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CeBit ends with fewer visitors amid world economic crisis

Published: 08/03/2009 05:00

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Affected by the world economic crisis, CeBit 2009, one of the world’s largest exhibition of IT industry, closed on Sunday in Hanover, Germany with a nearly-20-percent drop of registered visitors compared with the previous year.

Intel Chairman Craig Barrett (L-R), German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Lower Saxony Premier Christian Wulff and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger cut the ribbon with robot Marvin during the opening ceremony of the CeBIT computer fair in the northern German town of Hanover March 2, 2009. The world’s biggest IT fair CeBIT with 4300 exhibitors from 69 countries opens its doors to the public on March 3, and runs through March 8, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

CeBit 2009 only attracted some 4,300 companies from 69 countries, much fewer than last year’s 5,845 participants. Nevertheless, the organizers claimed that they felt quite satisfied given the current world economic scenario.

“Given the depth of the world economic crisis, this number represents a success. In view of the overall business environment, we are extremely satisfied,” said Ernst Raue, the Deutsche Messe Managing Board member in charge of the CeBit exhibition, prior to CeBit 2009’s opening.

“A majority of the 4,300 companies from 69 countries drew fresh optimism from being here at CeBit said Raue upon the event’s conclusion on Sunday in Hanover.

“A huge number of exhibitors and visitors are now leaving Hanover with a renewed sense of buoyancy as well as bulging order books and a solid foundation for new business,” he said, adding that the show had lived up to their expectations.

The percentage of visitors from abroad remained steady at 20 percent. A decrease in attendance from Asia was offset by increased attendance from the Americas and the Middle East, according to a press release from Deutsche Messe.

CeBit 2009 was declared open on March 2 by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Arnold Schwarzenegger, governor of the U.S. state of California, partner of this year’s CeBit.

This year’s event focused on energy-efficient IT applications, dubbed “green IT,” and the continued development of the Internet, as epitomized by the buzzword “Webciety.”

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