Events
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…
Reed Exhibitions buys Mack Brooks
Reed Exhibitions is buying the high-rated, UK-based Mack Brooks for a price believed to be some £200m. The…
CloserStill exhibitions jackpot
A 65% stake in CloserStill Media, the 10-year-old London-based organiser of exhibitions principally in the healthcare, learning technologies…
How high will exhibition prices go?
Alone among the media-marketing sectors that pre-date the internet, exhibitions keep growing in profitability and value, and don’t…
The irresistible rise of Mark Allen
Quick read. The London-based Mark Allen Group (MAG) is buying Rhinegold, the long-time publisher of Music Teacher, Classical…