Dear colleagues, dear friends, We are two months away from this year’s Global Exhibitions Day – the 7th of June! Launched by UFI and many many other industry associations back in 2016, this day has quickly become a true force of advocacy for our sector.
It’s certainly a busy time again for our industry – and for the UFI team, which is active literally all around the world again these past weeks. In China, at the CEFCO conference. In Turkiye, meeting government officials and members. In Doha/Qatar, with our MEA Conference. In San José/Costa Rica, with our LatAm Conference. In Washington, DC/USA, with a joint event with mdg and SISO alongside the ECEF Conference.
Trade exhibition plays a significant role in assisting businesses to identify lucrative opportunities of overseas markets. Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) is pleased to introduce its ‘Five Year Action Plan’ (2023 – 2027), committing its goal as CPCT to empower trade exhibition to the next level.
Every year, March means the beginning of spring in the Northern hemisphere. A time filled with the promise of things to come, with new beginnings and ideas blossoming. That’s pretty much what is happening right now at UFI, with things taking shape for the coming months.
This year is an election year at UFI. In spring, you will all elect the new leaderships for our regional chapters around the world. Later, after the summer, we will have the Board elections. In parallel, the working groups and committees will as well elect their new leaders. At UFI, these are open elections, there is no “roster of candidates” pre-selected by a Board and put forward for approval.
Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) is unveiling its five-year action plan (2023-2027) under the TCEB Go strategy and Thailand MICE to Meet You Year 2023 campaign in a bid to revitalize the economy and promote Thailand as a premier MICE destination on the global stage. The TCEB Go strategy is executed through five strategic approaches...
The 2022 NGL Grant winners met for the first time in Poznan, Poland at the UFI European Conference, when we first started talking and working together about developing a New Talent Narrative for the exhibition industry.
A belated Happy New Year to everyone, and a Happy Lunar New Year, and also “Gong Xi Fa Cai“. How fitting it is that 2023 is the year of the rabbit in China, as it represents both longevity and good luck. It is said that this is a year when sacrifices of the past are rewarded generously. I see that as a good omen for our industry!
As we have rolled into 2023, the big story for our industry is the re-opening of China. Gong hei fat choy (恭喜发财) indeed, and may the year of the rabbit be the one where we see China leave the pandemic behind. Our industry is ready for it, and if we use the recovery rates in the other major exhibition markets around the world as an indicator, then we can expect healthy business there again in a few months.
In a blog post in December, UFI CEO Kai Hattendorf outlined five themes that will shape the next 12 to 18 months. In a 2 part blog post, we will share strategies that UFI members are deploying around these themes in 2023.
