國際展覽業協會

國際展覽業協會（UFI）是世界博覽業最具代表性的協會，也是展覽業界唯一的全球化組織。被展覽界公認為展覽會走向世界的橋樑，經國際展覽業協會認可的展會是高品質展覽會的標誌。國際展覽業協會的前身為“國際博覽會聯盟”，2003年10月改為現名。該組織於1925年4月15日在義大利米蘭成立，總部現設在法國巴黎。

國際展覽業協會的宗旨是代表展覽會、博覽會組織者的利益，維護展覽會、博覽會的質量標準，規範展覽組織者的市場行為。主要的職能包括：授予綜合性和專業性貿易博覽會以“國際”資格；採取一切必要措施協助會員在發展的世界經濟中更加有效地開展活動；對國際貿易博覽會所共同關心的問題開展國際範圍的研究；代表會員參加相應的其他國際組織；保護會員利益，並為此採取一切必要措施使有關國家的政府當局注意並同意這一點；在互相尊重對方利益的基礎上，通過有關會員之間的對話，儘可能地協調獲本聯盟認可的博覽會的日程安排；根據有關方面的要求成立仲裁委員會，解決會員之間的糾紛；努力尋求並使用一切合適的方法加強國際博覽會聯盟的國際地位，並為此目的開展宣傳和信息工作；為維護會員利益，對一切阻撓自由參加國際貿易博覽會的不公平行為採取一切其他必要的行動；採取一切措施限制國際貿易博覽會激增的趨勢，即通過干預各國負責機構，使這些機構授予只有符合本章程第八條規定的貿易博覽會和展覽會國際資格；向貿易博覽會組織者，尤其是發展中國家的組織者提供技術幫助。經過八十年的發展，現已擁有256家會員組織，其中包括233家組展者、展館業主和展覽行業合作組織、42家展覽協會。它們分佈在五大洲71個國家的156個城市。

UFI is the association of the world's leading tradeshow organisers and fairground owners, as well as the major national and international associations of the exhibition industry, and its partners.

UFI represents 442 member organisations (composed of 227 Exhibition Organisers, 36 Hall Owner Managers, 120 Exhibition Organisers & Hall Owner Managers, 37 Associations and 22 Partners of the exhibition industry), present in 189 cities in 83 countries on the 5 continents.

UFI was founded in Milan, Italy, on 15 April 1925, by 20 leading European international trade fairs, namely: Bordeaux, Brussels, Budapest, cologne, Danzig, Frankfurt/Main, Leipzig, Ljubljana, Lvov, Lyon, Milan, Nizhny Novgorod, Padua, Paris, Prague, Reichenberg, Utrecht, Valencia, Vienna and Zagreb.

UFI has bestowed its quality label upon over 782 trade fairs and exhibitions organised by its members.

As a privileged forum for dialogue, UFI's main goal is to represent its members and the exhibition industry worldwide.

By promoting the unique characteristics of trade fairs:

UFI plays the role of an efficient networking platform where professionals of the exhibition industry can exchange ideas and experiences;

UFI promotes trade fairs and exhibitions globally as a unique marketing and communications tool;

UFI provides UFI members with valuable studies and research regarding all aspects of the exhibition industry;

UFI offers educational training opportunities and a variety of high-level seminars; and

UFI deals with issues of common interest for its members in the frame of the regular meetings of its regional chapters and working committees.