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This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 228, Tourism and related services.

This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO 25639-1:2008), which has been technically revised.

The main changes are as follows:

— the title of the document has been changed from "Exhibitions, shows, fairs and conventions — Part 1: Vocabulary", to " Exhibitions and events – Part 1: Vocabulary";
— the structure of the document has been modified in order to align with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2;
— a new category on “Related activities” has been introduced, and the title of the last category has been changed to “Others”;
— two terms, “visit” and “admission category”, have been moved to more appropriate categories;
— nine terms have been added to the category “Individual and entity”;
— eleven terms have been added to the category “Types of events”, including four terms related to "event" (“event”, “physical event” “hybrid event” and “online event”), three terms related to "exhibition" (“hybrid exhibition” “physical exhibition” and “online exhibition”), three terms related to "conventions" (“summit”, “forum” and “congress”), and one additional term (“media conference”);
— eleven terms have been added to the category “Related activities”;
— three terms have been added to the category “Physical items”: “booth location drawing”, “maximum floor load” and “audit report”;
— six terms have been added to the category “Others”: "exhibits", "trade day", "intellectual property", "demographics", "admission category" and "legacy";
— two terms have been removed (“international exhibitor” and “national exhibitor”). These terms are intended to be incorporated into ISO 25639-2;
— the terms “convention centre” and “congress centre” have been combined into one single term;
— the definitions of multiple terms have been amended and improved (for example, the definitions for “accompanying person”, “delegate”, “visit”, “booth” and “duration of exhibition”).

A list of all parts in the ISO 25639 series can be found on the ISO website.

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