GL Events
GL events is the biggest company in the world operating in the field of fair organization which is specialised especially in organizing special fairs. It’s an enterprise which has maintained its leading position in this field organizing every year more than 250 fairs in a wide range of fields such as gastronomy, food processing companies, production, structure, sport and entertainment, automotive, design, fashion, agriculture, environment, retail sector and healthcare among many others. Moreover, the Group renders services in best quality to institutions and organizations in the design and production of all kinds of events and supports its clients in organizing events realised on 5 continents making use of its wide network in fairs and congress centres.
Foundation 1978
A publicly traded company
Turnover in 2014 824 million EURO
Turnover in 2013 881 million EURO
Rate of international sales in the total of sales 51 %
91 offices all over the world
36 congress and event centres in 24 destinations
Exhibition space well over 1 million m2
250 fairs registered on its name
Number of events realised 4.000
11 million visitors
3.896 employees
35 specialists working in different fields
GL Events Turkey
It got into a partnership with the Serenas Group in 2011.
It started to run the congress centre in the Sabancı Museum under the name of SEED in 1971.
GL events Turkey rented the ATO convention centre and it began to run this huge event centre having it registered under the name of Congresium Ankara in 2011.
It began to organize national and international fairs/exhibitions through the company of GL events FUARCILIK A.Ş. established in 2012.
It began to render food/beverage (F&B) services in 2013 through the brand mark of GL food.
It started to render services in restaurant business and organize weddings, meetings and special day activities.