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48-469: Rimini Fiera specialises in trade fairs, but also hosts sporting events and musical performances. It also hosts the annual flagship Rimini Meeting of the lay Catholic Communion and Liberation movement. The Fiera is a major local employer. The majority of Rimini's 500 hotels reopen for the conference season, which provides a flow of visitors to the city outside of the summer beach season. The dates of conferences are also used to set municipal regulations on

96-529: A World of Coffee fair in 2014; and Music Inside Rimini, showcasing music technologies in 2017. In June 2023, 60,000 attendees were expected at the eleventh edition of the digital innovation We Make Future conference, with guest speakers including Tim Berners-Lee , Manuel Castells , and Jerry Kaplan . As well as trade fairs, the Fiera has hosted sporting events, such as the Italian Dance and Sportdance Championships,

144-418: A detached railway station 50 m (160 ft) from the southern entrance. In 2015, a fixed police post was opened in the central south hall. Rimini Fiera has 11,000 parking spaces, which surround each entrance and are connected to the exhibition centre by shuttle. The Fiera also hosts a helicopter landing space served by a bookable helitaxi. In November 2022, the complex received ISO 20121 certification,

192-405: A fully electronic trading system. Among its leading tasks, Borsa Italiana supervises listed companies, defining rules for admission and listings and supervising transaction activities. The exchange has pre-market sessions from 8AM to 9AM, normal trading sessions from 9am to 5:30PM and post-market sessions from 6PM to 8:30PM on all days of the week except Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays declared by

240-568: A further 16,000 m (170,000 sq ft) of exhibition space. The expansion cost €21.5 million . In August 2018, the municipal council approved the long-anticipated partial privatisation of the Fiera. The provincial council had previously approved the privatisation in June 2015, with a view to list it on the Borsa Italiana . As part of the privatisation, the share of IEG's public ownership would reduce from 65% to between 33% and 41%. In June 2019,

288-584: A lift to ground level for wheelchair users. An agreement between IEG and Trenitalia often allows exhibition-visitors to redeem discounted train tickets to Rimini Fiera. More trains call at Rimini railway station , which is the next station southbound and connected to the Fiera by local buses. As of June 2023, Rimini Fiera is served by Start Romagna's urban bus route 9 (to the city centre, airport, and Santarcangelo or San Vito ) and extraurban bus line 91 (on school days only, to Santarcangelo, Savignano and Rimini city centre). Both routes stop on Via Emilia outside

336-464: A major association of European convention centres, met for their general assembly at the Fiera. Rimini Fiera railway station ( Italian : Stazione FS di Rimini Fiera ), sometimes stylised as RiminiFiera, is served by Trenitalia trains on the Bologna–Ancona railway . The station entrance is 50 m (160 ft) from the main entrance of the exhibition centre. During exhibitions, subsidised by

384-594: A similar surface area for a projected €80 million . In January 2024, IEG announced that €64 million would be invested in Rimini Fiera's expansion over the next four years, including two temporary pavilions, new car parks, and an automated car parking fee collection system. There is a "well-known hypothesis" that Rimini Fiera could merge with the Fiera di Bologna . Speaking in July 2022, Cagnoni said that IEG would not object, though

432-614: A voluntary international standard for sustainable event management. Rimini Fiera is the venue of the Rimini Meeting , a cultural-religious festival which has been organised in Rimini by the Communion and Liberation lay Catholic movement since 1980. The Rimini Meeting takes places annually in the last week of August, and is a major cultural event with previous guest speakers including Pope John Paul II , Mario Draghi , and Tony Blair . In 2022,

480-665: A €4.3 billion deal was agreed between the London Stock Exchange Group and pan-European stock exchange group Euronext . Euronext's acquisition of the Italian Bourse was completed on 29 April 2021. It is expected Italian Bourse will be rebranded as Euronext Milan in due course. Borsa Italiana is also informally known as Piazza Affari ( lit.   ' Business Square ' ), after the city square of Milan where its headquarters (the Palazzo Mezzanotte building)

528-473: Is Sigep, a confectionary trade fair, which attracted 178,500 visitors in 2023. Other recurring conventions include: When interests intersect, fairs are sometimes held simultaneously. For example, the recurring TTG and Sia Guest fairs, later also joined by the Sun Beach&;Outdoor Style fair, marry the conventions on tourism blogging and hospitality, with over 60,000 attendees. In 2015, 5,000 attendees attended

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576-560: Is a significant event in Italian culture and politics, often attracting high-profile guest speakers and notable press coverage. Previous speakers include Pope John Paul II , Mario Draghi , Staffan de Mistura , and Tony Blair . The 2022 Meeting included an early debate in the run-up to the 2022 general election and was attended by figures from major political parties: Giorgia Meloni , Matteo Salvini , Enrico Letta , Ettore Rosato , Antonio Tajani , and Carlo Calenda . Ten ministers of

