Today it’s hard to believe but in 2001 when the new European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) was launched not everyone was convinced it would be a success. Now, with the 10th annual event being held this week, EBACE has established itself as the undisputed gathering place for Europe’s business aviation community and indeed for the wider global industry. Here AIN reflects on the first four years of EBACE conventions and tomorrow’s edition of EBACE Convention News will move on to the subsequent five shows.
Before EBACE was born, the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) had held its annual conferences on a far more modest scale, generally in a hotel close to its Brussels headquarters. It took a joint venture with a far more seasoned show organizer, the U.S. National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), to get EBACE up and running and the partners haven’t looked back since.
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