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香港是亚太地区重要的会展中心城市，一直以来也在发挥着内地与海外经贸联系的桥梁作用，每年举办的专业展览会80多项，吸引参展企业2万家，举办大型会议420多个，吸引来自世界各地的与会代表多达3.7万人和世界各地超过330万观众到港。会展业已成为香港的重要支柱产业之一。随着去年年底亚洲博览馆的投入使用，香港的会展业的竞争力又有了一个新的提升。

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There are a large number of different service companies involved in the convention and exhibition industry including stand constructors, insurance companies, freight forwarders, travel agents, and hotels. However, the central role played by event organizers in bringing together all these services makes them the most important industry service providers. In general the larger international organizations have a wide variety of shows whereas the smaller organizers tend to specialize in organizing similar shows in different locations. This enables them to leverage more business from exhibitors and establish themselves as experts in the field.

参考答案

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Hong Kong is an important exhibition and conference center in Asia Pacific Region, and always plays as the bridge for economic and trade exchanges between the mainland and overseas areas. There are more than 80 exhibitions and 420 conventions held here every year, attracting more than 20,000 exhibitors, 37,000 delegates and 3.3 million visitors from all over the world. Convention and exhibition industry is one of Hong Kong’s pile industries. Along with the opening of Asia World-Expo in the end of last year, the competitiveness of the conference and exhibition industry of Hong Kong has been upgraded.

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会展业中有很多不同的服务公司，如展位搭建商、保险公司、货代、旅行社以及酒店等，但是，由于展会组织者扮演着将各种服务提供商聚集在一起的角色，因而展会组织者是展会业中最重要的服务提供商。总的来说，大的组展商会组织一系列不同主题的展会，而小的展会组织者则趋向于在不同的地方组织相类似的展会。这样使得他们能从参展商中获取更多的业务，并建立其在特定行业专家的地位。