Cersaie confirms, with numbers, its role as ‘the’ fair of reference on an international level for the sectors of architectural ceramics and bath furnishings. There were 75,563 visitors (‘first entry’) and 106,846 ‘presences’, calculated – according to international fair standards – based on first re-entry in the days after the first entry. International visitors accounted for 32% of the total, a new record for this event. An important overall achievement, made possible by the close collaboration with Bologna Fiere, and now at its 30th edition. Journalists on hand reached a level of 675, of which 258 from abroad (+4%). The cultural program of Costruire Abitare Pensare also grew, with a lecture by Souto de Moura that attracted 1300 viewers.Audience participation in the initiative Cersaie designs your housealso exceeded expectations.