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Moscow Expocentre: 60 steps towards the future n 2019 leading Russian tradeshow company Expocentre celebrates its 60th anniversary. The Moscow-based company paved the way for the Russian exhibition industry to enter the global exhibition community when in 1975 it became a member of UFI, the global association of the exhibition industry. Expocentre now has 23 international tradeshows bearing the UFI-approved labels. Expocentre provides a range of high-quality services for its exhibitors and visitors promoting the key goals of forward-looking companies, including: networking, matchmaking, market research and analytics, trade deals and signing of co-operation agreements. Expocentre annually hosts more than 100 tradeshows and 1,000 conventions with the participation of key industry players from 110 countries. It is well placed to open the door to client success and remains a key platform for showcasing innovations and finding new opportunities. Crocus Expo rocus Expo is a multipurpose business arena designed for holding large international 8 Supplement and national exhibitions, congress events and other large-scale events. The exhibition spaces offer flexible premises for projects of any format. Crocus Expo is one of the largest expo venues in Russia and Eastern Europe, ranks in the Top 15 of the world and Top 10 in European expo centres. Now in its 15th anniversary year, Crocus Expo has more than a million square metres of space. There are three pavilions connected by covered passageways, exhibition and conference halls, indoor and outdoor free parking lots, a customs office for goods clearance right on the territory. The modern architecture, excellent infrastructure, wide range of rendered services positions Crocus Expo as a leader in the Russian exhibition industry. More than 50 Russian and international organisers implement their projects each year in Crocus Expo. These are projects and key events ranging across different segments of the economy and the social area, and visitor flow exceeds 10 million visitors a year. More than 3,750 events, attracting around 55,000 companies, have been hosted in the Moscow venue over the course of 15 years. Moscow is an historic venue for major industry events. VDNH EXPO continues the long- standing traditions of the country’s main exhibition, today providing a full range of services for organising events of various formats. The complex has been recognised four times as the best congress-exhibition show-area in Russia according to the independent EFEA Awards (2015–2018). VDNH EXPO hosts annually: 100 350 industry exhibitions congress events 25,000 70 30,000,000 participating companies from countries visitors The venue complex benefits from a location in the historical part of the city; proximity to the centre and convenient access roads. It also boasts a wide range of hotels across a variety of price categories, restaurants and cafes all within walking distance. In 2021, the opening of the updated high-tech cluster ‘VDNH EXPO’, with an exhibiting area of 320,000sqm is planned. The complex will include three ultra-modern pavilions with transformable exhibition and concert halls. The implementation of the development project will be a new stage in the development of Moscow as one of the congress-exhibition capitals of the world. VDNH EXPO he All-Russian Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (VDNH EXPO) in w w w.exhibitionworld.co.uk