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Kahoot into Asia
Norwegian ed-tech company Kahoot is aiming to expand into Asian markets through acquisitions with the backing of its lead investor Japan based SoftBank and a listing on the main Oslo stock…
25 March 2021
1 minute read
Event recruiting ‘fights back’
Two leading UK-based recruitment firms involved in the international events industry have launched New Model Army (NMA Events) “to aid recovery” of the sector following the…
25 March 2021
1 minute read
Questex buys signage expo
Questex, the B2B information and events company, has acquired the Digital Signage Expo. The US-based company (owned by MidOcean Partners) says the worldwide digital signage market is predicted…
25 March 2021
1 minute read
Mexico trade show JV
Italian Exhibition Group (IEG) and Deutsche Messe (through subsidiary Hannover Fairs Mexico) have formed a JV to launch trade shows in Mexico. Their first event will be the Active & Sports…
25 March 2021
1 minute read
Aussie deal ‘saves’ papers…
This was the week when Facebook struck a three-year deal with News Corp, in Australia, having agreed something similar with SevenWest Media, and the Nine Entertainment Company. As a result…
20 March 2021
2 minute read
Will newsletters kill newspapers?
Amid the carnage of job losses at newspapers and digital news providers, email newsletters are beginning to look like a surprisingly important part of the future. Look at the rise of Substack,…
19 March 2021
5 minute read
Trade shows look East for signs of recovery
The exhibitions industry is looking to China for the signs of when/how events will bounce back to their peak 2019 levels. Of the country's 20 largest trade shows (by net exhibition space in…
19 March 2021
3 minute read
Something to Think about
Sometimes the best research is the stuff that wasn't intended for you. You can learn the most from surveys that were neither tailored to your specific interests nor affected by your…
19 March 2021
3 minute read
Canada energy info merger
GeoLOGIC Systems has acquired JWN Energy, an energy insights and intelligence provider best known for the Daily Oil Bulletin, Evaluate Energy and CanOils. What are Canada’s two leading…
18 March 2021
1 minute read
RELX buys travel-tech
Cirium, an aviation data and consulting company based in London and part of RELX, is to buy travel tech startup Migacore, which applies machine learning to help predict passenger demand for…
18 March 2021
1 minute read
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