SPAIN – The upcoming edition of Feria Hábitat Valencia, which opens its doors on 17^th September at Feria Valencia and runs until 20^th September, has not just grown in size (+41%) and numbers of exhibitors and brands (+21%), but also in terms of the interest sparked in international markets.

Proof of this is the results of the organizers’ recruitment drive for the International Guest Buyers program. This effort has delivered an extremely high percentage of positive responses and confirmations from amongst the professionals invited. A total of 1855 buyers, interior designers and architecture studios in 60 countries having confirmed they will be visiting during the four days of the fair. This figure is almost double the number achieved last year.

These are professionals with substantial purchasing power, who receive a personal invitation from Hábitat and are selected on the basis of how significant the market they represent is to the exhibitors at this year’s fair and the likelihood that they will buy from them.

The countries these buyers will be coming from are: Andorra, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Morocco, Mexico, Nigeria, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Uzbekistan.

Adding to this international group of buyers will be the specifiers visiting Feria Valencia as part of the various trade missions being hosted by Anieme and Fedai, with the support of IVACE and ICEX.

Last year Hábitat registered 26,140 visitors, all either Spanish or international professionals and, on the basis of the increase in the number of professionals currently pre-registering on the official Hábitat website, that figure is expected to improve this year. As of today, pre-registrations are 10% up on last year.