The region\u2019s premier exhibition and conference for lighting design and technology, Light Middle East recorded an increased visitor number of 6,218 from 67 countries, marking a boost for the three-day trade show.<\/p>\n
\u201cLight Middle East is one of the biggest for lighting in the region and it gets the footfall,\u201d explained Sharmila Kumbhat, Director, K-Lite Industries. \u201cPeople who visited us were genuinely interested in the product and it\u2019s important for us to interact with potential and existing customers. This helps us learn and adapt to the market. Everyone has their own design preferences and all the feedback we get is valuable.\u201d<\/p>\n
The lighting show, which featured 311 exhibitors from 32 countries, hosted six dedicated segments, covering LED lighting (42 percent of exhibitors), decorative lighting and accessories, home and building automation, electrical and electronic components and accessories for lighting systems; electric lamps; and technical lighting and accessories.<\/p>\n
Light Middle East Awards 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n Taking place on the evening of 17 October, the Light Middle East Awards 2019 hosted more than 500 industry professionals, taking place at Atlantis, The Palm. From an entry of list of 300 entries, 45 projects and 31 products were shortlisted across 12 award categories.<\/p>\n Notably, dpa Lighting Consultants took home three awards on the night, which included the Entertainment and Leisure Lighting Project of the Year and the Hotel Lighting Project of the Year for its projects in the UAE. Meanwhile, Dubai-based Arts Outdoor Lighting Technology Middle East won the Light Art Project of the Year for its Burj Khalifa New Year\u2019s Eve 2019 light show.<\/p>\n Internationally, Pfarr\u00e9 Lighting Design was awarded the International Lighting Project of the Year for its Rothschild Collection, while the Personality of the Year went to Women in Lighting Ambassador Sakina Dugawalla-Moeller, Owner and Principal at Light.func.<\/p>\n Prolight + Sound Middle East 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n The region\u2019s dedicated exhibition and conference for professional lighting and audio & AV technology, Prolight + Sound Middle also noted an increase in visitor number, with a final tally of 3,020 visitors from 67 countries.<\/p>\n \u201cThis year\u2019s show has by far been the best year we\u2019ve participated in, it\u2019s clear that there has been a lot of hard work put in from the Prolight team,\u201d said Simon Daniel, General Manager of Masterpiece. \u201cThe visitor profile has widened and it\u2019s great to see prospective clients from all over the region with lots of new faces and potential projects. The show has always been such an important platform for our market and never disappoints with its range of products on display and business opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n Prolight + Sound Middle East featured the latest products and developments in the professional lighting and audio industry, and hosted 58 exhibitors from 10 countries. The show carried a strong hi-tech focus and put a spotlight on the Media & Entertainment market within the region.<\/p>\n The co located tradeshows, Light Middle East and Prolight + Sound Middle East have both recorded a 9 percent a YOY increase in visitor numbers following a three-day run at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC). Both events which highlighted some of the market\u2019s most advanced technology in audio and visual solutions and lighting design products, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17277,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17279,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17275\/revisions\/17279"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/7B-5.jpg\")
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