Amsterdam – HPP Exhibitions announced that it will launch an new expo IHTF on the fairgrounds of Expo Haarlemmermeer in Vijfhuizen. The International Horticulture Trade Fair IHTF will be organised simultaneously with the existing IFTF Expo, already being held at the fairgrounds in Vijfhuizen. Also the FloraHolland Trade Fair in Aalsmeer will be held during the same dates as IFTF and IHTF. All exhibitions will run from Wednesday November 6 through Friday November 8.
Especially technical suppliers of the Horticulture sector are faced with having to miss a trade fair for their industry this year in Holland and therefore HPP Exhibitions decided to present Expo Haarlemmermeer as a very suitable alternative. Several (technical) Horticultural suppliers have been signing up for stand space in IHTF since, after it became known last week in the press that Horti Fair will not take place this year. Besides the fact that there is currently sufficient exhibition space available in Expo haarlemmermeer (34,000 m²) and as well more exhibition space can easily be made available, also the IFTF trade fair is taking place at this location already since 2010 and with great success.
“This is an important step into the direction of one big trade fair in Holland for Horticulture, lifting the industry to its next level by growing towards a World Horticultural Trade Fair”, according to Dick van Raamsdonk, director of the expo. “As many in the industry have been wanting to bring the different trade fairs together at one location for some time, this opportunity is an excellent chance to achieve that goal. The fact that not the RAI in Amsterdam nor the flower auction in Aalsmeer but Expo Haarlemmermeer in Vijfhuizen, has been chosen by HPP as home base for IFTF and IHTF, proofs the potential of Expo Haarlemmermeer. Moreover the location is very close to where the FloraHolland Trade Fair, being held in the flower auction in Aalsmeer, takes place” .
Source: HPP Exhibitions