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the world of Parisian decoration
to the attendees who held a clear
B2B vocation. The next M&O will
take place from September 8th
to 12th.
FIMMA-Maderalia
On April 1st, the wood industry
fair closed its doors in Valencia.
The fair stood out for the wide
variety of new features presented
and the extensive program of
conferences aimed at designers,
architects, interior designers, hotel
chains and professional installers.
The event was attended
by more than 35,000 visitors, of
which 16% were international
buyers. The installation carried
out by EstudiHac, the Tailor Hotel,
focused all the gazes with
materials provided by exhibiting
companies from Maderalia. There
were presentations that valued
wood as an essential material for
interior design and architecture.
HOSTELCO
2022 Hostelco, from April 4th
to 7th in Barcelona, highlighted
interior design for hotels and
restaurants. Sustainability and
connectivity, as well as more
emotional aspects were fashion
trends collected by the Hostelco
Live Hotel area, a re-creation
of various hotel rooms: from
the reception to the gym, going
through different types of suites
and a room with state-of-theart
technological solutions. The
conferences of the Hostelco Live
Arena program, on the other
hand, focused on the influence of
technology and eco-efficiency in
the creation of original and innovative
environments in hotels and
restoration.
EXPORTHOME
The leading furniture fair in
Portugal envelopes Oporto with
trends in furniture, lighting and
decoration for the home and contract
business from April 21st
to 24th. In addition, the face-toface
format was complemented
by the recently created digital
platform E+E Export home, designed
to create a global ecosystem
for the business sector and
to strengthen relations between
visitors and exhibitors.
REBUILD
The decarbonization of construction,
industrialization and digitization,
were the star topics at the
National Congress of Advanced
Architecture and Construction
4.0, held in IFEMA Madrid from
April 26th to 28th and which
placed the sustainable agenda
as its central axis. In addition,
in the exhibition area, there were
more than 350 companies exhibiting
efficient solutions for the
circular economy for the sector,
energy efficiency certifications
such as Breeam and Passivhaus,
and companies specialized in the
use of sustainable materials for
construction.
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