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Paul Woodward, Managing Director of UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry and Abdul Rahman Al Nassar, Vice Chairman and Executive Director of Kuwait International Fair Company (KIF), signed a major agreement which will make KIF the Gold Partner of the association for the two year period January 2011 – December 2012.
Over the past five years, UFI has extensively developed its programmes and services supporting programmes in the fields of education, promotion and research related to the exhibition industry in the region. Abdul Rahman Al Nassar described the KIF initiative saying, “As a UFI member for almost three decades, we at KIF appreciate the value and exposure UFI provides to its members, and therefore commit ourselves to sparing no effort in supporting the UFI MEA office”. The UFI MEA office will move from Abu Dhabi to Kuwait, at the start of 2011. UFI Regional Manager Ibrahim AlKhaldi will continue to head UFI’s activities in the region.
Paul Woodward stated, “This UFI/KIF Gold Partnership is representative of the outstanding level of cooperation and support provided by our members in the region. Together we are making significant progress in the professional development of the exhibition industry in the Middle East/Africa Region.” UFI is the association of the world’s leading exhibition organisers and venue managers as well as the major national and international exhibition associations, and selected partners of the exhibition industry. UFI’s main goal is to represent, promote and support the business interests of its members and the exhibition industry.
UFI currently has regional offices servicing the Middle East/Africa and Asia/Pacific regions. Today UFI has 48 members in the Middle East/Africa Region and has recognised the “UFI Approved” quality of 51 exhibitions in the region.
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