The company Belgrade Fair is the regional leader in trade fair business and one of the largest trade fair institution in Serbia and Montenegro.

BELGRADE FAIR is located in the center of Belgrade, at the right bank of the river Sava and close to main traffic roads, airport Belgrade - Surcin and to the hotel facilities (Hyatt Regency, Intercontinental).

The fair ground is situated at 40 hectares of the total area, with 14 large civil engineering facilities and it takes by its length almost two thirds of Vojvoda Misic Boulevard that has two railway tracks, two vehicle and one pedestrian entrance, but it is marked by just one house number in its address - Bulevar vojvode Misica 14.

Belgrade Fair has got indoor and outdoor exhibiting space, and the total exhibiting area is 100.000 sq.m. Belgrade Fair’s fourteen halls offer 60.000 sq. m. exhibiting space, and the total exhibiting space of the outdoor exhibiting space is 40.000 sq.m.

The total area of the Central Hall (Hall 1) is 21,280 sq. m., of which 15,030 sq. m. exhibiting space.

The most outstanding ones by their size are also:

• Hall 2 (9,239 sq. m.),
• Hall 3 (4,438 sq. m.) and
• Hall 14 (11,665 sq. m. of the exhibiting space).

Belgrade Fair disposes with the Conference Facilities:

In Hall 14 there are two Conference Halls with full technical equipment for all kinds of multilingual gatherings:Big Conference Hall with 400 seats and the Small Conference Hall with 50 seats. In the Main Building there is also the Festive Hall with 160 seats.

Belgrade Fair disposes the big number of business facilities, warehouses and workshops in the whole area. Accompanying facilities, such as post office, bank, travel and transportation agencies, Customs office and first aid, operate at the Fair. Within the Fair ground, there are also significant catering facilities of various intention, from fast food restaurants to first class restaurants.

Belgrade Fair was established in 1937. By its capacities and staff, Belgrade Fair is capable of rendering various services to the interested business partners.

In 1957 the 1^st International Trade Fair of Technique and Technical Achievements was organized and held under the domes of a new Fairground complex as the first trade event that took place at the new fair trade facilities.

More than 30 regular international fair events take place at Belgrade Fair annually. The events are characterized by a high organizational level, so that many of them are members of prominent international organizations:

• International Fair of Technique and Technical Achievements,
• International Clothing Fair – Fashion in the World,
• International Fair of Furniture, Equipment and Interior Decoration,
• International Building Trade Fair are members of the International Fair Union (UFI, Paris),
• International Motor Show is one of eighteen centers for exhibiting European automobile industry products, registered with the Permanent Bureau of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA, Paris).

In addition to the regular events, numerous exhibitions, concerts, scientific and specialized meetings take place under Belgrade Fair domes during the whole year, as well.

MORE than 7.000 companies exhibited at Belgrade Fair in 2003, covering the overall exhibition area of 132 652 sq. m., and more than 1,500,000 visitors visited it.

INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION

Belgrade Fair is the regular member of the following international associations

• International Fair Union (UFI, Paris) since 1958.
• Permanent Bureau of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA, Paris).
• World Trade Centers Association (WTCA).
• Central European Fair Association (CEFA).
• Exhibition Association of South-Eastern Europe (EASE).
• European Tourism Trade Fair (ETTF).

The establishment of the World Trade Center Belgrade (WTC Belgrade) in 1991 – which is a regular member of World Trade Centers Association (WTCA, New York), situated in Hall 4 of Belgrade Fair, brought the company Belgrade Fair into the connection with the most important places of trading around the world and sophisticated communications system and enables contacts with clients of over 330 WTCs in 100 member countries of the WTCA and more than 750.000 companies around the world. WTC Belgrade provides business services not only to the member companies from the region, but it also supports all the exhibiting companies on the occasions of their appearance at Belgrade Fair’s trade shows providing them with the high quality business services according to the standard policy of this prestigious business Association.

In the near future the Management of the company Belgrade Fair will work on fostering and increasing the operation efficiency through fulfillment of the profit center projects, will make more connection links with the strategic partners, who require European look and operation conditions, modernize business process and the infrastructure (electronic payment system for vehicles and visitors, Hall air conditioning, traffic road improvement, fountain revitalizing, etc.). One of the main goals for the future will be also the extension of trade fair capacities through construction of parking lots, a garage, a hotel for exhibitors, a modern marina, new Halls, integral transportation etc.