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UBM acquires HK shows from Diversified Comms

Events. The US privately-owned Diversified Communications Inc has agreed to sell its trade shows Restaurant & Bar Hong Kong , Natural & Organic Products Asia, and Retail Asia Expo to the UK-based UBM which is itself is being acquired by Informa Plc. No terms have been disclosed. Diversified owns some 50 brands, operates more than 150 events and employs some 650 people around the world, principally in the US, Canada, UK and Australia. It also has publishing and digital services. In December, it acquired Mumbrella, the Sydney-based group of fast-growing media-marketing information services and events.

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