IPEX 2002 -- Accent on the Positive

The organizers of IPEX report overall attendance at the 2002 show hit 65,451 people, which represents about a 30 percent decline from the final count for IPEX 98. Overseas visitors reportedly accounted for 36 percent of the attendance. Commenting on the numbers, Caroline Eden, exhibition director, says: "It appears that organizations have elected to send one or two senior personnel rather than a large group of employees, which in the current economic climate, is perhaps understandable."