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 The agenda for the last General Assembly in Valencia at the end of March was demanding as always. Besides the question of how EMECA members can constantly improve services for their customers, it included the increasingly important relations with the European Union and presentation of an EMECA study on “Accessibility of the Main European Trade Fair Sites”. Also of great interest to all members was the presentation of the new giant exhibition company Viparis, which has resulted from the merger of the two EMECA members Paris Expo and Paris-Nord
Villepinte.
Most of the 19 members of the European Major Exhibition Centres Association (EMECA) are increasingly concentrating on the combination of exhibitions and congresses and are therefore investing two- to three-figure million amounts in building new congress centres. In addition, the services for visitors are being appreciably improved with new entrance areas, better catering services and Internet services. To boost infrastructure optimization within EMECA, the General Assembly in Valencia decided to set up a Technical Working Group modelled on the EMECA EU Working Group set up four years ago. To stress the importance of this working group, it was also decided to create the new post of Vice President Infrastructure and Technical Studies on the EMECA board.
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