Trade fair business
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UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, has recently welcomed Monika Fourneaux-Ceskova as the new Marketing and Communications Manager to the UFI team in Paris. Furthermore, UFI expanded the team by hiring Karen Cohen as Events Manager.
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Informa, the international B2B Exhibitions, Events, Business Intelligence and Academic Publishing Group, announced that its offer for UBM has been approved by both UBM and Informa shareholders. The resolution to approve the offer was passed at the company's general meeting held on 17 April 2018.
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Messe Frankfurt has set up a Digital Advisory Board to oversee its digital activities. With this step, the company is seeking to engage with its customers more intensively regarding the digital transformation of marketing in the trade fair industry and the evolution that this entails for the trade fairs themselves.
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With 15 specialized exhibitions, NürnbergMesse India has been "well established after only 5 years", NürnbergMesse reports. The expertise in organizing international trade exhibitions such as Biofach, Euroguss, it-sa, Powtech and Chillventa in Nuremberg can be seen as "the backbone of the success achieved in India".
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Multinational event organiser and venue manager Easyfairs has acquired the Belgium-based fan and pop culture events Made in Asia and Retro Made in Asia. These two events, taking place in Brussels and Namur, further strengthen Easyfairs Heroes network and its leadership of this market segment in continental Europe.
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Koelnmesse is launching a project that is truly unique in the trade fair industry. It is setting up a digital campus called incube8 on the eighth floor of its building at Deutz-Mülheimer Straße 30 with the goal of bringing young innovative companies together with established companies in its trade fair industries.
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Global Exhibitions Day (GED) 2018 will be held on 6 June, 2018, UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, announces. The aim of this campaign for the exhibition and events industry is to raise the profile of the sector as one of the most vital contributors to economic growth in cities, regions, and countries.
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UFI has announced a group of five recipients from all over the world for this year’s UFI Next Generation Leadership (NGL) Grant. An international jury, led by UFI President Corrado Peraboni, selected this group of future industry leaders for their exceptional initiative in driving change and innovation in their different areas within the exhibition industry.
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Messe Frankfurt further expands its international network: With the acquisition of Forest Exhibitions Ltd, the Group now has its own subsidiary in the United Kingdom. The acquisition of Forest Exhibitions Ltd is also linked with the 100 per cent acquisition of Automechanika Birmingham.
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Dr. Balz Hösly, Legal Partner at a integrated law, tax and compliance firm in Zurich and Zug, joined the Board of Directors of MCH Group Ltd. in Basel on 1 March 2018. The government of the Canton of Zurich has delegated him to the Board, the trade fair organiser announced.
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