Opening ceremony at BaselWorld (image, BaselWorld 2010)
Basel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The world’s largest watch and jewelry fair opened Thursday 18 March in Basel. BaselWorld began on an upbeat note, with export figures released by the Swiss federal government the previous day showing watch exports in February alone rising 9 percent. The fair is fully booked, according to its managing director, Sylvie Ritter, with 1,915 exhibiting companies and nearly 100,000 international buyers.
And while BaselWorld to many equals watches, the jewelry business is in fact nearly as large, with watches taking up 62 percent of the exhibit space, jewelry 24 percent and related products the rest. The fair has 759 jewelry exhibitors and 592 watch exhibitors, from 45 countries.
BaselWorld runs to 25 March.
- Opening times: 09:00-18:00 (Thursday 25 March to 16:00).
- Tickets: CHF60 for the day
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News story, GenevaLunch, 18 March 2010.
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Tags: BaselWorld, jewelry, opening ceremony, Switzerland, watch fair, watches
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