Qatar Expo was founded in 1993 in response to market needs in Qatar for a world class exhibition and conference production company. Qatar Expo quickly gained a wealth of experience and an excellent reputation in the industry, with a 2007 event portfolio that proudly includes the region’s first ever Forbes CEO Middle East Forum, International Furniture & Design Exhibition (INFDEX), the hugely successful, consumer-based International Trade Fair (ITF), the 6th DCNG (Doha Conference on Natural Gas), the International Wedding Exhibition & Fashion Showcase (IWED), and the inaugural lifestyle and fitness festival, LIFE - Be Part of It. Qatar Expo is expanding its reach to include concerts, sporting events, Film production and entertainment. The near future will also see Qatar Expo diversify into public relations, high-profile sponsorships and corporate affiliations, and media management.

"Consumers number 1 show. Qatar's biggest shopping event and The Middle East's leading trade exhibition” all these and more where used to describe the success of the 2008 International Trade fair. 


 With 530 exhibitors from 37 different countries exhibited in a 15,000 square meters and offered a large variety of products that exceeded the expectations. 


An outstanding 41% increase in the number of the visitors which eventually ranked the International Trade Fair 2008 as one of the most successful event in the Middle East.  Remarkably 80 % of exhibitors rated the overall event as being highly satisfactory according to the questionnaire feed back 77 % of the Visitors thought the variety was excellent and 73 % of them would definitely recommend the exhibition to their friends and family.