Global Snapshot
Global
snapshot
EW explores some regional
news highlights in the global
exhibitions industry
US - The SISO Leadership
Conference comes to the Cobo
Center, Detroit, USA, 14 August, with a
line-up featuring the latest market trends.
Content includes The Evolution of a Brand
by Tom Lewand, CEO of Detroit-based
luxury goods brand Shinola, who will look
at its “entrepreneurial spirit”. There will
also be a session on using ‘personas’ for
your events, which means knowing the
USP for each of your target audiences.
The 7th Annual SISO Event Innovation
Battlefield – part American Idol, part
Shark Tank – will showcase early-stage
innovators disrupting the event industry.
SISO promises ideas that you can
use to constructively disrupt your own
organisation – before someone else does.
Explori will offer insights from its
Global Visitor and Exhibitor Insights
Reports – the biggest studies of their kind
undertaken in the exhibition industry.
More information is available from the
SISO Leadership Conference website.
UK - Media and events company,
the Mark Allen Group (MAG) has
begun spending some of its new £18m
(US$22.55m) funding from HSBC as it
ramps up its acquisition strategy. Some
of that bank debt was used to acquire
Centaur’s engineering portfolio and 12
international transport brands from UKi
Media. Analysts have suggested the new
assets could increase the firm’s turnover
by 15%. MAG founder Mark Allen said:
“Our acquisition strategy has seen us
add multiple high-value brands to our
repertoire and we are delighted to now
include 12 titles from UKi within this, as
well as Centaur’s engineering portfolio.
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Thailand - Global exhibition industry
association UFI is to conduct a
Congress of trust in Thailand this November.
The association has invited British conductor
Charles Hazlewood to hit the keynote high
note, as part of the ‘Platforms of Trust’
agenda. Networking, negotiating, closing
deals and creating business relationships
all rely on trust, as does leading a team or
organisation, UFI notes, explaining why
the issue is central to this year’s event. To
register for the Congress, 6-9 November 2019
in Bangkok, visit the UFI website.
Russia - ITE Group said its Russia
business is contributing significantly
to revenues, and its latest trading statement
also reports synergies following its
acquisition of Ascential at the top end of
forecasts. Revenues for the nine months
to 30 June 2019 were circa £176m (nine
months to 30 June 2018: £134m). Four top 10
events took place in the latest quarter, which
collectively delivered double digit revenue
growth. MosBuild in particular delivered
strong revenue growth for the second year,
following TAG investment.
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