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Jewellery Arabia 2012, the 21st edition in the series of high profile exhibitions serving the Middle East’s jewellery and watch market, concluded on 20 October having reaffirmed its position as the definitive industry event of its kind in the region.
The highly successful 5 day exhibition, held under the patronage of His Royal Highness the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, attracted a total of 46,304 jewellery trade buyers and private collectors – a healthy increase of 9% on the previous edition.
Of the total number, 11,565 visitors (25%) were drawn from the region’s single largest jewellery market Saudi Arabia. Significant support also came from Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Oman and other neighbouring countries.
Jewellery Arabia 2012 spanned 16,500 square metres of space at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre and showcased 550 companies from 30 countries.
National pavilions from leading jewellery export countries included Brazil, Hong Kong, India and Malaysia.
The latest high quality jewellery collections and luxury watches from world famous jewellery houses including Audemars Piguet, Breguet, Chopard, Corum, Harry Winston, Hublot, Omega, Panerai, Patek Phillipe, Piaget and Vacheron Constantin amongst numerous others also went on display – further consolidating Jewellery Arabia’s reputation as the Middle East’s most prestigious jewellery event.
A strong Middle Eastern contingent drawn from the region’s most exclusive jewellers complimented this line up. Amongst them were Bahrain’s leading jewellers – Bahrain Jewellery Centre, Asia Jewellers, Al Mahmood Pearls and Al Zain – who brought together stunning collections of international brands in boutique formats.
“We are delighted with the outcome of Jewellery Arabia 2012. The continuing importance of the Jewellery Arabia series to the watch and jewellery industry is evidenced by the event’s extensive exhibitor participation and increased visitor attendance. Feedback from exhibitors indicates that sales were brisk enough to either exceed or meet the majority of participants’ exhibition objectives,” said Arabian Exhibition Management’s director of sales and marketing Fawzi Al Shehabi.
“Since its launch in 1992, this highly influential exhibition has united thousands of exhibitors with buyers in the Middle East, provided a perfect market entry point for hundreds of new companies and served as an important showcase for a countless number of collections and latest trends in the Arab world,” he continued.
93% of exhibitors surveyed indicated that they had achieved their objectives at Jewellery Arabia 2012, whilst 94% rated the quality of attendees as either ‘good’ or ‘excellent’.
The success of Jewellery Arabia 2012 is further reflected in the fact that 80% of available space at next year’s show, Jewellery Arabia 2013 which is set to take place from 19 – 23 November 2013, was sold before the close of the exhibition.
The Jewellery Arabia series of exhibitions is organised by Bahrain’s leading exhibition organiser – Arabian Exhibition Management WLL, and marketed worldwide by London based Overseas Exhibition Services Ltd and Singapore based International Expo Management Pte Ltd. These companies are all members of Allworld Exhibitions, a global network of exhibition organisers with 35 offices worldwide, who currently organise over 150 trade exhibitions biennially.