Manama: The Jewellery Arabia 2014 under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain opens today, 18 November 2014, at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre.
This most-admired international exhibition, organised by Arabian Exhibition Management, will showcase over 600 local and international exhibitors from 30 nations including world famous names on finished jewellery, luxury timepieces, precious stones, antiques and art masterpieces from across the globe across 18,000 square metres of event space along Bahrain’s very own jewelers who will display the best of local craftsmanship and talent. The premier jewellery and watch show is expected to attract around 50,000 visitors from inside and outside Bahrain.
On this occasion, Dr. Hassan Abdullah Fakhro, Minister of Industry and Commerce, Chairman of the Board of Bahrain Exhibition and Convention Authority, praised and expressed his gratitude to His Royal Highness the Prime Minister for his continuous support for this annual exhibition and exhibition industry, as a whole, in strengthening its contribution to the national economy and its position in this important industry in the region and wished all participants and exhibitors every success and visitors from other countries a pleasant stay in the island. Jewellery Arabia, since in inception in 1992, has firmly established itself as the largest and most prestigious jewellery and watch event in the Middle East.
As in previous years in support of the exhibition, the buying public and the entire industry, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce’s Directorate of Precious Metals and Gemstones Testing and Industrial Property Directorate will join the exhibition to provide gemological and assaying services, and enforce patents, design and innovation, and trade mark protection, respectively.
Jewellery Arabia 2014 is open free of charge to the public from 4 pm to 10 pm from 18 – 21 November and from 12 pm to 10 pm on 22 November 2014.