Almost 9,000 hosted buyers and visitors attended IMEX Frankfurt on 15-18 May for four days of focused business, education, connection and community.   Total appointments between buyers and the 3,500 exhibitors rose to 68,500 for the 2017 show, which took place at Frankfurt Messe.   Following a year of planned improvements to the appointment system, focused on educating buyers about the value of giving exhibitors mini RFPs (‘appointment profiles’) in a...