Events
Cisco buys events platform
The tech company Cisco, headquartered in California, is to buy Socio which facilitates events online or in-person. Socio…
Informa food expo in China
Informa is launching a new food and hospitality trade show in Guangzhou, China’s third largest city, in 2022.…
Penske JV for SXSW Festival
Penske Media’s joint venture with MRC, P-MRC Holdings, is acquiring 50% of SXSW, producer of the South by…
Virtual trade show guide
Mash Media, of the UK, has launched a new product reflecting the move to digital and hybrid events…
Immediate consolidates shows
Immediate Media, the UK’s second largest magazine publisher, has completed the acquisition of River Street Events (which it…
Hyve sells Kazakh exhibitions
The UK-based, listed trade show organiser Hyve Group Plc (formerly ITE) has sold ITECA LLP, the operating company…
Event recruiting ‘fights back’
Two leading UK-based recruitment firms involved in the international events industry have launched New Model Army (NMA Events)…
Questex buys signage expo
Questex, the B2B information and events company, has acquired the Digital Signage Expo. The US-based company (owned by MidOcean…
Mexico trade show JV
Italian Exhibition Group (IEG) and Deutsche Messe (through subsidiary Hannover Fairs Mexico) have formed a JV to launch…
Singapore events merger
Two Singapore meetings and events companies, Temasek’s SingEx and Singapore Press Holding’s Sphere Exhibits are to merge and…