Attendance at Cersaie Rises This Year

Bologna, Italy, Nov. 7, 2014 -- Attendance at Cersaie 2014, the international exhibition of ceramic tile and bathroom furnishings held in Bologna in September, once again topped 100,000 visits, according to organizers.

There were increases in both unique visitors and international attendees.

For the first time Cersaie opened its doors to exhibitors of wood, marble and natural stone.

The 2014 show hosted 945 exhibitors (45 more than in 2013), including 339 non-Italian companies (+37) from 38 countries. It also attracted total attendance of 100,985 visitors (+0.2%), including 46,599 international visitors (46.14% of the total).

The figure for ‘first admissions’ (a measure of unique visitors) also rose to 66,096, 3.6% more than last year. Numbers of international visitors increased even more sharply (+4.1%) to 23,363. The media were also well represented with 578 journalists in attendance (+3.39%), two fifths of whom came from outside Italy (235 journalists).