Baselworld 2013 — The World Watch and Jewellery Show
• Dates: April 25 to May 2
• Location: Messe Basel/Basel Exhibition Center, Basel, Switzerland
• Hours: Daily, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursday, May 2, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Number of visitors: 104,000, from 100 countries
• Number of exhibitors: 1,460, from 40 countries
• Number of journalists: 3,300, from 70 countries
• Exhibition space: 1.5 million square feet
• Baselworld Village: An after-hours gathering place offering restaurants and bars and billed as “an international get-together in the heart of the city.”
• Hours: April 25 and May 1, 6 p.m. to 2 a.m.
• Location: Binningerstrasse 14, Basel
• Restaurants: Acqua Osteria (acquabasilea.ch); Baracca Zermatt (baraccazermatt.ch)
• Reservations: +41-61-564-66-66; +41-61-564-66-99
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• Organizer: MCH Swiss Exhibition (Basel) Ltd.
Web site: baselworld.com
E-mail: visitor@baselworld.com
Facebook: facebook.com/baselworld
Weibo: weibo.com/baselworld
Twitter: twitter.com/baselworld
6 million: Number of business cards exchanged at Baselworld.
17,491 square feet: Size of the biggest booth at Baselworld.
65 square feet: Size of the smallest booth at Baselworld.
609: Average price (in euros) of a Swiss watch exported in 2011 ($1,068 at average exchange rate in 2011).
75: Share of mechanical watches in percent of total exports by value (versus 20 percent by volume).
20: Percent increase of the average value of Swiss watches between 2006 and 2012.
95: Percent of the Swiss watch production to be exported.
21.4 billion: Value of Swiss watch exports in 2012 (in Swiss francs) ($22.9 billion at average exchange).
Sources: Baselworld, Deloitte