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Events

An overwhelming

sense of joy

A breath of normality returned to the pet sector last autumn,
not only at Zoomark International in Bologna, but also at a

number of other physical fairs staged in various European cities
despite the pandemic.

Telford was also held in the UK category, it offered a good, com-
last September thanks to a more prehensive overview of current
relaxed Covid situation in the in- product trends. The mix of mer-
terim. Admittedly, these events chandise groups also worked at
were only comparable to a lim- the show. Represented in Kassel
ited extent with the shows fielded alongside established suppliers
in pre-coronavirus times, as the were young companies that took
number of exhibitors and trade the opportunity to publicise them-
visitors last year still fell consid- selves and their products.
erably short of those prior to the
pandemic. Nevertheless, the joy Dibevo
of exhibitors and visitors at be- The physical Dibevo trade fair took
ing able to meet their existing place on 10 and 11 October. In the
business partners in person af- closing report of the organiser, it
ter such a long absence and also was stated that 3 815 visitors at-
being able to get to know new tended the show. Although this
potential customers was palpa- number was rather smaller than
ble at all show venues. previously, the organiser said that
this reduction was not at the ex-
PRO garten & tier pense of “high-quality visitors”.
A fair was possible again in Kassel Before the coronavirus incidence After 2020, the Sagaflor speci- Many more visitors from Belgium
in September thanks to stringent rates shot upwards in most Euro- ality cooperative staged its PRO than in previous years were also in
hygiene regulations.
pean countries in mid-November garten & tier fair, conceived pre- attendance. In the accompanying
and trade fair business was dis- pandemic as a national trade programme of events, over 600
rupted again, some fair organis- show, as a house fair for its visitors to the fair voted for the
ers took the opportunity to stage partner businesses last year. It best product in the new products
physical trade shows for the pet drew positive conclusions from gallery. The ten products receiving
supplies sector once more. PRO the event, which attracted around the most votes were then judged
garten & tier took place in Kassel 850 trade visitors to Kassel – by a jury of experts. The winner of
(Germany) at the end of Septem- more than twice as many as the the Best of Show Award was Fer-
ber, the Dibevo show in Rijswijk year before. Although PRO garten plast Benelux with the Multipla, a
(Netherlands), in October, along & tier was rather smaller than in modular small animal cage made
with Park Zoo in Moscow and the years before the pandemic, from recycled raw materials. As
Pet Zoo Turkey in Istanbul. PATS with around 45 stands in the pet runners-up the jury chose Pro

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