Imm cologne and LivingKitchen have achieved a record number of visitors this year broking the 150,000-visitor mark. For the seven days of the event (16-22 January), roughly every second trade visitor came from outside Germany, with foreign trade visitors accounting for nearly 50 per cent. Within Europe, increases in visitor figures were recorded in particular from Spain (up 25 per cent), Russia (up 26 per cent), Italy (up 19 per cent) and the UK (up 13 per cent). Visitor numbers from the Netherlands and Poland also increased. Numbers of overseas trade visitors rose, in particular visitors from China (up 5 per cent), South Korea (up 12 per cent) and India (up 5 per cent). A rise was also recorded in visitor numbers from the Middle East (up 19 per cent), with particularly strong growth from the United Arab Emirates. With these excellent numbers of foreign visitors, the two trade fairs will boost exhibitors’ exports.
In parallel with the world’s most important furnishing fair, imm cologne, the international kitchen event LivingKitchen took place this year. 200 exhibitors from 21 countries − including around 50 first-time and returning exhibitors − showed how much innovation the industry has to offer and how high its standards of design and quality are. This year’s LivingKitchen not only followed on seamlessly from its success in 2015, but significantly improved on the key figures in many areas.
The next imm cologne will take place from 15 to 21 January 2018 in Cologne, co-located with LivingInteriors.
