31.05.2018
AT THE RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY THE CHAMPIONS GOGGIA, WIERER AND FILL IN THE AFTERNOON TANIA CAGNOTTO AND SIMONE SABBIONI
Until 3rd June, Rimini is once more hosting the huge European expo dedicated to fitness, wellness and healthy nutrition people, organized by Italian Exhibition Group
Rimini, 30th May 2018 – The countdown is almost finished and there is eager expectation: today Rimini expo centre hosts the opening of the thirteenth edition of RiminiWellness, the top appointment of fitness, wellness, sport, physical culture and healthy nutrition that attracted over 268,000 attendees to the Riviera last year.Increasingly international, increasingly exciting and increasingly educational, until Sunday 3rd June in the expo halls and along the Rimini coast, the Italian Exhibition Group event will involve trade members, professionals and countless lovers of the “active” experience that has become a lifestyle, a Italian model to be exported worldwide, as well as VIPs and sportsmen and women.
It’s no coincidence that at the ribbon-cutting ceremony, scheduled for 12 noon in venue’s South Foyer (Via Emilia entrance), along with Rimini’s Mayor Andrea Gnassi and IEG President Lorenzo Cagnoni, there will be champions of the calibre of Sofia Goggia, Olympic downhill skiing champion at Pyeongchang’s 2018 Games and holder of the World downhill skiing Cup in 2018; biathlete Dorothea Wierer, winner of the individual World Cup in 2016 and Peter Fill, winner of two national medals, two downhill World Cups and a World Cup for combined skiing.
In the afternoon, at 4:30, diver Tania Cagnotto will host a preview presentation of the book “Oro, Argento e Tania” published by Mondadori Electa and in stores from 12th June. In the South Foyer’s Agorà, she will meet her fans and sign copies of the book.
There will also be Simone Sabbioni, the Rimini swimmer and Italian record holder for the 100-metre backstroke.
Groups of buyers and visitors from approximately 80 Countries are awaited at the expo. Numerous training events will be organized with the sector’s most important and qualified Italian and international partners - including CONI, Italian Universities, Assosport, ANIF-Eurowellness, Edi.Ermes, the international IDEA Health and Fitness Association, the world's leading association for the professional training and constant updating of all the professionals of the fitness and wellness sector, Germany’s DSSV Arbeitgeberverband deutscher Fitness- und Gesundheits-Anlagen association, which will bring 200 members of the sector, and many more - addressing managers, trainers and teachers from the fitness world (25 rooms will be dedicated to conferences and seminars).
Four days under the banner of wellness, animated by the people who are the key players of a lifestyle oriented at taking care of oneself which generates constantly increasing business. in Italy 18 million people are involved, attending facilities that propose “movement”, with an estimated annual turnover of 10 billion euros. In the first 4 months of last year alone, Italians spent 258 million euros on fitness and wellness activities, considering only credit card payments, with an increase of 8.1% on the previous year.
At RiminiWellness 2018 all the expo’s sections have been reconfirmed: WPRO, addressing the B2B sector of companies and professionals; WFUN, for the public of active buffs; Food Well Expo, the area dedicated to healthy nutrition for those always on the move, the Rimini Steel zone destined to bodybuilding and the one focussed on Riabilitec’s innovative Technology for functional re-education.
RiminiWellness will occupy the entire expo centre, whose expo space, following the last extension, has now reached no less than 129,000 squares metres (for RiminiWellness 173,000 square metres of indoor and outdoor space), which will host approximately 400 companies, exhibiting directly or represented. The railway station in the expo centre will be open.
46 stages will be running (5 for pilates, 5 water, 6 dance, 4 indoor cycling, 17 fitness, 5 walking and 4 yoga), plus the largest water area ever, with 350 square metres of pools and a total of 1,200 cubic metres of water, over 500 presenters from all over the world; over 1,500 hours of lessons, 1960 single training sessions over 4 days.
Numerous partner events will be featured on the RiminiWellness OFF circuit, which will involve 20 kilometres of coast on the move, starting with the Virgin Active Obstacle Race on 2nd June, the only race that combines running with exercises based on functional training and will be run in Rimini’s parks and old town centre. There will also be countless evening events: parties, aperitifs and nights on the beach and in the Riviera’s trendiest venues; a unique area, with a true vocation for wellness and home of the Wellness valley.
Trenitalia offers its clients discounts and special facilities for reaching and visiting the expo. This year, there will be 4 Frecciabianca (White Arrow trains) and up to 24 the Regional trains stopping every day at Riminifiera station, in the expo centre’s grounds. CartaFreccia members arriving by train at Rimini or Riminifiera will be able to take advantage of a promotion of 2x1 on entrance tickets.
Please find enclosed a picture of the show.
FOCUS ON RIMINIWELLNESS 2018 - ITALIAN EXHIBITION GROUP
Executive Director, Italian Exhibitions: Patrizia Cecchi. Hours: from Thursday 31st May to Sunday 3rd June 2018 (trade and general public), from 9.30 am to 7.00 pm. SOUTH | WEST | EAST entrances Tickets: Full-price season ticket: €46 (valid all 4 expo days), full-price 1-day ticket: €30 (new for 2018. Also available online). Online season ticket: €33 (valid for 4 days). Info: http://www.RIMINIWELLNESS.com. Hashtag: #RW2018 #IEGEXPO #ACTIVESOUL; Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RIMINIWELLNESS/; Twitter: @riminiwellness; Instagram: Rimini Wellness Official.
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