624-449: Is equidistant to the existing Rimini Nord and Rimini Sud junctions of the tolled A14 motorway , which overpasses the SS9  [ it ] state road 2.7 km (1.7 mi) west of the Fiera's southern entrance, on the road to Santa Giustina. Exhibitions at Rimini Fiera are known to cause traffic bottlenecks on arterial roads leading to the complex. The Fiera sits near the intersection of

672-521: Is expected to be the northern terminus of the second stage of the Metromare , a segregated trolleybusway that currently runs adjacent to the railway line between Rimini and Riccione . Construction on the 4.2 km (2.6 mi) northern extension will commence in 2024, and is due to be completed by 2026. From the Fiera, the extension will provide a 9-minute connection to the railway station, and trolleybuses will take 31 minutes to reach Riccione. The Fiera

720-663: Is located. Borsa Italiana is chaired by Claudia Parzani, and Fabrizio Testa is the CEO. Borsa Italiana is regulated by the Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB), an agency of the Ministry of Economy and Finance , based in Rome. As of April 2018, overall capitalisation for listed companies on Borsa Italiana was worth €644.3 billion, representing 37.8% of Italian GDP . The Borsa di commercio di Milano (Milan Stock Exchange)

768-693: The 2022 European Trampoline Championships . Following Cagnoni's death in September 2023, Maurizio Ermeti, previously a director and hotel entrepreneur, was appointed as the President of the IEG's board of directors. In January 2024, the Dome-South Hall was dedicated to Cagnoni. In 2020, the municipal government granted planning permission for additional parking spaces and a new detached eastern pavilion, which would cover 30,000 m (320,000 sq ft). The proposal

816-505: The Italian stock exchange . It manages and organises domestic market, regulating procedures for admission and listing of companies and intermediaries and supervising disclosures for listed companies. Following exchange privatisation in 1997, the Italian Bourse was established and became effective on 2 January 1998. On 23 June 2007, the Italian Bourse became a subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange Group . This changed on 9 October 2020, when

864-694: The Meloni government attended the 2023 edition, including Salvini, Tajani, and Giancarlo Giorgetti . The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella , spoke on the final day of the Meeting. In previous years, national television channels, including the public broadcaster RAI , have broadcast some sessions of the Rimini Meeting, including the Sunday Mass on Rai 1 , RAI's flagship television channel. In December 2012,

912-685: The Rhythm'n'Basket competition in 2014, the PosteMobile Final Eight 2017 basketball competition, and the 2022 European Trampoline Championships . In multiple years, the Fiera has hosted archery championships, including the "Italian Challenge" for the Olympic national division. On New Year's Eve 2022, the Fiera hosted Galactica NYE, an electronic music festival. In May 2023, the European Major Exhibition Centers Association,

960-467: The Rimini Meeting ( Italian : Meeting di Rimini ), is an annual lay Catholic festival held every year in Rimini , Italy , in the last week of August. Inaugurated in 1980, the Meeting is the flagship event of Communion and Liberation , an international association of the faithful . It is a significant event in domestic politics, attracting high-profile guest speakers, and receives notable coverage in

1008-570: The Boards of Directors of the respective companies in July 2016, with Cagnoni to preside over the new company. 81% of the new company would be owned by the shareholders of Rimini Fiera, and the remaining 19% by the shareholders of Vicenza Fiera. The merger was completed in October 2016, forming the Italian Exhibition Group SpA (IEG). From 2016 to 2018, the pavilions were expanded to accommodate

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1056-529: The Convention Bureau of the Rimini Riviera, which had specialised in hosting congresses in Rimini. That year, it recorded 7,531 exhibitors and 1,848,785 visitors. In May 2016, Rimini Fiera signed a letter of intent with Vicenza Fiera to merge the "distinct but complementary" management of their exhibition centres, with a business focus on tourism, renewables, wellness and food. The merger was approved by

1104-541: The European group assumed control of the company. Its weight on the total Italian economy is growing: the overall capitalization of listed companies in December 2021 stood at 757 billion (equal to 43.1% of GDP), up by 24.7% compared to 2020. Borsa Italiana acts as a market management firm operating with autonomy and flexibility. It organises and manages the domestic stock market along with Italian and international brokers through

1152-402: The Fiera are still in use. The main entrance to Rimini Fiera is the southern entrance from Via Emilia , which gives access to the central body of the Fiera and its cloakrooms, offices, and catering areas. The entrance contains a piazza with a square fountain, adorned with four glass towers on the corners. Inside the complex, additional fountains run east-west in the colonnaded courtyards between

