Final figures published for IMEX America 2016 confirm the tradeshow broke many significant records. The latest statistics released for the Las Vegas event, which took place October 18-20, confirm that 12,227 meetings, events and incentive professionals attended, an increase of 14 percent over 2015.
Meanwhile, there was a six percent increase in the amount of hosted buyers who attended from the previous year—3,216 from 60 countries. Three quarters of these (73 percent) were from the U.S. and Canada. Long haul buyers came from China, India, Australia, Japan, Russia and the UK.
Prescheduled appointments numbered 60,000 and 10,000 buyers also took part in group appointments.
IMEX America 2016 also welcomed a record number of exhibiting companies—3,250, a 4.8% increase on 2015—representing 139 countries. These included 69 new booths and another 69 exhibitors who increased their booth space. Together they created the largest ever IMEX America event.
The IMEX America 2016 show stats can be downloaded at the official website. For more information and our exclusive video coverage from the event, visit our IMEX America 2016 Video Roundup.
