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1. The ACE stand representing the Harman brands. 2. Kvant’s Dušan Navara, Julie Zhu and Pavol KuboÅiek. 3. The D&E International team, which represents Avolites and Avolites Media. 4. Outline had products on display at the show. 5. The Antari team. 6. The Veloo Light team. 7. Ruisheng’s Stanley with Michael Munz of GLP.
side halls. Essentially there is no segregation between the main audio section and the lighting, visual, trussing and effects section on either side, the halls are very much open plan. Therefore any non-audio manufacturers, particularly in the international hall were being affected by sound leakage, which made conducting business very diffi cult. Some even went as far as saying they won’t exhibit at the show next year, purely on the noise pollution basis.
Another angle of the show that was mentioned regularly was the cost to exhibit, with some exhibitors claiming is it the most expensive show on the calendar, it costs more per square metre than Prolight+Sound in Frankfurt or ISE in Amsterdam. This will not help matters for IIR as it battles in an overcrowded tradeshow schedule. Comparisons were made last year between the Beijing show and the up and coming shows in Guangzhou - ProSound and Light recently renamed to Prolight+Sound and The GET Show - and these once again resurfaced with even more ferocity in light of the severe backlash to Beijing and the fact that one of the Guangzhou shows has now been taken over by the experienced Messe Frankfurt.
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There seemed to be a decrease in Western visitors this year, there were notably few manufacturers that had fl own out to support their distributors, often on the advice of the latter. Visitors who also came from nearby Asian countries appeared to be in fewer quantities than usual.
Among the cloudy atmosphere surrounding the show, there was some positivity with manufacturers insisting they met key customers and showing product lines for the fi rst time in China, which did provoke interest. Overall for mondo*dr, it was defi nitely a worthwhile visit as despite some manufacturers choosing to avoid the show there was still a good portion which have stayed loyal to the show. It still remains one of our best opportunities to meet with our Chinese customers.
The seminar programme, the competitions and the organised evening dinners were well attended but if Palm Expo Beijing is to stay afl oat, then IIR really must do better on the show fl oor next year.
Palm Expo Beijing is returning to its usual month of May next year, taking place on 26-29 May 2014. For more information go to:
www.palmexpo.com
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