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Takeaways from Part 2 of the UFI-Explori Global Recovery Insights 2020 Study
“Return on Investment (ROI) from digital events is a something 75% of exhibitors are still searching for, although one in four say the ROI is better than face-to-face events,” commented Sophie Holt, M [...]
SISO/UFI Deeper Dive: Case Study on IGES & SMGS
Show & Sell: An inside look at two gift shows — one by Emerald and one by Clarion — that were held in-person in November 2020 in Tennessee If you build a marketplace during COVID-19, will exhibito [...]
SISO/UFI Deeper Dive: Case Study on Connect Marketplace
What do event planners want more than anything in 2020? To meet in person. While that has largely been unfeasible due to COVID-19, one independent show organiser, Tarsus Group, found a way to produce [...]
UFI Report: The Exhibition Industry in Latin America
At 528 pages, covering 27 sectors and including 16 different country reports, UFI’s Exhibition Industry in Latin America (LATAM) Report released at the end of 2020 is the most definitive report on the [...]
Economic Outlook: What industry leaders (you) need to know
What’s the economic outlook in light of the ongoing pandemic crisis, slowing economic growth and geopolitical changes? Has the economic crisis reached the bottom yet? In which countries and sectors is [...]
Q&A about Geopolitics with Wolfgang Ischinger
How will the pandemic impact global stability? “We have lost almost all of the certainties upon which our foreign policy assumptions have been built for decades,” said Wolfgang Ischinger, a German dip [...]
9 Learnings about COVID-19 from a Virologist
COVID-19 case counts, virus maps, lockdowns, restrictions, cancelations, postponements have lead the daily news for months. Since COVID-19 was first reported on Dec. 31, 2019, the endless loop of 24/7 [...]
Message from UFI President Anbu Varathan
As we reach the end of 2020 and enter a New Year with renewed hopes and vigours, I am beginning my journey as the President of UFI, the global association of exhibition industry. I look forward to 202 [...]
5 TRENDS TO WATCH IN 2021
We are in unchartered territory with a global pandemic disrupting lives and livelihoods. But, with successful trials paving the way for mass vaccinations, with better knowledge around COVID-19 and fas [...]
