Insight, Intensity, Authenticity and Magic: The 4 new tensions in Heimtextil 2008
Source: Touristiki Agora / Tourism Market (in Greek: Τουριστική Αγορά), Monthly magazine for the tourism industry. Circulation: national – in Greece, and international – subscription. Column: Folder, Reportage: Despina Afentouli, Copy editor: Konstantina Iliopoulou
Insight, Intensity, Authenticity and Magic
The 4 new tensions in heimtextil 2008
The latest developments in the field of professional clothing were presented in January from 9 to 12 at the exhibition of Frankfurt.
Summary: More than 2.800 exhibitors from 65 different countries and more than 86.000 visitors from 125 countries attended the Heimtextil exhibition from 9 to in Frankfurt, Germany. In the article is being presented: the background history of Heimtextil (the exhibition began in 1947, after the end of World War II), the new tensions of the products presented in Heimtextil for 2008-2009 (the motto is: “It’s time to be visionary, original, magical and vibrant”), the 15 Greek exhibitors who represented Greece with 17 kiosks (all of them were interviewed by me as a correspondent of the magazine to the exhibtion), other exhibitors came from Europe, Australia, USA, Latin America, East countries, Eastern European countries. The top ten countries with the most exhibitors participating to that exhibition were: Germany, India, China, Turkey, Pakistan, Italy, France, Spain, Great Britain, Belgium, while Greece came 24th, according to the Press Release of the exhibition.