“The digital edition of Interzoo was a complete success for us. We had the opportunity to make some new contacts and hold discussions with our partners at the same time. For the first time in a long time, we were able to show our GPS Tracker to interested trade fair visitors again. The presentations were limited to short video meetings, of course, but that didn’t stop us from demonstrating the products and answering all the questions that came up. We were able to make over 50 new contacts in German-speaking countries. And some new opportunities also opened up in our other partner countries through Interzoo.digital. Among others we were able to find new partners in France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Ireland and even Estonia. In addition, there were some very interesting presentations and discussions in the trade fair programme, which we followed.”

“We had a really good trade fair and made some great contacts. International customers were also strongly represented. We would definitely do it again next time.”

“Already the first day of the trade fair was fantastic. I don’t know about anyone else, but I enjoyed it. Tinder for animal business. It’s a fact that if you do nothing, nothing will happen either. If you’re active, a lot happens.”

“As a start-up company Primofood was able to attend Interzoo for the first time and do so straight away in the Interzoo.digital format. Because this format was completely new for everyone involved, I’d like to say thank you to the entire online trade fair team for the great support. We received active and expert support in all questions and were thus able to master our first online trade fair attendance very well. The multitude of opportunities provided enabled us to have great communication with those interested in us. All communications – whether in the exhibitor room or in chat – worked flawlessly around the clock. Primofood learned to really appreciate digital Interzoo.”

“The digital trade fair was really good but definitely not nearly as intensive as a physical trade fair. First of all, everyone has to understand the possibilities of the platform. However, the technical implementation was done really well. I really liked the networking aspect above all and long-term, it will definitely provide value added for the sector. Otherwise, I didn’t have so much time to deal with everything intensively. After all, you’re sitting in the office and everyday work also carries on there. And some of the big players, who are normally there, were missing. I think that’s a real shame.”

“We are not dissatisfied, but this event did not meet the expectations we would have of a physical trade fair. Respect to the organiser for all the effort that went into arranging the event. There’s definitely potential to optimise the platform. I think the idea should be developed towards setting up this platform as a permanent ‘shop window’, so to speak, where the industry can show its products and specialist retailers have a compact information basis.”

“The first Interzoo.digital was an exciting experiment that everyone here at Oase was really looking forward to. Accordingly, we put in a lot of effort to offer our digital visitors the best possible trade fair experience, for example, by producing our own product videos. Unfortunately, there were technical difficulties here and there on the trade fair portal and it is very difficult for a digital trade fair to replace meetings in person about products. We were also surprised at how many aquarium manufacturers did not attend the trade fair at all. However, for Oase it is clear that we will always commit ourselves to maintaining a lively aquarium sector.”