Posted by

Barry Siskind

UFIs Community Manager

If business is improving in one area of the world does that automatically suggest the rest of the global economy will follow?

I guess the answer is that it depends on which region is reporting the trend. In this case it’s the United States. In a recent article in Expo Magazine the number of mergers and acquisitions in 2012 doubled in activity since 2011.

http://bit.ly/YcLG4F

This seems consistent with the findings in UFI’s 10th annual Global Exhibition Barometer where the Americas is the only region where a majority of respondents declared that the impact of the “economic crisis” on their exhibition business is now over.

http://bit.ly/VMj1SN

The problem with statistics is that they provide a macro look at an industry. What I am interested in knowing is how individual exhibitions are faring and what they expect in the next year or two. Your comments are welcome.