The Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meetings of the Spanish Trade Fair Association, AFE, were held yesterday. The members of the extraordinary meeting unanimously re-elected Xabier Basañez, Director General of BEC -Bilbao Exhibition Centre-, to lead and represent the association as President for the next four years.
Basañez thanked members of the association for their confidence and declared his intention to convey to society the importance of the exhibition industry as an economic driving force for each of the sectors in which they play a role and of working together to tackle future challenges and obstacles. He also advocated the growth of the association with new members and the strengthening of relations with other like-minded associations such as APCE (Association of Conference Centres of Spain) and AFIDA (International Association of Exhibitions in Latin America).