1200-412: The Fiera, rather than within the complex. On exhibition days, two bus routes run from within the complex by the Fiera's southern entrance: route 5 (serving northern coastal towns up to San Mauro Mare ) and route 10 (serving southern coastal towns down to Miramare). The closest airport is Federico Fellini International Airport , in Rimini's Miramare suburb, which also serves San Marino . Rimini Fiera

1248-441: The Fiera, up to 40 trains call at the station per day, including high-speed Frecciarossa trains. The railway station was built at the same time as the complex, at a €5.8 million cost to Rimini Fiera SpA. At the time, it was the only modern railway station whose construction was not financed by the state-owned Rete Ferroviaria Italiana . The station opened on 17 January 2004. Its facilities include automatic ticket machines and

1296-523: The Hotel Fair, which was first hosted in 1949 in the halls of the city's Grand Hotel . The fair later moved to the semi-destroyed Amintore Galli Theatre . On 1 December 1968, the fair moved to a new permanent exhibition centre on Via Monte Titano, composed of a series of blue pavilions built in the space of four months. The first exhibition at the new site was the 18th edition of an international exhibition on production and technology in hotel tourism . Among

1344-453: The Italian press. The Rimini Meeting is held annually in the last week of August at Rimini Fiera . The weeklong festival includes talks, debates, workshops, exhibitions, sporting, musical and literary events, and other sessions. Each edition revolves around a theme that is chosen to inspire open reflection and dialogue. In 2022, the Rimini Meeting attracted 80,000 visitors, with a further 720,000 online attendees. The first edition of

1392-399: The Rimini Meeting attracted 80,000 visitors, with a further 720,000 online attendees. The conference notably included an early debate in the run-up to the 2022 general election and was attended by figures from major political parties: Giorgia Meloni , Matteo Salvini , Enrico Letta , Ettore Rosato , Antonio Tajani , and Carlo Calenda . Among the largest recurring convention at the Fiera

1440-414: The Rimini Meeting took place in 1980, at the site of the old Rimini Fiera. The Meeting moved to the new Rimini Fiera after its completion in 2001. In March 2008, the Meeting for Friendship Amongst Peoples Association, which was constituted in December 1980 to organise the Meeting, became a foundation. Over 3,000 volunteers work during the Meeting to stage, operate, and dismantle it. The Rimini Meeting

1488-551: The Rimini Meeting: such funds can only be disbursed to organisations not making profits. The public agencies involved included Emilia-Romagna's regional council , Rimini's tourist marketing agency, the local Chamber of Commerce, and the Ministry of Culture . The group was acquitted in March 2016. Borsa Italiana Borsa Italiana , based in Milan at Mezzanotte Palace , is

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1536-605: The SS9 and SS16  [ it ] state roads, corresponding to the ancient Roman Via Aemilia and Via Popilia . The municipal council supports a new exit to the A14 that would connect with the Fiera; the junction is included in the regional mobility development plan. In January 2024, IEG announced that it would soon unveil a proposal for a new exit. Rimini Meeting The Meeting for Friendship Amongst Peoples ( Italian : Meeting per l'amicizia fra i popoli ), more commonly known as

1584-466: The agreement to merge in an all-stock deal with Deutsche Borse , but was subsequently blocked by the EU Competition Regulator. On 18 September 2020, the London Stock Exchange Group entered into exclusive talks to sell the Italian Bourse to Euronext . On 29 April 2021, following the entry of CDP Equity and Intesa San Paolo (Italian institutional investors) as shareholders of Euronext,

1632-646: The aim of achieving functional or corporate integration". The merger of IEG and Bologna Fiera would form the largest trade fair group in Italy and the third-largest in Europe. In August 2023, it was reported that Bologna Fiera was seeking alliances with Fiera Milano rather than Rimini Fiera. In July 2023, Rimini's mayor, Jamil Sadegholvaad , voiced his support for IEG entering the management of Federico Fellini International Airport . According to its architect, Volkwin Marg, Rimini Fiera

1680-530: The company was listed on Euronext Milan, a regulated market of the Borsa Italiana. Shares launched at €3.70 , and subsequently reached above €5.00 , before falling to €1.89 by July 2022. The Fiera was shortlisted to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 . The Legislative Assembly of Emilia-Romagna endorsed its candidacy alongside those of Bologna and Bertinoro . In June 2022, the Fiera hosted

1728-480: The complex's railway station, whose €5.8 million cost was financed by Rimini Fiera SpA. The incurred debt from the complex's construction was eliminated by 2015. The former centre on Via Monte Titano was demolished to make way for the Rimini Palacongressi, a conference space which was also designed by GMP and opened in 2011. In 2000, Rimini Fiera SpA was created to own the complex. The Province of Rimini ,

