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Can Gulf trade shows re-start soon?
With the continuing Iran conflict, trade show operators are approaching what had been scheduled as the August-September resumption…
Emslie racing ahead in trade shows
The onetime Arthur Andersen accountant Douglas (Doug) Emslie spent 25 years building Tarsus into a top 20 trade…
Is this what’s next for Lloyd’s List?
Here's the latest episode in a 30-year story of how investors have paid handsomely for a company with…
What next for Emerald et al?
You might be forgiven for wondering why private equity investors favour trade shows much more than their counterparts…
China: a huge shadow over trade shows
The economic upheaval of recent weeks, caused by the US government’s spate of tariffs on international trade, has…
‘B2B is changing less than you think’
Sean Griffey was the founder and CEO of Industry Dive, the B2B newsletter publisher. An economics graduate with…
Informa on Nasdaq. What’s next?
Informa this week completed its acquisition of a 57% shareholding in the Nasdaq-listed TechTarget. The deal involved the…
Why trade shows are chasing SXSW
Everyone loves the idea of South by Southwest (SXSW). What started as a music festival in Austin, Texas…
How Informa is quietly betting on boats
There's nothing like the corporate PR process for putting an acquisition into perspective. The 41-year-old Boat International magazine…
‘Trade show M&A boom is still coming…’
It's 15 months since Informa Plc acquired Tarsus, the UK-based, pe-owned trade show organiser, for $940mn - some…