IV. Integrated Exhibition Marketing
A. Information Sources

Expo-Online-Databanks Germany, USA and Asia
There are several databanks available to get information about trade fairs. Click on the companies name and you will get access to the different databanks.

• Asian Sources (www.asiansources.com): Databank for Asian expositions. Additional information about new products, Online-Product research, direct contacts to producers, exporting and importing companies. Co-operation with “Trade Show Central”.
• AUMA (www.auma.de): Databank mainly for German expositions. The AUMA databank provides detailed statistical information about trade fairs in Germany and about foreign trade fairs organized by German companies.
• Exhibitions round the world (www.exhibitions-world.com): Asia-databank. 86 research categories. The following information are available online: Export- and exposition guide, directory of exposition companies, stand constructing companies and hotels.
• Expobase (www.expobase.com): Large databank of German and foreign expositions. Leads to information about: stand constructing companies; hotels, services, forwarding trade.
• Expoguide (www.expoguide.com): Databank of all US expositions. Registration of all exposition names and exposition sites
• Expoweb(www.expoweb.com): Expo-databank of US expositions with 78 industrial segments, alphabetic registration.
• Trade Show Central (www.tscentral.com): Databank of more than 30 000 worldwide registrated expositions; less information. Additional information can be ordered by e-mail. Co-operation with “Asian Sources”.
• The Trade Show News Network (www.tsnn.com): Databank of US expositions with research within 108 industrial segments. Newsletter free of charge with tips about expositions and marketing. Online-Booking of hotels, tickets and car-renting. Experts answer to questions about expositions and marketing. Monthly online-answering of questions.