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Cosmoprof North America (CPNA) continues its legacy as an award-winning business-to-business beauty event in the US with recent award recognitions by two prestigious trade show media group.
by Staff
March 22, 2018
2 min to read
Cosmoprof North America (CPNA) continues its legacy as an award-winning business-to-business beauty event in the US with recent award recognitions by two prestigious trade show media groups, TSNN, Trade Show News Network and TSE, Trade Show Executive.
Cosmoprof won Trade Show Executive's (TSE) Fastest 50 Award in the following category:
Fastest 50 – By Exhibiting Companies
Cosmoprof also won TSE's Next 50 in the following two categories:
Next 50 – By Net Square Feet of Exhibit Space
Next 50 – By Total Attendance
Trade Show News Network (TSNN) has included Cosmoprof North America on its list of Top Trade Shows for 2017, with CPNA landing in the 68th spot. CPNA is also qualified to be chosen as one of TSNN's Top 25 fastest-growing trade shows in attendance and net square footage. Winners of that award will be announced in August.
The 2017 Cosmoprof North America show held at Mandalay Bay Convention Center July 9th -11th once again delivered record breaking exhibitor and attendee sales. Held, annually in Las Vegas, 36,787 attendees, (up 9 % from 2016) engaged with record breaking 1,278 exhibitors (up 9% from 2016), representing 45 countries were able to see and experience several new programs, special areas and unique opportunities to engage and attract. The show floor space covered 293,306 sqf (27,249 sqm) of space with an increase of of 4% compared to the previous year.
For more information, please visit www.cosmoprofnorthamerica.com.
Organizer: Cosmoprof North America is organized by North American Beauty Events LLC, a joint-venture company between the Professional Beauty Association and BolognaFiere Cosmoprof S.p.a.
BolognaFiere Cosmoprof S.p.a., the world’s leading trade show organizer in the cosmetics, fashion, architecture, building, art and culture sectors, features in its portfolio more than 80 exhibitions, both domestic and international, among which are Cosmoprof, an international platform with events in Bologna (established 1967), Hong Kong (established 1996) and Las Vegas (established 2003).www.bolognafiere.it
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