Nearly 9,000 visitors attended the 2013 edition of the annual IMEX Europe trade show, which took place May 21-23 in Frankfurt, Germany. Of that group, 39 percent were hosted buyers from 75 countries. 27 percent of the hosted buyers came from long-haul markets, up from 25 percent in 2012. In other show results, more than 53,000 individual appointments were made between buyers and exhibitors, an increase of 33 percent over 2012 numbers.