Georgia World Congress Center Campus Hosts Top Trade Shows
ATLANTA – (May 6, 2013) Trade Show News Network (TSNN) recently released their 2012 Top 250 U.S. Trade Show list which ranks the top shows by net square footage.
The Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC), the fourth largest convention center in the country, hosted eight of the 250 shows on TSNN’s list. Located in downtown Atlanta, the GWCC has 12 exhibit halls comprising 1.4 million square feet of prime exhibit space. Nearly 80% of the U.S. population is within a two-hour flight of Atlanta and the GWCC is located a short 15 minutes from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
The GWCC hosted the following TSNN ranked tradeshows in 2012:
International Woodworking Fair
August 2012
# Exhibitors: 860
# Attendees: 13,002
NSF: 409,837
IPE/IFE – International Poultry Expo & International Feed Expo
January 2012
# Exhibitors: 893
# Attendees: 20,651
NSF: 293,708
WINDPOWER Conference & Exhibition
June 2012
# Exhibitors: 920
# Attendees: 5,650
NSF: 274,972
Ace Spring Convention & Exhibit
March 2012
# Exhibitors: 1,128
# Attendees: 5,618
NSF: 253,054
MODEX 2012
February 2012
# Exhibitors: 589
# Attendees: 17,897
NSF: 178,389
American Urological Association Annual Meeting 2012
May 2012
# Exhibitors: 339
# Attendees: 9,469
NSF: 129,941
Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Expo
February 2012
# Exhibitors: 326
# Attendees: 3,723
NSF: 119,600
ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition
December 2012
# Exhibitors: 272
# Attendees: 18,217
NSF: 116,500
Atlanta tied with Boston for sixth place with ten shows on the list. In addition to the eight shows list above, Americas Mart in Atlanta hosted The January Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market and The July Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market. To learn more about the shows listed above and to see the complete list, visit http://www.tsnn.com/toplists-us
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