{"id":15297,"date":"2025-03-21T18:23:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T15:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sokee.gr\/?p=15297"},"modified":"2025-03-21T18:40:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T15:40:54","slug":"hapco-des-2025-annual-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sokee.gr\/en\/hapco-des-2025-annual-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibition and Conference Industries: Current Challenges and Infrastructure Development discussed during the 14th HAPCO &amp; DES 2025 Annual Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15297\" class=\"elementor elementor-15297 elementor-15268\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-23690c9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"23690c9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aed05fb\" data-id=\"aed05fb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4916306 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4916306\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b601925 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b601925\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/sokee.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PHOTO-14-ANNUAL-MEETING-HAPCO-DES-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15270\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sokee.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PHOTO-14-ANNUAL-MEETING-HAPCO-DES-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sokee.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PHOTO-14-ANNUAL-MEETING-HAPCO-DES-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sokee.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PHOTO-14-ANNUAL-MEETING-HAPCO-DES-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sokee.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PHOTO-14-ANNUAL-MEETING-HAPCO-DES.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4efcd37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4efcd37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d955a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d955a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The modern challenges of the exhibition and conference industries, along with the creation and expansion of relevant infrastructures to support future growth, were at the center of the panel titled &#8220;Exhibition Venues: Developments and Challenges.&#8221; The panel featured members of the Board of Directors of SOKEE:<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li><strong>Kyriakos Pozrikidis<\/strong>, CEO of <strong>TIF HELEXPO S.A.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Alexis Lagoudakis<\/strong>, CEO of <strong>Athens Metropolitan Expo S.A.<\/strong> and <strong>ROTA S.A.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Vangelis Charalambous<\/strong>, CEO of <strong>BeBest<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-321ee3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"321ee3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Key Takeaways from the Panel:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The economic multiplier effect of organizing exhibitions and conferences is significantly greater compared to other sectors of the economy. 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