A trade show, also known as trade fair, trade exhibition, or trade exposition, is an exhibition organized so that companies in a specific industry can showcase and demonstrate their latest products and services, meet with industry partners and customers, study activities of rivals, and examine recent market trends and opportunities.
Stands during MWC Barcelona 2019, a trade show for the mobile communications industry in Barcelona, Spain
IBM stand during CeBIT 2010 at the Hanover Fairground, the largest exhibition ground in the world, in Hanover, Germany
A small trade show in Croatia, with the exhibition booth of the Croatian Chamber of Economy
The large format work that can be done at international trade shows
World Market Center Las Vegas is a furniture showroom complex in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, serving domestic and international sellers and buyers. It contains 5.3 million square feet (490,000 m2) across four buildings, part of a 57-acre (23 ha) site. The project was proposed in 2001, and the first building opened on July 25, 2005. Subsequent additions opened in January 2007, July 2008, and April 2021.
Building A at World Market Center
2005 artist rendering of the planned eight-building complex
Construction of Building C, November 2007
2018 aerial view of the World Market Center, with Pavilion tents to the right