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The Miami Beach Convention Center stands proud in 1.4 million square feet of space surrounded by must-see attractions like the Miami Beach Botanical Garden and Holocaust Memorial, and is adding new events like Cosmoprof and Florida Huddle/Florida. Next year’s encounter and three-step sports volleyball tournament.
“We are very happy, blessed and fortunate to have a variety of events held within our building,” said Freddie Peterson, the center’s general manager. “Cosmoprof 2024 will be in the building from January 23rd to 25th. It is one of the Informa Markets events. This is likely to become an annual tradition for us.
“Cosmoprof, there’s a Cosmoprof in Las Vegas, and we’ll be launching our new business here as well, so we’re really looking forward to it,” Peterson said.
“On the tourism and hospitality side, we have the Florida Huddle/Florida Encounter. Talk about tourism, hospitality and everything that means another great event here for us.
“We are starting to see sporting events start to flock to the venue, with a 3Step volleyball tournament in early February and another business, RacquetX, at the end of March,” he said. Told.
Peterson said all of these events fall into one of the center’s seven areas of focus: health and medical, arts and culture, technology IT, sports, education, finance and special events. All working together to attract business to the center.
One of the center’s biggest upcoming events is Art Basel, which will be held from December 4th to 8th, said Ariane Hiltebrand, director of marketing and external relations at the convention center. According to the website, 77,000 participants are expected.
The Discover Boats Miami International Boat Show is another big event, taking place from February 14th to 18th, with 100,000 attendees expected.
“The Miami International Boat Show is the largest boat show on the planet, and it’s also very international,” Peterson said. “In terms of attendance, this is based on the information we get from our customers, but this is our largest event in terms of expected attendance. [of the largest events] It’s clearly Art Basel Miami Beach. I think they will be celebrating their 21st anniversary with us this year. ”
Large-scale events are also planned, such as the Original Miami Beach Antique Show, which will be held from January 10th to 14th and is expected to draw 12,000 attendees. The Jewelers International Showcase will be held March 17-19 and 10,000 attendees are expected. SeaTrade Cruise Global will be held from April 8th to 11th and the number of participants is expected to be 10,000. Florida Supercon will be held July 12-14 and 20,000 attendees are expected.
In 2018, the Miami Beach Convention Center unveiled its new look after a $640 million renovation. The center hosts events of all sizes each year, all of which are equally important, Peterson said.
“On average, we host over 60 events a year, 20 of which are held here each year,” he said. “Of those 20 companies, there are two that have issued a total of nine annual reports. Reed is one company. They have provided us with three annual reports. , then Informa Markets typically provides about six to seven annual reports.”
“We’re always looking for new business,” Peterson said. Big, or supersized, as they say. ”