In sports & concert complex after K. Demirchyan has opened 8th international specialized exhibition CAUCASUS BUILDING & RECONSTRUCTION EXPO 2011 that lasted three days, from 8-10 of April 2011. Welcome speech was delivered by Prime Minister of RA Tigran Sargsyan, Minister of Urban Development Vardan Vardanyan and others. According to Tigran Sargsyan, this exhibition will definitely contribute to the development of the industry. : Certainly, we all wish that such events serve for strengthening business relationship between organizations, raising reputation, business development, as well as for information enrichment in construction market. : Despite the wide geography of the exhibition, where besides Armenian companies were also represented organizations from Turkey, Georgia, Belarus, Ukraine and Iran, we should be realistic and accept that the interest in exhibitions has somehow decreased. : According to the organizer, LOGOS EXPO Center, instead of last year's nearly 100 participants the number of companies taking park in exhibition this year hardly topped 60. The reason for participants decrease may be ongoing crisis in construction sector, or perhaps interest decrease in such kind of exhibitions when internet communication is widely spreading. Participation in exhibitions requires significant expenses, when internet is almost free and has unlimited business opportunities.

The 10th universal regional exhibition "Armenia Expo 2010" was opened on September 3 in Sport & Concert Complex aft. K. Demirchyan. The exhibition lasted for 3 days and was closed on September 5. The organizers were LOGOS EXPO Center and Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Armenia, and the main media sponsor was VivaCell-MTS. The exhibition was attended by over 150 local and foreign companies from 14 countries. The exhibition was opened by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan and chairman of Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Armenia Arsen Ghazarian. At the opening ceremony in his speech the Prime Minister highlighted the importance of participation of foreign companies to preserve the international status of the exhibition. Let's recall that the purpose of any exhibition is the public display of achievements in any field of human activity, specifically "Armenia Expo 2010" in economics. We hope that it played a positive role in economic integration and development of the region, despite the fact that on the third day of the exhibition stands of some companies were already empty.