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Exhibition stand guides: cost, size and planning.
Practical notes, case studies and regional delivery intelligence from the people who take exhibition ideas into the real world.
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Exhibition stand planning guides.
Every article is tied to a real delivery question, a venue condition or a completed Beauty Sky project.
Show intelligence · 7 min readGITEX 2026 exhibitor guide: stands at Expo City
GITEX Global 2026 runs 8–11 December at the Dubai Exhibition Centre. What the move changes for exhibitors, and how to plan a stand, booth or pavilion there.
Venue guide · 7 min readWhat each Dubai exhibition hall asks for before you build
Build-up windows, drawing approvals and structural sign-off at Dubai World Trade Centre, ADNEC and Expo City — what each venue asks for, and when in a project it has to be answered.
Regional delivery · 7 min readUAE delivery for Russian exhibition partners
Projects delivered in the UAE with Russian partners, and how a build-only or delivery appointment works when the client relationship stays with you.
Pavilion thinking · 8 min readBuilding inside a world expo: a six-month show
An expo pavilion runs for months in front of the public, not four days in front of buyers. What that changes, from our delivered Expo 2020 projects.
Show intelligence · 9 min readGulfood stand design: what a trading floor actually demands
Gulfood buyers walk the halls to source. What that changes about product visibility, sampling, refrigeration and meeting space, from four delivered stands.
Planning guide · 8 min readExhibiting in Dubai from Europe: 5,000 km away
How European exhibitors run a Dubai stand without flying a team out for ten days, and what a builder can cover on their behalf while they are not there.
Planning guide · 9 min readExhibition stand size: 50, 100 or 300 m²?
What 50, 100 and 300 m² actually buy you, drawn from delivered projects between 40 and 1,200 m², and the question that sets the number.
Budget guide · 8 min readHow much does an exhibition stand cost in Dubai?
A custom stand starts from AED 1,000 per square metre on a 24 m² minimum. What that covers, what the organiser bills separately, and what moves the figure.
Planning guide · 8 min readHow to choose an exhibition stand builder in Dubai
Eight checks that separate exhibition stand builders in Dubai, the questions worth asking before you sign, and the warning signs that predict trouble during build-up.
Planning guide · 7 min readHow to brief an exhibition stand builder in Dubai
What a Dubai exhibition stand builder needs in the first conversation, the documents that unlock an accurate proposal, and where briefs most often lose time and money.
Pavilion thinking · 8 min readWhat makes a national pavilion work at visitor scale
A national pavilion serves a government, its exhibitors and the public at once. How hierarchy, circulation and content planning keep all three legible.
Regional delivery · 6 min readPlanning a Saudi exhibition before the deadline
Why Riyadh and Jeddah exhibition projects reward early coordination across approvals, production, freight, access and installation windows.
Show intelligence · 8 min readBeautyworld Middle East: how to be seen in a saturated hall
What actually earns attention at Beautyworld Middle East, drawn from twelve Beauty Sky stands and pavilions delivered across the show between 2014 and 2025.
Show intelligence · 7 min readADIPEC stand design: what the energy floor actually demands
ADIPEC rewards meeting capacity and long-range authority over visual novelty. Lessons from Beauty Sky stands delivered at ADNEC across consecutive editions.
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