UFI

UFI — The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry is the global association of trade show organisers, fairground owners, national and international associations of the exhibition industry, and its partners. The association is based in Paris, France.

UFI’s main goal is to represent, promote and support the business interests of its members and the exhibition industry.

UFI directly represents around 50,000 exhibition industry employees globally, and also works closely with its 56 national and regional associations members. Around 700 member organisations in 85 countries around the world are presently signed up as members. UFI Managing Director is Kai Hattendorf.

UFI was founded in Milan, Italy, on 15 April 1925, by 20 leading European international trade fairs, namely: Bordeaux, Brussels, Budapest, Cologne, Danzig, Frankfurt/Main, Leipzig, Ljubljana, Lvov, Lyon, Milan, Nizhny Novgorod, Padua, Paris, Prague, Reichenberg, Utrecht, Valencia, Vienna and Zagreb.

UFI was established as a non-political international association in accordance with the French law of 1 July 1901 on associations. Initially, UFI was created under the name "Union des Foires Internationales" (UFI), or "Union of International Fairs" in English, or "Verband internationaler Messen" in German. The name change to "UFI", accompanied by the tagline "The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry" was decided upon by the General Meeting in Cairo, Egypt, on 20 October 2003. Increasingly an abbreviated name, "UFI", is used in contexts where the association is well known.

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