Did you know that in 1411 there were already ‘Halls’ in Kortrijk? It was called the Cloth Hall and was located on the Grand Place. The old Cloth Hall had a commercial function in the Middle Ages. When this Cloth Hall became too small, the Grote Hallen was built on the current Schouwburgplein. During the Second World War, in the summer of 1944, the Great Halls were bombed. In 1948 the city council decided to demolish the historic building completely and not to restore it. As a result, there was now no place for exhibitions.
In 1966, the City of Kortrijk started the construction of a new exhibition complex in Kortrijk-Zuid at the future exit of the planned freeway, the current E17. In April 1967 hall 1 was opened by then prime minister Paul Van den Boeynants.The new complex had a hall, three meeting rooms, a café, a restaurant and a ballroom. Hall 4 was originally a dark and low space, which was replaced in 2005 by a new one with double the surface area of 8,000 m², making it the largest hall of the existing exhibition halls. Hall 4 was connected to the other existing halls by the start of what was to become a central axis between the halls: the Rambla. This Rambla is a concept by Christian Kieckens.
On the first of September 2007 Gruzenberg was baptized Kortrijk Expo Meeting Center. This created a logic and link between Kortrijk Expo and Kortrijk Expo Meeting Center.
In 2009 the Master Plan was implemented. This plan was necessary to expand the fair complex for large fairs such as Busworld, Interieur or MatExpo.
Kortrijk Expo consists of a real team of passionate expo people who are part of one of Kortrijk Expo’s three business units:
Kortrijk Expo Services is responsible for the rental of the halls and additional services. The employees in this unit put customer and service orientation first and work continuously to optimize our infrastructure.
Kortrijk Expo Organizations organize about 23 trade and public fairs a year, both in Kortrijk Expo and at international locations!
They continuously strive to create and maintain unique exhibition concepts.
Kortrijk Expo Meeting Center is responsible for the best (expo)catering in Belgium and offers their customers unique seminar facilities.
Do you need furniture for your booth, conference or event at Kortrijk Expo? Do you want to rent armchairs and couches with coffee tables for the Tavola, Velofollies, MateExpo, Interpom or Technimat? Then you’re at the right place with Adexpo. We arrange your furniture in Kortrijk Expo. That means, we deliver and place at your booth and take away the packaging. From counters to showcases, if it has to do with furniture we can deliver it. Should you want to use designer furniture such as the Italian brand Kartell for example, Adexpo offers a huge selection. At Adexpo you can rent many pieces of furniture designed by Philippe Starck for Kartell. Think of the BUBBLE CLUB (sofas and armchairs that can also be used outdoors), ERO/S chairs (in transparent colors) and the GHOST stool and armchair (completely transparent version). You can also rent other furnishings from Adexpo, such as lamps, side tables, vases and brightly colored trash cans. All masterpieces that you can have at your booth.
Get inspired on our website or contact us. We can advise you on how to set up your booth at Kortrijk Expo. Of course we are also ready to make you a non- binding offer.
Curious about other locations where we regularly deliver rental furniture in Belgium? Take a look at some other exhibition venues in Belgium! Missing a location? No worries! We don’t have all locations described on our website. Please contact us at info@adexpo.nl or +31165 57 39 39 to receive a custom quote.
Exhibition Calendar
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