'Americas Meeting Point', the new area of BMP 2010
November 13, 2009
To Lacalle, this Hall "has exceeded all expectations, which demonstrates the interest which continues to be the real estate sector and the need to buy". For him, and despite the economic times, it has been shown that Barcelona Meeting Point is a profitable and useful to the sector lounge for those who participate in it, so it will again be held in the autumn of the next, namely from 19 to 24 October.
The Latin American market, a shock for the sector
However especially highlights the origin of the companies involved, one way or another in the Hall: while 60% were nationals, the remaining 40% were of foreign origin, mainly from the other side of the Atlantic. And, given the success of the countries of the Americas in BMP, Lacalle has advanced a novelty for the 14th edition: the creation of a new large area called 'Americas Meeting Point', where will be the real estate supply in North AmericaCentral and Latin America.
Some significant data:
Details of the symposium:
- Participants of the symposium: 2470
- Speakers: 116
- The symposium sessions: 44
Data from the living room:
- Professional visitors: 22.105
- Professional visitors and public: + 150,000 (up to 12 h)
- Exhibiting companies: 250
- Participating companies: 8.730
- National enterprises: 60%
- International companies: 40%
- Countries exhibitors: 25
- Participating countries: 55
With regard to the number of real estate business initiated in these days in the 2009 BMP, although it is very difficult to know with accuracy, a first approach of the organization indicates that "real estate operations have been negotiated between the hall general public and the professional who may be over 2,100 million euros that will be up in" "the next few months with an increase in international operations, especially Arab countries, Russia, Panama and Brazil".
Preparing the 2010
After the initial review, Enrique Lacalle also progressed a number of ideas and special offers that may facilitate the participation in the BMP to all those companies that want to be there:
- Return New Point: a space that has proved effective in BMP 2009 with stands from 15 meters, turnkey, with design, well equipped and at an attractive price.
- Stand multimarcas in regime of 'time sharing': also tested is this last edition, in which companies can rent it and dispose of it during a morning or an afternoon, or even a whole day, to present its offer, with a presentation room attached.
- Spaces for rent in two rooms: from 12 meters. And both the professional and the attendance exhibition also have booths keys in hand of design, fully equipped, from 20 meters and at advantageous prices.
- Returns the sustainable island: a space dedicated to promotions with sustainable solutions.
- Club BMP: is also repeated the form of participation through the BMP Club, with four categories: Platinum, gold, black and silver.
- Creation of a new area in the living room professional: 'Americas Meeting Point', a space that is occupied by countries, cities and companies in the Americas, from Alaska to Cape Horn in order to be a new incentive for exhibitors as visitors"the result of the success they have achieved the countries that we have already received over the last 13 years in Meeting Point".
- Another new area called 'rentpoint': dedicated to companies with real estate products for rent, result of the interest on this type of product, also available is in town, coast or domestic, urban or residential.
- New section 'Classified BMP': a space for ads and real estate deals of all types, a form of announce "at a very advantageous price" with a same format for all over the world.