Written by Greg Nagy

Published: 02 October 2016

Procedure and Conditions

The practical steps of the preparing of application:

The practical steps of the preparing of application is a multiphase (but not too complicated) process, as below:

• Full determination inside your company to implement the CENTREX Statistics and Audit Rules and Regulation. (See Regulations at our website.)
• Conception and implementing the relevant forms, documents (exhibitor application, registration forms, systems etc. - if there is a need for change to implement the Regulations in the future), - you can consult CENTREX in this respect because they have to know all of your forms needed to auditing (please contact Centrex secretariat)
• In-house processing of the unified exhibition statistics according to the Regulation of CENTREX at least for the past 2 trade fairs in question – please send these draft statistics to CENTREX secretariat
• Establishing contact and start to co-operate with the auditor company (e.g. CENTREX) who will audit your statistics actually.
• Auditing of the event(s) by the auditor

And of course, being ready for membership send an official letter to CENTREX that you are ready to fully implement the regulations, the auditing and the publishing of the relevant data - and to pay the contribution fee for CENTREX operations.

Legal process

The legal steps of joining (at least 2-3 months prior of admission):

The would-be member has to send an Official Declaration of Intention of Joining CENTREX Union with

• the main data of your company (as official full name, seat address, company registration details),
• a certificate of company registration - an extract from the Company Registration Court in original
• declaring that your company fully accepts CENTREX objectives and implement the Regulations and
• that your company agreed and fulfill the financial conditions of joining and membership (see point Articles of Association)

Please consider that actual membership will be subject to approval by CENTREX General Assembly.

From our practical experience we know that sometimes it is not very easy and simple to elaborate, introduce and explain the use of the commonly defined categories in the practice.

Therefore CENTREX is ready to offer the applying companies to accomplish on-the-spot consultations (how to start it the best, how to save time and money concerning auditing).

Should you have any question please do not hesitate to Contact us

Written by Greg Nagy

Published: 02 October 2016

The unique CENTREX extended VIP Courtesy programme continues also in 2016!

We are very pleased to continue our extended VIP Courtesy programme. We hope accepting VIP cards issued by other CENTREX members to enter fairs as a special joint courtesy will broaden international window into Central East Europe.

Partners participating in CENTREX Courtesy VIP programme are listed as below:

Country	City	Exhibition organiser	Exhibition programme 2016 at:
Bulgaria	Plovdiv	International Fair Plovdiv	www.fair.bg
Czech Republic	Brno	Trade Fairs Brno	www.bvv.cz
Hungary	Budapest	Hungexpo	www.hungexpo.hu
Poland	Kielce	Kielce Trade Fairs	www.targikielce.pl
Poland	Poznan	Poznan International Fair	www.mtp.pl
Romania	Arad	Expo Arad International	www.expoarad.ro
Romania	Bucharest	Romexpo	www.romexpo.ro
Ukraine	Lviv	GalExpo	www.galexpo.lviv.ua

For practical reasons please call back at times and before visiting on the links for current exhibition programme.

When visiting please show your card to the gate personnel.

We hope this programme will help to establish new contacts, to obtain information and overview of what is going on in the region. We are sure visiting these market leaders’ fairs will pave way to new business success of yours.

We wish pleasant visiting at CENTREX members!

Written by Greg Nagy

Published: 02 October 2016

Due to pandemic effect we suspended this activity for a certain period of time hoping to return!

The unique CENTREX extended VIP Courtesy programme continues also in 2017!

We are very pleased to continue our extended VIP Courtesy programme. We hope accepting VIP cards issued by other CENTREX members to enter fairs as a special joint courtesy will broaden international window into Central East Europe.

Partners participating in CENTREX Courtesy VIP programme are listed as below:

Country	City	Exhibition organiser	Exhibition programme 2017 at:
Czech Republic	Brno	Trade Fairs Brno	www.bvv.cz
Hungary	Budapest	Hungexpo	www.hungexpo.hu
Poland	Kielce	Kielce Trade Fairs	www.targikielce.pl
Poland	Poznan	Poznan International Fair	www.mtp.pl
Romania	Bucharest	Romexpo	www.romexpo.ro
Romania	Arad	EXPO ARAD	www.ccia-arad.ro
Bulgaria	Plovdiv	International Fair Plovdiv	www.fair.bg

For practical reasons please call back at times and before visiting on the links for their current exhibition programmes.When visiting please show your card to the gate personnel.

Other CENTREX members who have not issued own VIP annual honorary cards also accept the above mentioned VIP cards.

We hope this program will help to establish new contacts, to obtain information and overview of what is going on in the region. We are sure visiting these market leaders’ fairs will pave way to new business success of yours.

We wish pleasant visiting at CENTREX members!

Written by Greg Nagy

Published: 02 October 2016

CENTREX International Exhibition Statistics Union founded in 1997 is the top exhibition industry transparency organisation in Central Eastern Europe: yet not only for promoting transparency, reliability and real market-value of exhibition statistics (her initial concept), but also in promoting exhibitions as excellent face-to-face marketing tool in general aspect in this region.

CENTREX UNION Mission Statement

• to establish, implement and maintain transparent exhibition statistics rules and regulations in Central and East Europe according to international standards

• to maintain transparency of trade fair statistics in CEE providing statistics auditing services for members and non-members

• to publish, disseminate transparent, audited exhibition statistics internationally

• to provide members and their partners a pool of international promotional information /materials/researches/knowhow/events and consultation opportunities on trade fairs as effective tool of marketing and communication

• to assist/offer trade fair marketing education by members and partners in cooperation with marketing specialists, the university lecturers

• to provide EU-regional platform/events of co-operation and exchanging ideas and experiences for the CEE exhibition market players,

• to represent interests of members in international forums/associations

The members of CENTREX strive for transparent, measurable, internationally acceptable, comparable, audited exhibition statistics, to promote these data and collaboration internationally, and to publish their data open wide in their annual publication and at their Internet site.

Transparent exhibition statistics is badly needed for right business and marketing decisions for exhibitors, visitors, trade associations alike. So over collecting and publishing statistical data CENTREX has upgraded her activity into joint promotion of the trade fairs as effective tool of face-to-face marketing communication. ("social instrument of marketing")

Based on similar challenges the members decided to identify opportunities and join efforts in competing with other marketing tools, to strengthen the acceptance of the trade fairs based on real market values. Possible ways can be informing each other of the best practice, of the market surveys and opinions, developing joint publications, marketing actions, upgrading web-site accordingly.

The Union is deeply committed to enhancing the acceptance of exhibitions among business community and society in the region.