Events
CloserStill buys e-commerce shows in Spain
Events. The private equity-owned Closer Still Media, the organiser of eCommerce Expo in the UK and in Asia, has…
Malo buys Digital Kids Show in UK
Events. Malo Events, of the UK, is acquiring the Digital Kids Show from Engage Media Solutions, of Manchester, UK.…
Is this how Informa can get Reed Exhibitions?
Exhibitions. The UK-based Informa Plc last year became the world’s largest trade show organiser with its £4bn acquisition…
Is Cannes Lions a clue to the future of exhibitions?
Everybody loves live events. Newspapers and magazines look for rare rays of sunshine in performances and so-called experiential…
GL adds exhibitions in China
Events. GL Events, of France, has agreed to acquire 60% of Interwine, the organising company of the Chinese…
Society buys photonics shows
Events. SPIE, the Washington state-based international society for optics and photonics, has agreed to purchase Xmark Media, the…
Tarsus exhibitions to go private for £668m
Charterhouse private equity (until last year the majority owner of French exhibitions group Comexposium) has made an agreed…
‘Easyfairs for sale’
After two years of intensifying M&A, another of the world’s leading exhibitions groups, the Brussels-based Easyfairs, is believed…
How far will Informa go?
Informa Plc, which became the world’s largest exhibitions organiser in 2018 with its £3.8bn acquisition of UBM, has…
Immediate Media buys UK exhibitions
The UK-based magazines group Immediate Media has plunged deeper into live events with the £9m acquisition of Upper…