004 from 127 countriesGeneral Information - drupa Trade Fair)
E3, Electronic Entertainment Expo	Video games	cancelled	Los Angeles, California	60,000 in 2006Ellie Gibson E3: Organisers report record attendance at 2005 event GameIndustry.biz, May 23 2005. Retrieved November 15 2007. E3 became invitation only in 2007 and attendance dropped to around 5,000.Login E3 Media and Business Summit 2007 website. Retrieved November 15 2007.
Fiera internazionale del libro	Books	May 5 2007	Turin, Italy	300,000 in 2007
Forest and Forest Products	Forest and forest products	September 19 2006	Minsk, Belarus	160,000 in 2005^{[citation needed]}
Frankfurt Book Fair	Books	October 4 2006	Frankfurt, Germany	270,000 in 2004^{[citation needed]}
Games Convention	Video games	August 26 2007	Leipzig, Germany	183,000 in 2006^{[citation needed]}
GIFTEX	Gifts	September 18-September 22 2008	Bombay, India	53,000 in 2006^{[citation needed]}
GITEX Consumer Electronics Expo	Computers and Electronics	September 6 2007	Dubai, UAE	120,000 in 2006^{[citation needed]}
Hannover Messe	Industry, Technology	April 16-April 20 2007	Hanover, Germany	over 230,000 in 2007^{[citation needed]}
IETF India	Technology Fair and Engineering Exhibition	February 13 2007	New Delhi, India	1,150,000 in 2005^{[citation needed]}
IMM - International Furniture Fair	Furniture	January 16 2006	Cologne, Germany	125,000 in 2005^{[citation needed]}
Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung	Cars	September 2007	Frankfurt, Germany	940,000 in 2005^{[citation needed]}
IFA	Consumer electronics	September 2006	Berlin, Germany	273,800 in 2003^{[citation needed]}
Internationale Grüne Woche Berlin	Food	January 19-January 28 2007	Berlin, Germany	430,000 in 2007^{[citation needed]}
Internationale Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellung Berlin	Aerospace	May 16-May 21 2006	Berlin, Germany	250,000 in 2006^{[citation needed]}
Internationale Tourismus-Börse	Tourism	March 7-March 10 2007	Berlin, Germany	177,000 in 2007^{[citation needed]}
International Exhibition of Ceramic Tiles and Bathroom Furnishings (Cersaie)	Ceramics for the Building Industry	September 26 2006	Bologna, Italy	91,935 in 2007Countdown to Cersaie 2008 begins, Cersaie website. Retrieved November 15 2007.
International Show of Agriculture	Food, Agricultural machinery	March 3 2007	Paris, France	600,000 in 2007^{[citation needed]}
International Technical Fair	machine engineering, automobiles, transport, information technologies, software, electronics, electrical engineering, construction, chemistry, power engineering, ecology	September 24 2007	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	141,000 in 2006^{[citation needed]}
Metalworking Tradeshow	Metallurgy	March 21 2007	Minsk, Belarus	90,000 in 2005^{[citation needed]}
Mobile World Congress	mobile telephony, Communications	February 11-February 14 2008	Barcelona, Spain	50,000 in 2007
Mondial de l\'Automobile	Auto show	September 30 2006	Paris, France	1,400,000 in 2006^{[citation needed]}
NAMM	Music	January 17-January 20 2007	Anaheim, United States	85,000Exhibitors, NAMM website. Retrieved November 27 2007.
NAB, National Association of Broadcasters	Broadcasting	April 11-April 17, 2008	Las Vegas, United States	105,000 in 1999 [1]
Novi Sad Fair	Agriculture	middle of May	Novi Sad, Serbia	600,000^{[citation needed]}
Nuremberg International Toy Fair	Toys, Games	February 1 2007	Nuremberg, Germany	80,000 in 2007^{[citation needed]}
Paris Air Show	Aerospace	June 18 2007	Paris, France	550,000 in 2007^{[citation needed]}
Photokina	Photography	September 26 2006	Cologne, Germany	160,000 in 2004^{[citation needed]}
Pollutec	Environment	November 28 2006	Lyon, France	65,000 in 2004^{[citation needed]}
Pool Trade Show	Fashion	July 17 2006	New York & Las Vegas	50,000 in 2005^{[citation needed]}
Salone del Mobile (International Furniture Fair)	Furniture	March 2007	FieraMilano, Milan, Italy	270,000 in 2007Cosmit - Visitatori
SIMO TCI	Consumer electronics	November 7 2006	Madrid, Spain	approximately 300,000 SIMO e-life 2007 aims to become an annual point of reference for the video-games sector throughout Europe SIMO press release, July 25 2007. Retrieved on October 11 2007
SMAU	Computers, Consumer electronics	October 4 2006	FieraMilano, Milan, Italy	50,000 in 2006^{[citation needed]}
Tokyo Game Show	Video games	September 22 2006	Tokyo, Japan	160,000 in 2004^{[citation needed]}
World of Packing	Packing	September 26 2006	Minsk, Belarus	90,000 in 2005^{[citation needed]}

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