Dear all,

With Intersec already behind us and Paperworld and Playworld on our doorstep, 2014 is well and truly underway. And a good start to the year it has been.

With the majority of us occupying new spaces around the office and yet more new staff on board, things have changed. The office move was a bit like trying to sell exhibition space - everyone wants to be in the front row (or in our case, at a win-dow seat!). While it wasn’t possible to accommodate everyone’s wishes, we do hope that you can settle into your new space and give it your own mark.

In the coming weeks we have our annual staff get together to look forward to where we will announce the winners of the 2013 employee awards, welcome our new colleagues and generally have a good time. Other things to look forward to in 2014 are more workshops and training courses, even bigger exhibitions than last year and a general feeling of well being and success around the office. We can’t emphasise enough the importance of inter-departmental communication in ensur-ing we are delivering the very best service to our clients.

We have sponsored a young European team in the Sailing Arabia regatta which will take place this week. You can view the results of each leg of the race by following this link http://www.sailingarabiathetour.com/en/results/results_2014 or meet the team in person and join us for breakfast during their Dubai stopover at the Dubai Offshore Sailing Club at 9.30am on Monday 17th February.

We are looking forward to the visit of Mr. Peter Feldmann, the Lord Mayor of the City of Frankfurt am Main to our offices in early March. He will visit Dubai to see the facilities of what is one of Messe Frankfurt’s largest international subsidiaries.

As always, we have lots going on and we hope you enjoy your time at Messe Frankfurt in 2014. Despite our continued growth, our open door policy remains firmly in place and we look forward to continued relationships throughout the year.

Warm wishes,

The Management Team

Volume 3, Issue 4, 2014

Topics

Upcoming shows

Staff News

Newbies

What an opening to the year. Intersec 2014 welcomed 22% more exhibitors, occupy-ing 17% more space than last year. What’s more, visitors flocked through the door meaning the exhibition enjoyed 15% more trade visitors than last year. All in all, spirits were high on the show floor and the unanimous conclusion was, despite some minor build up issues, that this was the best edition yet for Intersec.

For the newbies in the office, the Intersec team comprises: Andreas Rex , Senior Show Manager Amitabh Shahani , Sales Manager Alesya Makarova , Sales Manager Farhat Kazi, Sales Manager Cheryl Carvalho , Sales Manager Marjorie Alcantara , Team Assistant Vivian Melendres , Team Assistant You can find them in the big room to the left of the main reception on the 14th Floor.

Paperworld Middle East

4th edition Mar. 4 - 6 , 2014

Intersec

17th edition Jan. 18 - 20 , 2015

Beautyworld Middle East

18th edition May 27 - 29 , 2014

Intersec highlights 2014

H.H. Andreas bin Rex

opens Intersec 2014

with(out) a bang!

Lots of exciting new exhibitors on board this year with some great products on dis-play. Check out the Vivid Wrap stand who will be showcasing their latest gift wrapping solutions. Key clients of Harrods, Selfridges and other luxurious stores, the exhibitor will be showcasing its latest designs following this season’s fashion trends and their stand is a must-see at the exhibition.

A huge congratulations goes to Annie and husband Alex who had a beautiful baby girl Matilda Grace Edwards. We are looking forward to a visit from Annie and Matilda in the not too distant future. The Paperworld team comprises of Alexandria Robinson Lorelei Soriano , Annie Edwards and Margie Delizo .

Ever growing, Automechanika Dubai now consists of 7 team members, namely: Gazi Bilikozen , Senior Show Manager Mariam Sharashenidze , Show Manager Rudolph Anand , Sales Manager Nerza Del Rosario , Sales Manager Abdelrahman Kurdieh , Regional Brand Development Manager - New! Gil Duran , Team Assistant Charri May Oquindo , Team Assistant

Where will you find them? Where they’ve always been - have they managed to escape the office move and be the only surviving team in their original space?!

Always looking for new business opportunities, the hardware team is heading for India this month where they will visit 3 cities on a road trip to source new exhibitors for the growing Indian Pavilion.

Working on the Hardware+Tools Middle East team are:

Jasmeet Singh , Senior Show Manager Ali Akbar , Sales Manager Nadia Shaikh , Team Assistant

Another team that hasn’t moved (recently anyway) —you will find Jasmeet, Ali and Nadia next to the big white cupboards at the back of the exhibition sales office!

The team is working hard at selecting the jury for the 2nd installment of the Light Middle East Awards.

The same team as Hardware, they are kept busy throughout the year, although this year’s Light Middle East will take place from November 3rd to 5th, giving the team an extra month to prepare once they have finished up with Hardware+Tools Middle East in June.

Materials Handling Middle East

8th edition September 2015

Light Middle East

10th edition November 3 - 5, 2014

Automechanika Dubai

12th edition June 3 - 5 , 2014

Hardware+Tools Middle East

15th edition June 3 - 5 , 2014

Kris Niklas Ramos, Outgoing Sales Team Assistant

Abdelrah-man Kurdieh , Regional Brand Development Manager

Ruby De Gracia, Receptionist

Dyan Calapatia , HR Coordinator

Angel Moniz , Operations Coordinator

Lady Jane Espiritu Conference Team Assistant

Melvin Miranda Faircon Co-ordinator—Technical

The Beautyworld Middle East team can be found, if you look hard enough, right at the back of the exhibition sales office, tucked in behind a large, white cupboard. Benjamin is already sussing it out to see if he can fit on some of the shelves for an odd snooze here and there!

The Beautyworld Middle East team, for all the newcomers amongst us is: Elaine, O’Connell , Senior Show Manager Juanita Moller , Sales Manager Benjamin Redwood , Sales Manager Angelica Realubit , Sales Manager Maria Cecilia Lalu , Sales Manager Jhiezel Casupanan , Team Assistant

Taking control on the 13th Floor is the Operations Team. Working away quietly throughout the year, the Operations Team make things happen once down on site. No task is too big for Gavin and his team who keep their cool when all else around them is flailing!

The Operations Department is a great place to visit when in need of a snack. The team is made up of:

Gavin Morlini , Director Operations, with his team Maria Macale , Cindy Vacalares , Mark Alvin Panesa , Junalyn Marquez and Angel Moniz (New)

Also on the 13th Floor you will find Wenona Parkes and her team. Looking after Fair-construction with Wenona is Ivy Esteban and Melvin Miranda (New). Working parallel is the Travel Desk team with Diana Litonjua and Tasneem Sayed .

The remaining teams will be covered in the next issue, but in the meantime, especially for the new people in the office, you can visit our corporate website at www.uae.messefrankfurt.com for an overview of all the teams along with their images.

Evan Cedric Melen-dres Culaba, Vivian and Elcris’ first baby. Born on 11th of January at 5:35pm Vivian is taking to motherhood well and we look for-ward to welcoming them to the office in due course.

Michael enjoying a ride in Joseph’s trolley

In his element, Najeeb multi-tasks as he ensures all our new colleagues have a laptop to work on!

The contestants in this year’s Gift Wrapping competition at Paperworld would have their work cut out for them with this trolley!

Always hands on, the Operations and Materials Handling teams show what they’re really made of!

Always a multi-tasker, Alexandria spots the latest Dubai Creek fire while informing her friends (though not the Civil Defence, much to Intersec’s shock horror)

Matilda Grace Ed-wards was born on Thursday January 23rd. Annie and husband Alex are enjoying the experience and we ex-pect a visit from Annie and Matilda some day soon.