China's textile companies exhibited in Turkey were deceived. Who should be responsible?

More than a hundred textile companies in China recently organized a delegation to participate in the Turkish Home Textiles Exhibition in Istanbul (hereinafter referred to as "Turkish Home Textiles Exhibition") and suddenly encountered discriminatory arrangements. Chinese exhibitors were angry and refused to participate in the show, but suffered heavy losses.

Unmarked “China Pavilion” is full of rubbish. The 2011 Turkish Home Textiles Exhibition was held from May 18th to 22nd. On the 16th, local time, the Chinese textile enterprise delegation arrived in Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey, where the exhibition was held.

This time, the large-scale group of Chinese companies has a total of about 500 people. In addition to more than 100 people attending the exhibition, more than 300 representatives from about 150 companies have also booked booths.

Ms. Zhang, who has been engaged in textile distribution for many years in China Textile City, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, has booked a 12-square-meter booth and is preparing to open Turkey's sales market. She told the author about the bizarre experience after arriving in Turkey: “We have been taken out for breakfast after more than nine minutes of breakfast. We originally planned to enter the venue on the afternoon of the 17th (noon), but around 12 noon on the cruise ship. Suddenly I received a notice saying that I had some temporary conditions and I could not go to the exhibition in the afternoon, and the exhibition venue became Hall 5.1."

Ms. Zhang’s announcement was made at the Turkish Home Textiles Show Greater China Region, Euro-Italy International Exhibition (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (hereafter referred to as “Europe”). When they informed Ms. Zhang of the above situation, they also said that the company is negotiating with the organizers and that the problem can be solved in the afternoon of the same day.

Most of the representatives of Chinese companies participating in the delegation visited Turkey for the first time, and they were unfamiliar with the local environment. They thought that they would not follow the schedule in advance. They also arranged for them to go sightseeing in the afternoon.

Mr. Guan, who is also from Zhejiang, is also one of the Chinese businessmen participating in the exhibition. He told the author that the Eurotech company is not the first time to change the pavilion. The earliest promise was to give them pavilion 15, but at the end of April was informed that pavilion 15 is a new pavilion. It may not be possible at the opening of the exhibition. When finished, we must transfer to Hall 11.

On the 18th, the day of the opening ceremony, Mr. Guan, Ms. Zhang and more than 300 Chinese manufacturers took more tourist buses to the exhibition venue. But after their arrival, their original interest was poured out of their hearts. “That was not an exhibition hall at all, it was the underground garage of Hall 5, and the gate was on the back of Hall 5. There was no sign of the Chinese pavilion, and there was still a garbage dump next to it.” Mr. Guan described the “China Pavilion” he saw. ".

A microblog named “Live in the Wind” posted by Weibo on May 19th, Beijing, confirmed Mr. Guan’s statement: “The exhibitor's catalog released by the exhibition company is not part of China. The exhibition of Chinese exhibitors The museum is located in the underground garage under Hall 5. Most people simply cannot find it."

User marthamm is a representative of an exhibiting company. She posted a large number of on-site photos on Weibo. She described: “The so-called Hall 5 was originally an underground garage that was temporarily built into a pavilion. There was only one iron door in and out. There was no firefighting measures. The surrounding area was full of garbage.”

Another tweet on marthamm shows: “I am now in the Carlton Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey, at 3:10 pm local time. The purpose of this trip to Turkey was to attend the Turkish Home Textiles Exhibition. It was supposed to be busy in the exhibition hall. I was knitting The collar is because we were cheated by people at the exhibition company."

The organizers were under pressure and later added the logo of the “China Pavilion” at the entrance of the exhibition hall. However, the rubbish on the entrance to the exhibition hall was still clearly visible. Exhibitors called it "a mark of travel shame."

China's textile companies exhibited in Turkey were deceived. Who should be responsible?

Chinese exhibitors accused the agency of being involved in fraudulent “deception by the agency company.” After the incident, most Chinese exhibitors judged this way.

Located in the vicinity of the Ciyun Temple Bridge in the East Fourth Ring Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, Eurostar International Exhibition (Beijing) Co., Ltd. is a company that mainly engages in international exhibition services. The company released a message on its website in August 2010 in the message of “Good News” that the Istanbul Home Textiles Fair in Turkey is the largest international professional home textile exhibition in Turkey, ranking second in the world. It was the first time for exhibitors in China in 2011. open. This message has so far been placed prominently on the home page of the company’s website.

The website news also shows that Eurotech was authorized in August 2010 to be the general agent of the Turkish Home Textiles Show in Greater China.

According to Mr. Guan, the Euro-Europe company received a booth fee of 450 Euros per square meter for companies participating in the group. The standard booth is 12 square meters. According to him, Chinese exhibitors are mostly a standard booth, and a few have two. In addition, each of them also paid RMB 20,000 for the participation of Ouyida. According to the calculation of only one standard booth for each company, 150 companies handed over to the Eurotech company booth fee of up to 810,000 euros, and if the number of members is 500 people, the Europa company’s headcount income also has 10 million. yuan***.

According to reports, on the 18th, after the occurrence of the situation on the 18th, the European Italian company representatives also publicly chanted "The Turks do not trust." However, Ms. Zhang is more inclined to think that this is acting. “They should have known this situation long ago, but deliberately did not tell us that it must be negotiated with the other party and they did not want to return money. They wanted to find a place to perfunctory us,” said Ms. Zhang.