Editing Rimini (section)

=== Trade fairs and conventions ===
{{Main article|Rimini Fiera}}
Rimini is among Italy's leading [[Trade show|trade fair]] and convention sites.<ref>{{cite web |title=Il sistema delle fiere in Italia: tendenze evolutive e confronto con i principali competitor |trans-title=The system of trade fairs in Italy: evolutionary tendencies and compared to principal competitors |url=http://www.confartigianato.it/fiere/documentiUpload/RAPPORTO_CENSIS.PDF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105021849/http://www.confartigianato.it/fiere/documentiUpload/RAPPORTO_CENSIS.PDF |archive-date=5 November 2012 |access-date=28 January 2024 |website=Confartigianato Imprese |page=1 |language=it |type=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]]}}</ref> Relocated in 2001 to the city's west, [[Rimini Fiera]] comprises sixteen pavilions with {{convert|129000|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} of exhibit floor,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Quartiere - Italian Exhibition Group |trans-title=The Rimini Exhibition Centre |url=https://www.iegexpo.it/it/venues/rimini/quartiere |access-date=7 June 2023 |website=www.iegexpo.it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=5 February 2019 |title=Rimini Fiera, un piano da 4,2 milioni per i parcheggi: ampliamento pronto per il Sigep 2020 |trans-title=A 4.2 million euro plan for parking at Rimini Fiera: Expansion ready for Sigep 2020 |url=https://www.riminitoday.it/economia/rimini-fiera-piano-parcheggi-2019.html |access-date=9 June 2023 |website=RiminiToday |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=26 May 2017 |title=Il quartiere fieristico di Rimini si amplia: già pronti alcuni nuovi padiglioni |trans-title=Rimini's festival quarter expands: some new pavilions are already ready |url=https://www.riminitoday.it/cronaca/il-quartiere-fieristico-di-rimini-si-amplia-gia-pronti-alcuni-nuovi-padiglioni.html |access-date=7 June 2023 |website=RiminiToday |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Scheda di presentazione della nuova fiera di Rimini |trans-title=Presentation file of the new Rimini Fiera |url=https://www.pubblicitaitalia.com/carne/prodotti/eurocarni/2001/11/3517 |access-date=7 June 2023 |website=Edizioni Pubblicità Italia Srl |language=en}}</ref> and hosts trade fairs, sporting events, and musical performances, as well as the annual [[Rimini Meeting]], a religious and cultural festival organised by [[Communion and Liberation]], a lay Catholic movement.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 January 2023 |title=Sigep da record, Iginio Massari: "Entra in una nuova era che per me richiama il Rinascimento" |trans-title=Record-breaking Sigep. Iginio Massari: "A new era enters that for me recalls the Renaissance". |url=https://www.riminitoday.it/cronaca/sigep-da-record-iginio-massari-entra-in-una-nuova-era-che-per-me-richiama-il-rinascimento.html |access-date=9 June 2023 |website=RiminiToday |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=4 March 2014 |title=A Rimini Rhythm'n'Basket: 15 partite, 2 concerti e la fan zone |trans-title=In Rimini, Rhythm'n'Basket: 15 matches, 2 concerts and the fan zone |url=https://www.riminitoday.it/eventi/rimini-rhythm-basket-7-9-marzo-2014.html |access-date=8 June 2023 |website=RiminiToday |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=30 December 2022 |title=Trenta ore di musica elettronica in un Capodanno lungo tre notti. Attesi in migliaia al Galactica Nye |trans-title=Thirty hours of electronic music in a three-night-long New Year's Eve: Thousands expected at Galactica Nye |url=https://www.riminitoday.it/eventi/galactica-cocorico-fiera-altromondo-festival-capodanno.html |access-date=9 June 2023 |website=RiminiToday |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Che cos'è il Meeting |trans-title=What is the Meeting? |url=https://www.meetingrimini.org/il-meeting-e/che-cose-il-meeting/ |access-date=7 June 2023 |website=Meeting di Rimini |language=it-IT}}</ref> The majority of Rimini's hotels reopen for the conference season, which provides a flow of visitors to the city outside of the summer beach season.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 February 2022 |title=Rimini vuole una Pasqua da tutto esaurito. Il sindaco: "Il governo agevoli gli arrivi dall'estero" |trans-title=Rimini wants a sold-out Easter. Mayor: "The government facilitates arrivals from abroad". |url=https://www.riminitoday.it/cronaca/rimini-vuole-una-pasqua-da-tutto-esaurito-hotel-pronti-riaprire.html |access-date=9 June 2023 |website=RiminiToday |language=it}}</ref> The dates of conferences are also used to set municipal regulations on the touristic season along the riviera.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 March 2022 |title=Si anticipa l'apertura di hotel e ristoranti, grazie al Sigep la stagione parte prima anche a Riccione |trans-title=The opening of hotels and restaurants is brought forward: Thanks to Sigep, the season starts earlier even in Riccione |url=https://www.riminitoday.it/cronaca/riccione-grazie--fiera-sigep-la-stagione-estiva-parte-prima.html |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=RiminiToday |language=it}}</ref>

The Fiera's previous site, on Via Monte Titano, was redeveloped in 2011 into Rimini Palacongressi, a smaller conference space.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 November 2022 |title=1 dicembre 1968 - La Fiera di Rimini inaugura la sua prima sede |trans-title=1 December 1968: Rimini Fiera inaugurates its first location |url=https://www.chiamamicitta.it/1-dicembre-1968-la-fiera-rimini-inaugura-la-sua-sede/ |access-date=7 June 2023 |website=Chiamami Città |language=it-IT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=28 May 2011 |title=Rimini, il Palacongressi "spaziale" non decolla. Costato 110 milioni, ha problemi antisismici |trans-title=Rimini, the "spaceship" Palacongressi does not take off. It cost 110 million and has anti-seismic problems. |url=http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2011/05/28/rimini-il-palacongressi-spaziale-non-decolla-costato-110-milioni-ha-problemi-anti-sismici/114271/ |access-date=9 June 2023 |website=[[Il Fatto Quotidiano]] |language=it-IT}}</ref> In 2015, the Fiera and Palacongressi were estimated to be worth about a tenth of the province of Rimini's gross domestic product.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Torri |first=Tommaso |date=27 March 2015 |title=Rimini Fiera: nel 2016 dopo 14 anni al timone finisce l'era Cagnoni |trans-title=Rimini Fiera: In 2016, after 14 years at the helm, the Cagnoni era ends |url=https://www.riminitoday.it/cronaca/fiera-rimini-nel-2016-dopo-14-anni-al-timone-finisce-l-era-cagnoni.html |access-date=8 June 2023 |website=RiminiToday |language=it}}</ref>[[File:Porto canale, Rimini Italy.JPG|thumb|Rimini harbour in winter, with [[Rimini Lighthouse]] in the background]]