ASIA, NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE: ´IEG WELLNESS NETWORK´ FITNESS AND WELLNESS TRADE SHOWS IN THREE CONTINENTS IN 2021

Italian Exhibition Group is taking its expertise in the fitness industry into the world with international events and partnerships.
Yesterday, in collaboration with Hannover Fairs Mexico, the press presentation of ´Mexico Active Sport Expo´

Rimini (Italy) 17th June 2021 - Up until November, Italian Exhibition Group will be igniting the passion of all sport, fitness and wellness experts and enthusiasts worldwide by bringing international fitness industry companies, sector operators, instructors, gym chains and sports centres together thanks to ´IEG WELLNESS NETWORK´, sector-specific trade shows spread over three continents: Asia, Europe and North America: Dubai Muscle Classic and Exercise Professionals Summit, which already took place in February and May, Dubai Muscle Classic Summer Edition (16th-17th July, Dubai), RiminiWellness (24th-26th September, Rimini, Italy), Dubai Muscle Show and Dubai Active (28th-30th October, Dubai), Mexico Active & Sport Expo (25th-27th November, Léon, Guanajuato, Mexico).

And only yesterday, the Mexico Active & Sport Expo press conference was held which, even before it starts, already stands out for its top-class international know-how and expertise. In fact, Mexico Active & Sport Expo, a platform and leading event in Latin America for sector experts and enthusiasts – generated by a maxi joint-venture between two leading trade show organizers, Deutsche Messe, with its subsidiary Hannover Fairs Mexico, and Italian Exhibition Group (IEG) – will be making its debut from 25th to 27th November at the Poliforum Léon in Guanajuato, Mexico.

The experience Hannover Fairs Mexico has gained within the territory unites with the fitness industry knowledge of IEG, which, through its HBG Events, is just back from the recent success of the first edition of Exercise Professionals Summit, two days of talks on the world of fitness that gathered together over 350 professionals at about twenty events, including workshops and seminars, and more than 150 executives and strategic decision-makers from the industry on the second day alone. HBG Events´ portfolio of important fitness trade shows in the Middle East also includes the Dubai Muscle Show and Dubai Active as well as the bodybuilding competition Dubai Muscle Classic and Dubai Muscle Classic Summer Edition.
In Italy, IEG also organizes RiminiWellness, the big international show specifically for fitness, sport and wellness that will be back at Rimini Expo Centre from 24th to 26th September this year.

With the dual aim of maximizing opportunities and commercial exchange and promoting sport, open-air activities and a healthier lifestyle in one single, large annual event, Mexico Active & Sport Expo will embrace all the supply chains involved – nutrition, clothing and accessories, fitness, equipment, health and wellbeing, sports and entertainment – and will take place strategically in the beating heart of Mexico, between Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey, that is, the city of Léon, in the state of Guanajuato, an area with a population density of 30 million people. León is easily accessible and boasts excellent infrastructure with an international airport and the Poliforum León, one of the world´s largest expo and congress facilities.

Under the spotlights, sector trends accompanied by intense workout sessions: from Zuu Fitness, the high intensity full body regime based on movements inspired by the animal work, used by the military, top athletes and professional sports teams; the Yoga of sleep and breathing exercises for lowering the stress of daily life, the basis of neuro-anatomy and for fitness experts, and how to apply it practically to training; Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation gymnastics and even kettlebells, the most effective fitness tools on the planet.


www.activesport.mx
https://en.riminiwellness.com
www.dubaimuscleshow.com
https://dubaiactiveshow.com
https://dubaiactiveshow.com/ep-summit


Highlights, the sport & fitness sector

In Mexico
In Mexico, the sport industry has enormous potential in view of its numerous population of about 130 million, of which about half - 58 million – is under 26 years of age. It is a rapidly growing market with over 12,000 sports clubs counting 4 million members and a sports industry that generates an annual turnover of 1.8 billion dollars (source: IHRSA State of the Mexican Health and Fitness Industry Report)

In the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries
It is estimated that the health&fitness sector is worth about 1.4 billion dollars and that in the United Arab Emirates alone, the market will reach an annual growth rate of 9% between 2018 and 2022. The increase in the fitness sector throughout the GCC, as well as IEG´s expertise in the industry, encouraged the Group´s expansion in the Arab Emirates with last year´s acquisition of the Emirate company, HBG Events.

In Italy
In Italy, fitness enthusiasts involved in this type of activity count about 18 million a year, which makes the country second only to Germany in the European classifications. The turnover of non-antagonistic sports activities linked to fitness in our country is estimated to be about 10 billion Euros a year. A further 2 billion can be added to this from wellness tourism. The last census on fitness facilities in Italy, including specific gyms and fitness areas within larger sports complexes, dates back to 2017 and registered 8,114 centres in our territory. Sources: ISTAT – CONI – Federazione Italiana Fitness

FOCUS ON ITALIAN EXHIBITION GROUP
Italian Exhibition Group (IEG), quotata sul Mercato Telematico Azionario organizzato e gestito da Borsa Italiana S.p.A., ha maturato negli anni, con le strutture di Rimini e Vicenza, una leadership domestica nell´organizzazione di eventi fieristici e congressuali e ha sviluppato attività estere - anche attraverso joint-ventures con organizzatori globali o locali, come ad esempio negli Stati Uniti, Emirati Arabi Uniti, Cina, Messico, India - che l´hanno posizionata tra i principali operatori europei del settore.

PRESS CONTACT ITALIAN EXHIBITION GROUP
Head of media relation & corporate communication: Elisabetta Vitali; press office manager: Marco Forcellini; international press office coordinator: Silvia Giorgi; media@iegexpo.it


Il presente comunicato stampa contiene elementi previsionali e stime che riflettono le attuali opinioni del management (´forward-looking statements´) specie per quanto riguarda performance gestionali future, realizzazione di investimenti, andamento dei flussi di cassa ed evoluzione della struttura finanziaria. I forward-looking statements hanno per loro natura una componente di rischio ed incertezza perché dipendono dal verificarsi di eventi futuri. I risultati effettivi potranno differire anche in misura significativa rispetto a quelli annunciati, in relazione a una pluralità di fattori tra cui, a solo titolo esemplificativo: andamento del mercato della ristorazione fuori casa e dei flussi turistici in Italia, andamento del mercato

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