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HEAD-TO-HEADwww.exhibition-world.net Issue 2 | 201227STRIKING A DEALEW ASKS FOUR EXECUTIVES FROM THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION INDUSTRY HOW THEY BENEFIT FROM USING SALES AGENTS ABROAD TO BRING KEY BUYERS AND EXHIBITORS TO THEIR EVENTSArtexis is an exhibition organiser of 27 fairs. We use only overseas sales agents for one of our main shows, Stone Expo in Belgium, which is the only trade fair in the Benelux for stones and ceramics.It's a strategy we intend to implement for Realty, a real estate business show. Realty attracts multiple foreign visitors and investors. In our view, overseas agents can be useful and complementary. However, we already attract hosted buyers to some of our events ourselves. These actions are internally organised by our own teams, since they know the sector best.The question on whether to use overseas agents or not is diffi cult to answer. You should take into account various aspects like your available time. If you have to move forward quickly, it would be better to use third parties because of their experience and local contacts. However, if you have time to organise it on your own, you could choose to do it yourself.Since we are an internationally growing company (Artexis Nordic, easyFairs) we understand the value of local contacts. Visitor promotion and attracting hosted buyers are part of the core competencies of an organiser and that is why this job should be done internally. After several editions, your database will be very well balanced. It takes investment in people and tasks to handle this operation smoothly. But it should always be a rolling database on which one works all the time by fi lling in new buyers, with a continual cleaning of the names and addresses on your records.At Artexis we are convinced that bringing these buyers to our fairs will result in an even better meeting and market place. SUPAWAN TEERARAT EXHIBITIONS DIRECTORTCEBDIRK VAN ROY CEOARTEXISGARY CORIN MDSPECIALISED EXHIBITIONSMICHAEL HOFER DIRECTOR OF PRMESSE BERLIN DIRK VAN ROY CEOARTEXIS