1776-536: The electronic exchanges were approved, and in 1994, the market with grids (A, B, C) was abolished. In Milan were also the currencies exchange rates fixing and the commodities fixing. On 1 October 2007, Borsa Italiana was merged with the London Stock Exchange in an all-share takeover, thus becoming part of the London Stock Exchange Group. In March 2016, the London Stock Exchange Group announced

1824-413: The exhibition centres have different specialisms. In 2014, a regional councillor warned that requests for institutional investment into Bologna's exhibition centre would see fairs transferred from Rimini and Parma. At the time, it was envisaged that Bologna could merge with Rimini as an alternative to Rimini Fiera's privatisation. In 2016, the fairs of Bologna, Rimini and Parma signed a letter of intent "with

1872-539: The joint conventions of the Flora Trade Show on nursery gardening and landscaping and MacFrut, a recurring fruit and vegetable trade fair which attracted almost 50,000 visitors in 2023. Past conventions have included Sapore, an Italian catering and culinary convention held in 2012; Technodomus, a carpentry convention in 2012; RHEX, showcasing the hotel, hospitality, catering and entertainment industries in 2013; Airet, exhibiting Italy's aeronautical supply chains in 2013;

1920-474: The municipal council and the Chamber of Commerce each owned 26.44% of Rimini Fiera SpA, while the regional government owned 5.8%. The remaining 14.88% was owned by private shareholders. The former deputy mayor of the municipality, Lorenzo Cagnoni, was appointed President of Rimini Fiera SpA in 2002; in that year, the Fiera welcomed over a million visitors, including 160,000 from abroad. In 2014, Rimini Fiera acquired

1968-671: The notable fairs of this era was the MAPIR Mostra dell’Artigianato . As well as hosting the Rimini Meeting , the Via Monte Titano centre was used by political party congresses, including the last congress of the Italian Communist Party in 1991. Prime Minister Bettino Craxi was reconfirmed as Secretary of the Italian Socialist Party at the party's 1987 congress in Rimini, weeks before the fall of his government. It

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2016-456: The pavilions. There are additional entrances to the east and west. The fairgrounds contain twenty-four modular meeting rooms, a press room, a business centre and various catering facilities. The entire complex is organised on one level. It has 189,000 m (2,030,000 sq ft) of usable area: 129,000 m (1,390,000 sq ft) of gross exhibition area and 60,000 m (650,000 sq ft) of services. The complex also includes

2064-470: The public prosecutor's office in Rimini charged the general manager, lead administrator and an account of the Meeting for Friendship Amongst Peoples Foundation with fraud , and seized one million euros from the foundation. An investigation by the Guardia di Finanza found that the foundation had presented false loss-making balance sheets to obtain 310,000 euros of public funding for the 2009 and 2010 editions of

2112-487: The touristic season along the riviera. In 2015, with the Rimini Palacongressi, Rimini Fiera was estimated to be worth about a tenth of the Province of Rimini 's gross domestic product. The Fiera is operated by the Italian Exhibition Group SpA, which was formed by the merger of Rimini Fiera and Vicenza Fiera in 2016. Since October 2023, the president of the group is Maurizio Ermeti. Rimini's exhibitional history traces back to

2160-563: Was also at the Fiera that in March 1995, future Prime Minister Romano Prodi , as president of a consultancy group, produced a report identifying areas for development in Rimini's tourism economy and infrastructure. The first stone of the new Fiera was laid on 3 June 1999, and it entered operation on 28 April 2001. The Fiera was constructed at a cost of 280 billion lire, and designed by Volkwin Marg of Gerkan, Marg and Partners (GMP), an architectural company based in Hamburg . The construction included

2208-436: Was designed to evoke the "genius loci" of Emilia-Romagna , expressed in the Fiera's syntax of symmetry, speculiarity, and axial alignment. The complex is organised into two rows of eight pavilions facing north-south. The pavilions are pillarless, and can be aggregated or separated according to the needs of events. A ring road and central distribution spine allow for vehicles to set up and dismantle pavilions while other parts of

2256-726: Was established by Eugène de Beauharnais , viceroy of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy , through decrees dated 16 January and 6 February 1808. It overtook the historically poorly regulated Borsa di Genova , later becoming the Italy's main stock exchange after the Panic of 1907 . It operated under public ownership until 1998, when it was privatized. In 1997, all the Italian stocks were merged. Before that year, other smaller stocks exchanges were based in Naples , Turin , Trieste , Venice , Genoa , Florence , Bologna , Rome , and Palermo . In 1991,

2304-426: Was superseded by a five-year plan launched in July 2022, which included €50 million of investment and a new western pavilion to be completed by 2027. The western pavilion would add 9,000 m (97,000 sq ft) of exhibition space, and accompany an additional 170,000 m (1,800,000 sq ft) of parking space. The announcement indefinitely shelved plans for the eastern pavilion, which would have yielded

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