AHEFO (Association of Hungarian Exhibition and Fair Organisers)
Foundation, objectives and major activity of AHEFO
Association of Hungarian Exhibition-and Fair Organisers (AHEFO) is a national organisation to represent and harmonise interests of the exhibition industry. It was established in 1989 by the leading exhibition organisers in Hungary as to develop high quality-exhibition-organising in the fast changing market economy. The association comprises most significant organisers and events of the Hungarian exhibition market. The members staging 70-80 international, national exhibitions and focussed regional fairs a year which means members hold appr.80-85 per cent of the whole exhibition market.
Member organisers play significant role in business activity of the whole country. Exhibitions and fairs they organise are known and much in demand among domestic and the foreign exhibitors/enterprises alike -promoting business ties, developing economy of the region, upgrading business mind and building business contacts between the companies - from Zalaegerszeg to Nyíregyháza, from Sopron to Szeged, from Debrecen to Győr.
One of the main goals is to establish an annual exhibition and fair calendar of Hungary which is instrumental to successfully harmonise the dates and thematic of fairs. Visitors and exhibitors need clear feedback on the prospects, need hope of profitability.
This goal is supported by our Code of Conduct accepted in 2000 but mainly by our everyday-activity: professional harmonisation and exchange of experience, coordinated proposals towards the partners.
Communication of AHEFO
AHEFO provides them up-to-date information. For those companies who realise the necessity to present their products and services through more intensive marketing, it is excellent chance to present them at domestic fairs. AHEFO members are willing to contribute to it by organising their high quality exhibitions. The website of AHEFO (www.mkvsz.hu)is available not only with up-to-date exhibition programme and the members contact details but with the latest trends and news in the exhibition market as well as exhibitors' opinions.
National cooperating partners and sponsors
The national lobbying of AHEFO is extended also towards the trade associations, interest safeguarding bodies, chambers and towards export promotional institutions, government.
For the benefit of our exhibitors and to care for their secure business conduct cooperation between AHEFO and Signal Insurance Company also continues in 2003.
AHEFO carries on cooperating continuously with the local governments, chambers, to establish common platforms, development plans, regional projects.
International relationship of AHEFO
AHEFO is associated member of Union Foires Internationales UFI. By her expanding international relationships, thorough market knowledge AHEFO is prepared to actively contribute to successes at the growingly competitive Hungarian exhibition market with the EU accession. There is great importance of the possibility of closer professional cooperation in the Central East European region, exchanging reliable information for domestic enterprises, matchmaking for partners.
Exhibitions, fairs as tool of development
Many city and region recognise that fairs and exhibitions primarily have immense economical-scientific-social function and play important role in development of economy and the region. Thus it makes self explanatory to closely cooperate with the regional and economic development bodies, institutions in order to foster regional, city development projects, establishing and managing fair and convention centers. These are meeting place for the business of the region, constitute local platform for international economic relations, the buyers find partners, suppliers, boost development and image of the region.
As a token of this AHEFO as a trade community cooperates with the economy and society to deliver success.
