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Are Brazil’s events returning to strength?
Are Brazil’s events returning to strength?

Are Brazil’s events returning to strength?

'A view of Sao Paolo including exhibition venue Expo Center Norte' Provided you haven’t been running the country in the past 10 years, things are looking increasingly positive for the people of Brazil. On Tuesday, the president of the Central Bank of Brazil Ilan Goldfajn, said the country’s economy could expand beyond the otherwise “well-calibrated” 2.6 per cent forecasted for 2018. Speaking at an event in São Paulo, Goldfajn said that the nation’s recovery from the deepest recession in decade [...]

By Antony Reeve-Crook| 2018-04-05T15:39:47+00:00 April 5th, 2018|All, Americas, Exhibition Industry Research, Topics, UFI Updates|0 Comments

UFI Global Exhibition Barometer
UFI Global Exhibition Barometer

UFI Global Exhibition Barometer

The UFI Global Exhibition Barometer is a survey answered by almost 300 companies from 53 countries, painting a genuinely global picture. The results detail development for 17 geographical zones, including 14 major national markets, and in broad terms reveal positive trends for the exhibition industry. The good news is 2017 appears to have been a generally profitable year, although fewer than half (44%) of the companies we approached said their operating profits were actually growing. Exhibition [...]

By UFI President| 2018-03-22T15:49:51+00:00 March 22nd, 2018|All, Exhibition Industry, Exhibition Industry Research|0 Comments

Could event size count against exhibitor satisfaction and loyalty? (1 of 2)
Could event size count against exhibitor satisfaction and loyalty? (1 of 2)

Could event size count against exhibitor satisfaction and loyalty? (1 of 2)

In the world of professional conference organisers, much is made of the importance of brand ambassadors in generating interest – and ultimately attendance – in an event. But while in that world the ambassador is typically an eminent professor in the field in which the event takes place, our brand ambassadors are the paying customers; the exhibitors setting out their stalls on the show floor. It stands to reason then that event directors can use them to great effect in building the reputation of, [...]

By Antony Reeve-Crook| 2018-03-06T11:07:30+00:00 February 27th, 2018|All, Exhibition Industry Research|0 Comments

Building on a record year with more shows, visitors and venues
Building on a record year with more shows, visitors and venues

Building on a record year with more shows, visitors and venues

While our 2018 plans begin to unfold, we at TCEB have also been taking time to reflect on 2017; a year in which we made significant progress in boosting our offering to overseas organisers. It was a year of recognition, praised for reforms by the World Bank in its Doing Business report, demonstrating our enriched proposition to event organisers in areas such as investment protection, business start-up aid and contract security. Further ratings improvement came courtesy of recent UFI statistics, [...]

By TCEB| 2018-02-22T08:11:01+00:00 February 21st, 2018|All, Asia – Pacific, Exhibition Industry Research|0 Comments

Stable growth through new business models
Stable growth through new business models

Stable growth through new business models

The exhibition industry is enjoying solid, stable growth on the global scale - this is one of the core results of the 20th edition of our UFI Global Exhibition Barometer, released at the end of January. To honour the jubilee edition we added something special to the global research - and looked for a measure that describes how the business model of exhibitions is changing. The answers are encouraging, as they show that, all around the world, the exhibition industry is investing into new opportun [...]

By Kai Hattendorf| 2018-02-07T15:28:02+00:00 February 7th, 2018|All, Digital Innovation, Exhibition Industry Research|0 Comments

Using the right information to plot your digital path
Using the right information to plot your digital path

Using the right information to plot your digital path

If UFI’s Global Barometer is anything to go by, then the new year resolutions of many exhibition industry companies will revolve around the digitalisation of their businesses. Driven change Globally, 55 per cent of the companies UFI surveyed said they have already changed internal processes and workflows to be more digital, with the UK, Germany, the US and China most active in this respect, while a quarter of companies reported that they have developed a digital transformation strategy for the w [...]

By Antony Reeve-Crook| 2018-01-23T09:19:59+00:00 January 9th, 2018|All, Digital Innovation, Exhibition Industry Research|0 Comments

Building exhibition venues with profit forecasts, not bricks
Building exhibition venues with profit forecasts, not bricks

Building exhibition venues with profit forecasts, not bricks

For anyone who missed UFI's World Map of Exhibition Venues last month, the total amount of exhibition space available around the world grew 7.7% over the last six years, giving organisers more choice in all markets except Central and South America, where venue closure has led to contraction. But while this overall growth does not explicitly refer only to bricks on the ground where none previously existed, it seems to me that we must not fixate only on new venue development. While there are 14 mo [...]

By Antony Reeve-Crook| 2018-01-23T09:20:23+00:00 January 9th, 2018|All, Americas, Exhibition Industry Research, Operations & Services|0 Comments

Jochen Witt to deliver his 10th and final Global Industry Review at the UFI Congress
Jochen Witt to deliver his 10th and final Global Industry Review at the UFI Congress

Jochen Witt to deliver his 10th and final Global Industry Review at the UFI Congress

For the past ten consecutive years, Jochen Witt has presented the Global Industry Review at each annual UFI Congress in Johannesburg, South Africa. The annual “State of the Global Industry” presentation is seen by many as the “cannot miss” session of the event. Stephanie Selesnick: Would you share a bit about your upcoming session at the UFI Global Congress in Johannesburg? Jochen Witt: This year, my presentation will be composed of three parts: Global politics and the economies of the most impo [...]

By Stephanie Selesnick| 2017-12-18T13:59:33+00:00 October 9th, 2017|All, Exhibition Industry Research|0 Comments

Creating evolution in The World’s Kitchen
Creating evolution in The World’s Kitchen

Creating evolution in The World’s Kitchen

Blogger: Mrs. Jaruwan Suwannasat Director, Exhibition and Events Department of TCEB Maintaining a reputation as the 'World's Kitchen' does not come easily, but it is a reputation that Thailand can consider well deserved. Take for example, . Thailand registered US$4.3 billion in food shipments to the US in 2016, an increase of 10 per cent on the previous year. In the first three months of this year alone, the US received US$873 million of food exports from Thailand, the bulk of which comprised ca [...]

By TCEB| 2017-12-08T09:41:59+00:00 June 2nd, 2017|All, Asia – Pacific, Exhibition Industry Research|0 Comments

There are two main developments in the exhibition industry right now
There are two main developments in the exhibition industry right now

There are two main developments in the exhibition industry right now

Blogger: Dr Andreas Gruchow, UFI President. First, we are experiencing general turbulence: Globally, economic growth has slowed down. Politically, protectionism is on the rise. And operationally, digitisation is driving ever-faster change. Meanwhile, despite challenging news and dark clouds on every continent, the second trend we are seeing is optimism in the exhibition industry. Huge venue investments are underway in all parts of the world, with the economic benefits of our industry being seen [...]

By UFI President| 2018-01-16T13:14:16+00:00 March 13th, 2017|All, Exhibition Industry, Exhibition Industry Research|0 Comments