ispo winter 06 took place on 160,000 sq. m. at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre from January 29 to February 1, 2006. A total of 1,806 exhibitors, compared to 1,600 last year, from 49 countries, compared to 44 last year, attended the fair. 81% of the attendees were from foreign countries versus 82% last year. This is the greatest number of exhibitors ever since ispo was inaugurated. Extremely strong visitor participation was already seen on the first trade fair day with a 10% increase, which continued over the next days. A total of more than 60,000 (54,433) trade visitors were counted on the four trade fair days, approximately 60% (59%) of them from foreign countries. Increases in the numbers of visitors from Eastern European countries as well as Austria, Italy, France, Switzerland, and Spain were particularly significant…
