A strong showing of exhibitors and trade visitors at the largest-ever edition of Istanbul Jewelry Show I

Jewelry industry professionals gathered once again at the 22nd International Jewellery, Silver, Watch and Equipment Fair held on March 22-26, 2006 at CNR Expo Center in an overall area of 50,000 square meters with 924 exhibitor companies which of 374 from 32 countries and 550 of local companies successfully exhibit and promote their products and innovative designs. Retailers and buyers were enthusiastic about the new lines, new designs and new ideas from all over the world for the upcoming season's purchases.

Istanbul Jewelry Show has attracted a total 28,581 visitors of which 6072 international buyers from 81 countries, and 649 press representatives both local and worldwide.

Ali Bulut, the CEO of Istanbul Jewelry Show expressed that "Istanbul Jewelry Show has offered local and foreign trade buyers plenty of choices, models, designs, full range of jewelry from all over the world with perfect quality, value pricing on every category, high-volume production and delivery capacity, short lead times, delivery from the stock, guaranteed customer satisfaction, uninterrupted customer service and so on. This year, we have put more emphasis on the designwork, giving more space to jewelry designers from all around the world, building and promoting worldwide awareness of fine design jewelry. Dreams'n Designs Pavilion was the glittering section of the show. Istanbul Jewelry Show has the largest ever participation of national pavilions from Hong Kong, Italy, Spain and Thailand for the first time. It offers the right sources leading the right partners ensuring long term profitability for your business. The feedback we've received since the closing of the show has been very positive, now we feel more confident that we are on the right track towards being the world leading marketplace for jewelry."

In a survey of visitors, 81% of the surveyed visitors said that they thought overall the fair was 'successful' and found the products they are looking for. In a survey of exhibitors, 71% of the surveyed exhibitors had new business contacts, 98% told they would 'certainly' be taking part in the next show. 72% indicated their satisfaction of the quality of the services, 76% of the exhibitors rated the international buyers as 'satisfactory'.