Press releases

05 November 2019

Apply now: FIBO INNOVATION & TREND AWARD presents products at Virtual Gym for the first time

Don't just watch, experience the action live: the nominees and winners of the FIBO INNOVATION & TREND AWARD can look forward to being staged in a very special setting at the trade show. Using virtual reality, their products will become tangible in a studio environment right at the show. That puts the award winners even more clearly into the spotlight for the approximately 145,000 visitors who attend FIBO every year primarily to see innovations and new products. FIBO is now again looking for the products of tomorrow, and, with two new categories covering healthy nutrition and sustainability, the show has its finger on the pulse of time.

30 October 2019

Health & training at the FIBO: The new Hall 8

Health is playing an increasingly important role in the fitness sector. As the meeting place for the global health market, FIBO will bring together all its players, including physiotherapists; sports physicians; hospital, rehab-centre and studio operators; trainers; manufacturers and retailers; HR and corporate-health managers; and operators of spa and wellness facilities, in Cologne from 2 to 5 April 2020. The central destination is Hall 8. It represents the constant change in the areas of health, training and wellness and offers solutions for fitness studios interested in focussing more on the healthcare market.

26 September 2019

FIBO to be held in Southeast Asia from 2020

Next stop Singapore: Next year will see the first FIBO Southeast Asia (FIBO SEA) kicks off. From 24 to 26 September 2020, it will bring together brands, manufacturers, distributors, licensors, intermediaries, buyers and trainers from the Southeast Asia and international fitness industry. Hosting the event will be the megacity, Singapore, the international finance centre and one of the world’s most visited cities.

11 September 2019

FIBO remains in Cologne and reinvents itself

Since the move to its home on the Rhine River, FIBO has developed into one of the fastest-growing flagship fairs internationally, nearly doubling not only its exhibition area, but its exhibitor and visitor numbers as well. FIBO plans to continue expanding its thematic scope at its Cologne location in the years to come. There are already a number of new developments to announce for 2020.

10 September 2019

FIBO remains in Cologne: Early contract extension until 2032

Here to stay. This is also true of FIBO, which will remain a child of Cologne. An agreement to this end has now been reached by the organiser, Reed Exhibitions Deutschland, and Koelnmesse Ausstellungen GmbH, with both parties agreeing to an early ten-year extension of their current agreement to 2032.

12 August 2019

Making-of “WE ARE FIBO”

It is true stories from the fitness industry that form the basis for the new FIBO campaign. A total of eight representatives of the industry become brand ambassadors for an exciting, important and versatile industry. To all of them fitness plays an important role – be it on a professional or personal level.

16 July 2019

FIBO USA 2019 in Miami

Sun, sea, art, culture – and fitness: FIBO USA could not have picked a better place. Miami Beach, which attracts fitness enthusiasts from all over the world with such hotspots as its Muscle Beach, where locals exercise at a plethora of fitness clubs and companies invest in a healthy lifestyle, will host the second FIBO USA from 17 to 19 October. In a study, Miami was just recently declared the “healthiest destination in America” with its diverse fitness clubs, spas, yoga and Pilates studios, wholefood stores and vegan restaurants. The venue for FIBO USA is the newly designed Miami Beach Convention Center located at the heart of South Beach.

02 July 2019

Global Trends on A Growing Market: This Is FIBO CHINA 2019

International know-how, global trends and a fast-growing national fitness industry: the perfect mixture to be found right at FIBO CHINA. The leading fitness trade show on the Asian market is set to also outperform itself again in 2019. In excess of 450 brands will be presented in Shanghai from 22 to 25 August. They will meet with buyers from fitness clubs and sports venues but also from sectors like rehabilitation and nursing care as well as public welfare institutes, hotels, import and export companies, sport articles stores, importers, trainers and fitness enthusiasts.