The Organisation
The Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce and Industry is the majority shareholder of VINEXPO
48 other shareholders from the industry have holdings in VINEXPO equity.
Board members:
- Mr. Laurent Courbu (Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce and Industry)
- Mr. Dominique Chardon (Sopexa)
- Mrs. Constance Savage(Kobrand Corporation)
- Mr. Robert Skalli (Les Vins Skalli)
- Mr. Pierre Castel (Castel Frères)
- Mrs. Dominique Hériard Dubreuil(Remy Cointreau)
- Mr. Xavier de Eizaguirre (Baron Philippe de Rothschild)
- Mr. Claude de Jouvencel (Marnier Lapostolle)
- Mr. Georges Duboeuf (Les Vins G. Duboeuf)
- Mr. Pierre Henry Gagey (Maison Louis Jadot)
- Mr. Christian Delpeuch (Groupe Taillan)
- Mr. Louis Fabrice Latour (Maison Louis Latour)
Chairman: M. Jean-Marie Chadronnier
Chief executive: M. Robert Beynat
The majority shareholding of VINEXPO OVERSEAS is held by Vinexpo SAS.
33 other shareholders from the profession have shares of its equity.
Board members:
- Mr. Laurent Courbu (Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie de Bordeaux)
- Mr. Dominique Chardon (Sopexa)
- Mrs. Constance Savage (Kobrand Corporation)
- Mr. Robert Skalli (Les Vins Skalli)
- Mr. Pierre Castel (Castel Frères)
- Mr. Pierre Henry Gagey (Maison Louis Jadot)
- Mr. Jean-Marie Chadronnier (CVBG-Dourthe Kressmann)
- Mr. Xavier de Eizaguirre (Baron Philippe de Rothschild)
Chairman: Mme Dominique Hériard Dubreuil
Chief executive: M. Robert Beynat
Sales achieved for Vinexpo 2005: €14 million
The financial impact for Bordeaux city is evaluated to be €80 million
Sales achieved for Vinexpo Asia Pacific 2006: €3 million
The financial impact for Hong Kong is evaluated to be HK$ 200 million (€20 million)
Vinexpo is:
- A 20-strong team in Bordeaux that organises and coordinates all the exhibitions in Bordeaux and overseas.
- Press agencies in Paris, London and Frankfurt (Vinexpo Bordeaux)and in Hong Kong (Vinexpo Asia-Pacific).
- 40 representation offices (Promosalons – SOPEXA – French government run “economic expansion offices”), that take charge and set up monitoring of visitor promotion and press programmes implemented by the Bordeaux Head Office.