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Tips on Attending Live Events
I recently attended three live events – one conference and two exhibitions – in three weeks in two countries – the United States and England: SISO’s Summer Conference in the US, International Confex ( [...]
UFI President’s Letter: September 2021
Dear colleagues and friends, The summer months are usually a quiet time for many but not at UFI. I’d like to give you an overview of some global projects from our association. We have released two mi [...]
Update from the CEO: September 2021
Dear colleagues, as the summer is drawing to a close here in Europe, the UFI team is back at full strength – and also increasingly back in our office in Paris! It’s been an unusually wet summer across [...]
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HKSAR Government urged to provide immediate assistance to help Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Industry struggling to survive on zero international trade eventHKSAR Government urged to provide immediate assistance to help Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Industry struggling to survive on zero international trade event
HKSAR Government urged to provide immediate assistance to help Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Industry struggling to survive on zero international trade event
Hong Kong, 6 September 2021 - The Hong Kong Exhibition & Convention Industry Association (“HKECIA” and “the Association”) presented the results of the latest member survey “Impact of Covid-19 to H [...]
Mentoring within the UFI Programme
Lou Kiwanuka, The Shaper Group, The Ops Nest I was delighted to be asked to be part of the UFI Leadership Programme earlier this year, and even more delighted when I found out that my mentee, Erika, w [...]
Event Refresh and Event Sales – Re-freshen your event ideas!
An interview with the Co-Creators of Event Refresh and Event Sales, Frazer Chesterman FM Future and Paul Streeter PSJ Training who will be delivering two exciting new courses in the Autumn as part of [...]
SISO/UFI Deeper Dive: Case Study on World of Concrete Exhibition
After safely and successfully producing a handful of trade and consumer shows in Florida since last October, Informa Markets led the way for the industry again by reopening the Las Vegas Convention C [...]
An update from Shenzhen World
The exhibition and convention industry worldwide has constantly and severely suffered from the Covid-19 pandemic. UFI estimates that the exhibition scale in Asia has dropped by more than 75% in 2020 c [...]
UFI LATAM’s Conference Provides Real Time Updates about the Region
UFI’s LATAM (Latin American) Conference takes place online from August 10-12 and will showcase LATAM companies and speakers from throughout the region. Unlike all other UFI events, this one is being h [...]
