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World’s Largest Real Estate Tradeshow Identifies Florida Real Estate Professionals as Ideal for International Expansion

Madrid Real Estate Exhibition To Take Place May 29-June 2, 2007

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SIMA07 will hold its ninth annual international real estate exhibition - expected to be the largest ever - from May 29th to June 2nd, 2007 in Madrid, Spain. As the leader in world real estate exhibitions, Madrid Real Estate Exhibition will provide an incomparable venue of opportunities to its international audience of over 150,000 participants, comprised of realtors, brokers, developers, landowners, consultants, construction companies, and other industry professionals.

Having chosen the State of Florida to launch the tradeshow’s international expansion, SIMA07 is receiving strong support from NAR, FAR and the Spain-US Chamber of Commerce in Miami.

Organized by Madrid-based Group Planner, a leader in the organization and promotion of retail exhibitions in Spain, the five-pavilion structure will host 800 participating organizations, a growing group from the international product sector outside of Spain – among these - The Realtor Association of Greater Miami and the Beaches (RAMB) with about 24 exhibitors, the Colombian Asociación de Inmobiliarios, the Argentine Cámara Empresarial de Desarrolladores Urbanos, among other representation from the U.S., Panama, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, Italy, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Panama, Estonia, Bulgaria, Poland, Egypt, Greece, Slovakia, Portugal and Turkey. This global arena will be comprised of several meeting areas, and a dynamic agenda of seminars, panels and sessions covering the key aspects of the rapidly globalizing international real estate industry.

“For the professional interested in reaching beyond geographic boundaries, the international program offers access to a unique global inventory that can serve not only the local but the worldwide needs of clients and customers. We chose South Florida to communicate our expo’s fast-growing international area because we feel representatives from this particular market are knowledgeable not only about their local product offering but about the international marketplace, given that South Florida is now widely recognized as the commercial bridge between Europe and Latin America. Florida professionals may visit SIMA07 to target international investors, second home buyers and to exchange their experiences with other professionals, thereby accessing a wave of new business opportunities,” said Santiago Herreros de Tejada, Director of the International Area.

Additionally, as Florida becomes a pronounced international second-home and investment market, the event has established a reputation as a rewarding destination for Floridian professionals and organizations. SIMA07 offers an especially attractive tangible business factor: Its audience is largely comprised of end-consumers searching for the ideal properties, an approach still foreign in the North American real estate market.

This year’s fair will include the third editions of “The Latin American Real Estate Congress” and “The International Professional Program”. The latter, focusing specifically on the international globalization of the second-home and investment market, offers participants from more than fifty different countries a platform for sharing information regarding international real estate operations and conducting on-site global business transactions.

For individual registration, please consult www.sima2007.org. To contract booth space in the Florida Pavilion, interested organizations may contact Lynda Fernandez at RAMB (Real Estate Association of Greater Miami & the Beaches) via email at lynda@miamire.com, or via telephone at 305-468-7040. SIMA07 is also receiving strong support from FAR, NAR and the Spain-US Chamber of Commerce in Miami.

About Grupo Planner

Launched in 1989, Grupo Planner is one of Spain’s top companies specialized in the promotion and organization of business tradeshows oriented toward industry professionals and the general consumer market. Its leadership team is continuously dedicated to client satisfaction, the highest standards, permanent concern for the continuing education of the company’s employees, and constant innovation with respect to the design and implementation of its tradeshows.

Currently, Grupo Planner organizes tradeshows in Madrid (SIMA07 and Expo Retail), Barcelona (Expo Retail) and the United Status (SIMA USA Showcase), 2006 New Orleans edition.