TWO NEW SPECIALIZED TRADE FAIRS TO OPEN IN MOSCOW

Events will be the first of their kind to address the growing Health & Fitness and Refrigeration/Deep Freeze Industries

(Stamford, CT - 06 December, 2002) – International Exhibition Group (IEG) www.iegexpo.com today announced the launch of two new trade fairs: Health & Fitness Club Management, and Refrigeration and DeepFreeze. Both events are focused on bringing together Russian buyers with international industry suppliers doing business or planning on doing business in the Russian Federation. 5,000 buyers are expected at each event.

Health & Fitness will take place on 2-5 December 2003 at the Triumph Pavilion, RosstroyExpo in Moscow. This groundbreaking new event is the first of its kind to focus exclusively on bringing together health club owners and fitness facility managers with worldwide providers of exercise equipment, health club services and fitness apparel. This event was created to satisfy the demand of the surging fitness industry in Russia for the latest in equipment to modernize and expand existing facilities. According to IEG President Frank Fazio, "Worldwide interest in health and fitness has finally caught on in Russia, and suppliers of fitness equipment, services, and apparel are finding in Russia one of the most lucrative emerging markets in the world today."

Refrigeration and DeepFreeze will be held on 9-12 December 2003 also at the RosstroyExpo. This is the first trade show in Russia dedicated to filling the critical shortage of cooling systems, deep freezing systems, transport vehicles and devices, systems and services for the food, agriculture, and other temperature dependent industries. The shortage of temperature controlling equipment is so severe that a recent report from the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Foreign and Commercial Service estimated that between 25%-50% of Russia's agricultural output spoils before reaching the market. Lenny Pollak, Chairman of International Exhibition Group comments, "Russia's ambition to achieve agricultural self-sufficiency, not to mention its wider economic goals, require enormous purchases in temperature controlling equipment and technology infrastructure. This urgent need is an enormous market opportunity for industry suppliers worldwide."

The RosstroyExpo center is a new state of the art facility located in central Moscow. For more information about exhibiting at an event, contact Barry Pollack, by phone at USA# (203) 357-1400, by fax (203) 356-1700, or email to: BPollack@iegexpo.com.