Focus on creativity and seniors: Over 10,000 visitors
The 44th SENaktiv, western Austria’s largest senior citizens’ fair, and the 4th KREATIVMESSE Innsbruck welcomed around 10,000 visitors. The date for the edition in 2023 has already been set.
INNSBRUCK. The 44th SENaktiv and the 4th KREATIVMESSE Innsbruck came to a successful end today after three days at the Messe Innsbruck. The trade fair duo for young and old offered a variety of products and services, workshops, lectures and entertainment. Around 130 exhibiting companies presented the almost 10,000 visitors with innovations and trends from the areas of health, nutrition, pensions, travel, exercise, mobility, technology & computers, living, handicrafts, handicrafts or baking, upcycling, frosting, stamping, drawing and graffiti and further more.
Diverse program
The program included, for example, dancing and singing along while shopping in the morning, laughing at the cabaret, learning from interesting lectures or a holy mass at the senior citizens’ congress. Christian MayerhoferManaging Director of Congress Messe Innsbruck says thank you:
“I would like to thank all exhibitors, partners, workshop leaders, artists and random and last but not least the visitors for the wonderful cooperation at the SENaktiv senior citizens’ fair and the KREATIVMESSE Innsbruck! A special thank you goes to the state of Tyrol, which set an excellent start for the trade fairs with the Enquete des Landes Tirol. I am pleased that the trade fair duo has been so well received by the Tyrolean population with a cross-generational range of products, services, information, entertainment and hands-on activities.”
From the archive: Two trade fairs with 130 companies, one ticket; District papers Innsbruck article
Personal advice
The personal and senior-friendly advice to the exhibitors in all areas from the health route to legal information once again played a major role for the visitors to the SENaktiv.
“In addition to the high-quality range of products and information, the senior fair is also about social gatherings. It was nice to see how much the Tyrolean seniors appreciated the personal encounters at SENaktiv”is glad Klaus EhrenmullerProject manager SENaktiv and adds: “In the last two years during Corona, our society has learned how important social contacts are for our mental and physical health.”
creative fair
The fair offers all handicraft and creative enthusiasts new trends and offers for everything to do with sewing, knitting, patchwork, stamping, scrapbooking, drawing, decorating and baking. Interactive participation, trying out and learning was the focus of a large number of workshops. A special highlight was a jointly designed graffiti, says Klaus Ehrenmüller, project manager of the creative fair:
“The workshops were very well received by the visitors. A special feature was certainly the community graffiti, where everyone who was interested could try out spraying. The instructions came from a well-known graffiti artist, who also came up with the idea for the community graffiti.”
Fair 2023
The next editions of SENaktiv and the creative fair will take place from 17-19 November 2023 at the Innsbruck exhibition center. You can find all information about the trade fairs and participation opportunities online at www.senaktiv.at and www.kreativmesse-innsbruck.at