SIMA 2009

SIMA09 reaches record sales

Above all, SIMA09 will be recalled due to the significant growth in sales operations registered during this edition. Metrovacesa -81 transactions completed, Hercesa -72 operations, Vallehermoso -60 units sold, Reyal Urbis -40 sales, and Promohogar -23 units, lead SIMA09 ranking of sales (among the firms surveyed by the organization). Moreover, most of the participants agreed each other and have described this SIMA edition as the most profitable of those held to date.

More than 63,000 people visited SIMA09

A total of 63,487 people -6131 professionals-, attended the eleventh edition of the International Madrid Real Estate Exhibition [SIMA09], closed on May 30th. Exhibitors have highlighted the quality and the quantity of visitors who participated in the fair, their knowledge about the kind of product they were looking for, and their undisputable interest in buying a property.

A dose of optimism

After the end of SIMA09, a general sense of satisfaction was the prevailing opinion expressed by exhibitors since their prior business expectations turned into better results than they had expected to. “I hope this edition becomes a turning point and helps to mark shift in market trends. Over recent years, SIMA has been a barometer of the sector, so I hope the dynamism we have witnessed during the four days of the event would finally translate into an upturn in sales in the coming months", said Eloy Bohua, director of SIMA.

Foreign participants: mission accomplished

Once again, SIMA international participants have met their goals. “Our assessment of SIMA09 is very positive; we have managed to close many appointments, and we truly appreciate the opportunity of being able to make contacts with politicians and Government representatives ", said Andres Arraiza, developer at BrasilIfe. Nelson Blanco, from Alejandro Perazzo Real Estate, from Punta del Este, considered that "visits have been positive, there is no doubt that this event helped us to strengthen our brand image". For Agustin Diaz, from García Santos Marketing Inmobiliario, also from Punta del Este, “we have made significant and good professional contacts with groups of investors and consultants. Participating in SIMA is a must”. Maite Atela, from Danube Homes, said "SIMA09 experience has been positive. So far, we have found we made many quality contacts during this edition”. For Joshue Cabral, from Realty Bavalote, "this trade fair has worked out much better than we expected". Christopher Hall, Vice President Global FIABCI, summarizes SIMA09 experience, convincingly: "the queues to buy property where staggering – you had to see to believe!”.

Source: 10.06.2009

MIPIM 2009

Despite the difficult times, the International Real Estate Fair (MIPIM) in Cannes was a success this year. There was a comfortable atmosphere to discuss the situation, negotiate projects and close deals.

This year, 20.000 visitors attended the fair. The figures were about one third lower than in 2008. The attending exhibitors had decreased from 2700 to 1700.

Interesting news coming out of MIPIM concerned the German market. Locations such as Munich, Berlin and Stuttgart were regarded as the most     promising European markets. Reasons for this can be attributed to these city's economic stability and the stable value.

There are projects and investment opportunities; however, obtaining debt finance in today's environment represents a huge challenge.

Barcelona Meeting Overcome the Crisis

Wednesday, 12 November 2008

Enrique Lacalle, Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the International Real Estate Show and Symposium Barcelona Meeting Point, organized by El Consorcio de la Zona Franca de Barcelona, considers that the twelfth edition of BMP, “has overcome the crisis, surpassing all the pessimistic expectations. We have made our city, once again, Europe’s real estate capital in Autumn, we’ve had professionals from 55 countries, we have hosted a Professional Exhibition with a 75% internationalization, we have equalled the visiting professionals’ participation to that of 2007, already a record, we have carried out a great Symposium with 131 speakers, we have brought over investors, which is what our exhibitors from all over the world demanded from us. Panama, as our guest country, has been a success in participation and business deals, just like Sâo Paulo, where we will probably carry out next 2009 our Brazil Meeting Point. We’ve had a larger than ever participation of national and international authorities and, what is more important, we have enabled that our exhibitors, from the Professional as well as from the General Attendance Exhibition, made contacts and sales (as they can confirm). Lastly, despite the moment, Barcelona Meeting Point has proved to be a very useful Show for the industry and profitable for those participating in it, and, thus, it will take place again next Autumn turning Barcelona again into the world’s real estate capital. The participation figures are impressive: SYMPOSIUM FIGURES • Symposium Participants 2,475 • Speakers 131 • Symposium Sessions 43 EXHIBITION HALL FIGURES • Professional visitors 22,010 • Professional visitors and General Attendance 130,000 • Exhibiting companies 423 • Participating companies 8,725 • National companies 60% • International companies 40% • Exhibiting countries 23 • Participating countries 55 • Registered national journalists 549 • Registered international journalists 171 Enrique Lacalle says the BMP’2008 figures confirm the exhibition, which has occupied halls number 1, 5 and 8 as the first Real Estate Exhibition in Spain, the only professional and international one and a point of reference in the European real estate industry, and confirm the slogan that says: “BMP has proved to be the meeting place for the European and Latin American real estate industry Enrique Lacalle points out that the 13th edition of BMP will take place from the 3rd to the 8th of November, 2009.. Although it is very difficult to make an exact calculation, in the duration of BMP’2008 “the estimate turnover of the real estate deals carried out by the exhibitors between the General Attendance and the Professional exhibition may exceed the 2,000 million euros, to be specified in the next months with a great growth in the international real estate transactions, specially Panama and Brazil”. Lastly, Enrique Lacalle would like to highlight several aspects of BMP’2008: • First, the overall satisfaction of exhibitors, professionals, Symposium attendees, and national and international attendance. • Second, BMP’2008 has contributed to the hotel booking in the city due to its both national and international attendance, which created business for the city of Barcelona in all industries: restaurants, commerce, leisure, etc. • Third, the high design and quality level of the stands, being the Exhibition with highest investment in stand construction. • Fourth, the great level of parallel activities and events organized around BMP 2008 (more than a 150). • Fifth, its international profile with 75% of the occupancy being international companies in the Professional Show. • Sixth, the large attendance of local, autonomic and state professionals and institutions, national and international. • Seventh, the success of the initiatives “Panama, Guest Country” and “Sâo Paulo, Guest City”.

MIPIM 2008: a complete programme dedicated to hotels and tourism

MIPIM 2008 today reports a 29% increase in the number of companies attending from the hotel industry. Reflecting the vibrancy of the tourism property sector, MIPIM is introducing a series of new initiatives and events devoted to hotel and tourism including “Hotel Chat Groups” and the "Hotel & Tourism Lounge,” as well as a full day of tailor-made conferences on Thursday, March 13.

The diversification of tourism is generating a wealth of hotel projects throughout the world. This trend is clearly illustrated at MIPIM: no less than a quarter of the investment companies (307 in total) set to attend this year’s event, declare they actively invest in the Hotel & Tourism sector. Among many others, prestigious hotel brands like Accor, Choice Hotels Europe, Hilton Hotels, Hyatt International, Intercontinental Hotels Group, Kempinski Hotels Marriott International, Movenpick Hotels and Resorts, Rezidor and Wyndham Hotel Group, will be attending this year.

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