The Second UFI Operations Trophy is awarded to Messe Dusseldorf.
The announcement was made during the UFI Focus Meeting in Cologne, Germany. Manuel Mataré, accepted the UFI trophy from UFI Managing Director, Vincent Gérard. The finalists selected by UFI’s Operations Committee for the 2008 competition were: Amsterdam RAI, Messe Düsseldorf GmbH, and Messe Frankfurt Venue GmbH.