From Exhibition World: The Saudi Conferences and Exhibitions General Authority (SCEGA) has announced that $40m of government funding will be allocated to new events in 2025. Speaking at the ICCA Congress in Abu Dhabi, H.E. Fahd Al-Rasheed (pictured), chairman of SCEGA, told delegates that the investment was intended to co-create new home-grown events and attract…
From Exhibition World: Globus Events, formerly known as VNU Exhibitions Asia, has completed three major acquisitions in China since February, part of an ambitious expansion strategy, backed by its majority owner (since February 2024), private equity investor Advent International (‘Advent’). Since becoming part of Advent’s portfolio, Globus Events has made majority acquisitions in key sectors…
From UFI: The annual Euro Fairs Statistics tracks key metrics of the majority of trade shows across Europe, based on audited and certified data. A key resource, put together in collaboration with many of our European colleagues from the national industry associations. The 2023 edition contains the certified statistics of 2,008 exhibitions from 17 countries….
UFI, The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, has selected Chris Skeith, OBE, as the organisation’s next Chief Executive Officer, taking over from Kai Hattendorf on the 1st of January 2025. Skeith will join UFI from the AEO (Association of Event Organisers), the leading association for organisers of events in the UK and internationally, where…
The Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) announced today that the U.S. business-to-business (B2B) exhibition industry experienced a minor slowdown following a strong first quarter in 2024. Modest performance of the metrics for completed events – especially in exhibition attendance – set back the Q2 2024 Index value to 87.7 after a record 92.3 in…
From Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance: At last month’s SISO Leadership Conference, CNTV’s Bob Frier sat down with Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance’s Tommy Goodwin to talk about ECA’s 2024 accomplishments to-date, what to expect between now and the election, and what’s on the horizon for 2025.
From TSNN, by Tommy Goodwin: From bringing back international exhibitors and attendees to attracting and training the next-generation workforce, there is a lot happening in Washington, DC that will impact the future of the trade show industry. While ECA brings industry leaders and advocates to our nation’s capital annually for Legislative Action Day, we know…
From Exhibition World: UFI, the global association of the exhibition industry, has announced that its CEO Kai Hattendorf will leave his role at the association at the end of 2024. He has been the CEO since 2015. “I joined UFI in 2015, and these past ten years as the association’s CEO have been an amazing…
From Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC): The annual Club Melbourne Ambassador Program Awards honoured twelve forward-thinking leaders for attracting significant international events to Melbourne. Their advocacy efforts have secured Melbourne as the destination for 12 international conferences, doubling the number of successful bids achieved last year. Collectively, the events are projected to deliver more…
From TSNN: The global exhibition industry is on track to achieve record revenues this year, according to UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry’s latest Global Exhibition Barometer flagship industry report. Released on August 8, the 33rd edition of UFI’s bi-annual report, designed to take the pulse of the worldwide exhibitions industry, was concluded…
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