IFEMA (short for ''Institución Ferial de Madrid; "''Fair Institution of Madrid") is an entity charged with the organisation of fairs, halls and congresses in their facilities in

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. It is a consortium partnered by the

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(31 %), the regional administration of the

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(31 %), the Madrid Chamber of Commerce and Industry (31 %) and the Montemadrid Foundation. The first fair organised by Ifema took place in 1980. Until then Madrid did not celebrate fairs, as it was a privilege reserved to cities such as

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. Initially IFEMA had facilities in the

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and the

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, but as it grew bigger, new facilities were opened in the

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near the

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in 1991. FITUR, SIMO,

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, ARCO and the

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are some of the fairs organised by IFEMA. The facilities of IFEMA also served as the venue of COP25 and the 2022 NATO Summit. In March 2020, some halls of the Campo de las Naciones facilities were repurposed to serve as a 5,000 bed

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during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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{{authority control Organisations based in Madrid Fairs in Spain