European Fair Calendar Rationalisation 2026: A Decision Framework for Exhibitors Facing Show Consolidation

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AUMA trade fair classification data, Association of the German Trade Fair Industry

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2 issues fixed: Cites 'AUMA Trade Fair Tier Classification 2025-2027' as a primary source for a four-tier fair classification framework. No AUMA publication under this specific title is verifiable; this appears to be an unverified/unverified AUMA report title, consistent with a pattern found across this site's articles of naming AUMA reports that do not exist. | Cites a specific academic article ('Schweiger and Tan, "European trade fair calendar rationalisation: longitudinal analysis 2018-2025," International Journal of Event and Festival Management, 2025, DOI 10.1108/IJEFM-12-2024-0212') that cannot be verified as existing; no record of this DOI or article is found in journal indexes. This reads as an unverified citation.

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