AUMA/UFI. “Most Asian fair markets are still growing strongly”, the Association of the German Trade Fair Industry (AUMA) recaps the results of the third UFI study. It registered 22.7 per cent annual growth of rented space with China (without Hong Kong) up 33 per cent (from 3.8m to 5.1m sqm), and Hong Kong even 48 per cent (523,250 to 776,250). The chinese visitor figure at German fairs has also seen a sharp increase, having doubled over the last four years. From 2002 to 2006 the figure went up 105 per cent to 35,000. www.auma-messen.de, www.ufi.org