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Marketplace buys holiday show

B2C exhibition organiser Marketplace Events, based in Ohio, has bought the Cincinnati Holiday Market from Hart Productions. Marketplace Events itself was acquired by Sentinel Capital Partners in 2016 and this is the company’s thirteenth acquisition since then.

The Cincinnati Holiday Market is an annual event with 350 exhibitors offering home and holiday related offers. Marketplace Events organises 76 shows attracting 22,000 exhibitors, almost 2m attendees and supported by 3m annual uniques, with a focus on home and holidays. 

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