Singapore Jewellery & Gem Fair to return as the region’s largest jewellery marketplace in October 2015 at Marina Bay Sands
Third edition to showcase over 100,000 pieces for every lifestyle, occasion and price range
Singapore, 14 July 2015 – Singapore Jewellery & Gem Fair will return for its third year as the largest fine jewellery event in the region. From 22nd to 25th October at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre, visitors will find themselves stepping into an extraordinary world of glitter and glamour featuring more than 100,000 pieces of fine jewellery and gems covering an extensive price range from hundreds to millions of dollars.
Exclusively endorsed by the Singapore Jewellers Association and the Diamond Exchange of Singapore, the fair presents buyers with unique opportunities to acquire desirable jewels directly from reputable jewellery manufacturers and wholesalers from around the world.
“The third edition of Singapore Jewellery & Gem Fair will present a greater variety of jewellery, bigger surprises and more business and trading opportunities than the previous two editions. As the event organiser of the world’s largest and most professional international jewellery fairs, UBM Asia is uniquely positioned to adhere to the highest industry standards and deliver a world-class experience to our visitors,” said Paul Wan, Managing Director, UBM Exhibition Singapore Pte Ltd. “As the largest luxury destination in the world, Singapore has proven to be the ideal epicentre for staging the fair and we are confident that the upcoming edition will continue to surpass both exhibitors’ and visitors’ expectations.”
According to Forbes magazine, Singapore is regarded as the third wealthiest nation in the world based on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at purchasing power parity per capita. Singapore has 105,000 high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) and is poised to record the world’s highest growth of ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs) in the next decade.
In 2014, Singapore’s jewellery market was worth approximately US$3.5 billion. According to the Antwerp World Diamond Centre in Belgium, approximately 184,000 carats of polished diamonds valued at US$315 million were exported from Antwerp to Singapore in the last six years, and the Singapore jewellery market is expected to grow even further in the next few years.
The last edition of the Singapore Jewellery & Gem Fair attracted 161 international exhibitors from 21 countries and a total of 9,615 visitors – a ten percent increase over its inaugural 2013 edition’s visitorship. The fair also concluded with 89 percent of visitors expressing their satisfaction with the quality of exhibitors and 80 percent of visitors sharing their interest to visit the fair again.
About Singapore Jewellery & Gem Fair
Exclusively endorsed by the Singapore Jewellers Association and the Diamond Exchange of Singapore, Singapore Jewellery & Gem Fair is the largest fine jewellery event in Singapore and the region, and will see more than 200 exhibitors from 28 countries in October 2015, targeting the region’s fastest growing high-net-worth population. The event is organised by UBM Exhibition Singapore Pte Ltd, a member of UBM Asia, organiser of the most professional international jewellery fairs globally including the world’s number one fine jewellery event, the September Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair.
About UBM Asia (www.ubmasia.com)
Owned by UBM plc listed on the London Stock Exchange, UBM Asia is the largest trade show organiser in Asia and the largest commercial organiser in China, India and Malaysia. Established with its headquarters in Hong Kong and subsidiary companies across Asia and in the US, UBM Asia has a strong global presence in 24 major cities with 31 offices and 1,300 staff. With a track record spanning over 30 years, UBM Asia operates in 20 market sectors with 230 dynamic face-to-face exhibitions and high-level professional conferences, 21 targeted trade publications, 18 round-the-clock online products for over 2,000,000 quality exhibitors, visitors, conference delegates, advertisers and subscribers from all over the world. We provide a one-stop diversified global service for high-value business matching, quality market news and online trading networks.
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