It was easy to predict. But now there is official confirmation: Baselworld is officially a defunct fair. Even if the organizers simply communicate that it is a pause for reflection. A very long pause, though. A press release from the Mch Group, the company that organizes (or rather organized) the great watch and jewelery fair,…
First steps of Baselworld II. Its first pop-up event was held in Geneva, therefore far from its original location, but at the same time as the Geneva Watch Days, that is a press conference to present the new spirit of Baselworld, with ten independent brands and a program. The event is part of the preparations…
Baselworld is back. The largest jewelry and watch fair, however, will be different. How different? The point is precisely this: there are still, inevitably, many undefined aspects, as explained in an online meeting Michel Loris-Melikoff, CEO of the event, which is managed by the Swiss company Mch. The last edition of Baselworld was that of…
The rise and fall of Baselworld. And now even the Mch group itself takes the flag and admits: Baselworld is definitively defunct. But it will come back under another name, perhaps with a different format. The world’s largest jewelery and watch fair, until three or four years ago, was canceled not only for 2021, but…
The postponement of an exhibition costs: in Baselworld they have made the budget and determined how much the loss will be for the organization and how much will be borne by the exhibiting companies. Here is the breakdown: the Swiss organizing company offers to postpone 85% of the cost for Baselworld 2020 to Baselworld 2021.…
The sector of jewelery and watch fairs, and in particular Baselworld, continues to change. Evolution or involution? The final answer is probably postponed to the next two years. Meanwhile, good and bad news is coming for the Swiss city fair. And if the virus does not get down like a scourge also on Switzerland (the…
Baselworld goes up with gems and pearls: a 50% increase in exhibitors is expected ♦ ︎ Baselworld, the big fair dedicated to watchmaking and the world of jewelry, starts with precious stones and pearls. Perhaps with a bit of surprise, in fact, the organizers announced a 50% increase in gem and pearl exhibitors for the…
Baselworld introduces the Community District, multiple spaces for brands. And convinces Maurice Lacroix to return ♦ ︎ The idea to re-launch Baselworld is called the Community District. This was announced by Michel Loris-Melikoff, managing director of the great fair dedicated to watch and jewelery that will be held next year from April 30th to May…
Baselworld changes date again: from 2021 it will be held the first week of April, anticipates Michel Loris-Melikoff ♦ ︎ The watch hands in 2021 will be moved back three weeks. However, this is not an original interpretation of summer time. Instead, it’s a turnaround at Baselworld, the big watch and jewelery fair held in…
Baselworld signs an agreement with Luxury Venture to favor innovative jewelery and watchmaking companies ♦ Looking for new ideas for jewelery fairs. If the short texts for the search for personnel or others things would still to be published in the newspapers (some there are again, but few) the companies that organize events related to…
Will you participate in Baselworld? Here is the result of the mini survey by gioiellis.com among the companies at VicenzaOro ♦ ︎ Will you participate in Baselworld? We have asked the question to about thirty companies present at VicenzaOro, with a mini survey that certainly does not have the ambition to be exhaustive, but at…
The LVMH group will participate in the upcoming Baselworld fair, as well as Rolex ♦︎ An important news for the 81,200 visitors who went to Baselworld in 2019, but above all for the undecided exhibitors whether to return to the great watch and jewelery fair. The LVMH group, in fact, has confirmed that it will…
Baselworld is back: six days of jewelry, watches and a bit of suspense ♦ ︎ The hour of truth is started for Baselworld 2019 (March 21-26). It is considered a step in the transition that will bring the largest ex jewelery and watch fair to align with the former rival Suite de la Haute Horlogerie…
Reservations for Baselworld are slightly increasing. The fair will offer much more space to jewelry. There will be a Jewelery Hall and … ♦ ︎ Encouraging signs. Especially for the many uncertain jewellers if you attend the next edition of Baselworld. The most prestigious watch and jewelery fair, after the crisis of the last few…
Will you participate in Baselworld? Survey of Gioiellis.com among the jewelers of VicenzaOro. Here is the result ♦ ︎ In short, will you go to Baselworld 2019? The question was asked about thirty jewelers present in VicenzaOro. The responses to this mini-survey, which has a narrow but qualified base, was not unanimous. Almost a chorus,…
The new CEO of Baselworld, Michel Loris-Melikoff speaks in an interview. And he announces news for the jewelry too. For example … ♦ ︎ The last alarm has the name of Swatch Group. In July, the Swiss watchmaker’s CEO, Nick Hayek, announced that the 18 bands that are part of the group will not participate…
A new question mark on Baselworld: René Kamm, CEO of Mch Group, leaves ♦ Baselworld loses another piece. After the resignation of the managing director, Sylvie Ritter, the time has come for the CEO of Mch Group, René Kamm. The Comité Mondial of the Basel trade fair organizer has chosen a new drastic change. Ulrich Vischer,…
Baselworld renews itself: Sylvie Ritter leaves and a new number one arrives, Michel Loris-Melikoff. Here are the first initiatives announced ♦ ︎ Earthquake in Switzerland, epicenter in Basel. Only one victim, fortunately, but without damage to health: the former managing director of Baselworld, Sylvie Ritter. The manager after 26 years at the top of the…
