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Festival of Media now using AI to match entries with award categories
Exhibition News | The trade for shows.Festival of Media has partnered with Award Compass to launch an AI-powered awards entry tool. The tool is called FOM AI Entry Navigator™, and it’s available for entrants to the Festival of Media Global Awards programme. Festival of Media said[…]
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Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance announces 2026 elected officers and Board
Exhibition News | The trade for shows.The Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance (ECA), the unified public policy voice of the US business and professional events industry, has announced its 2026 elected officers and Board of Directors. The following elected officers were selected by the ECA Board to[…]
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Cvent trends report offers wealth of insight on reshaping events in the 2026 landscape
Exhibition News | The trade for shows.Cvent has released its ‘Top event trends for 2026’ report, which offers a wealth of fresh insights on what is shaping our great meeting and events industry and signposts the areas that are ripe with opportunity. The new report draws[…]
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UFI reveals Global Exhibitions Day theme for 2026
Exhibition News | The trade for shows.Global Exhibitions Day will return on Wednesday, 3 June 2026. The 11th edition will run under the theme “Exhibitions drive opportunities”. The campaign is facilitated by UFI. Alongside the 2026 theme, Global Exhibitions Day has also unveiled a refreshed logo.[…]
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Farnborough International appoints Paul Denny to executive board
Exhibition News | The trade for shows.Farnborough International has promoted Paul Denny to director of aerospace events and appointed him to its executive board. The appointment comes ahead of the next Farnborough International Airshow and follows Denny’s involvement with the organisation over more than two decades.[…]
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Visions Group Holdings relocates HQ to Reading
Exhibition News | The trade for shows.Visions Group Holdings has moved its head office from Bracknell to Reading and opened a second warehouse in Stoke-on-Trent. The company, which provides event production services, said the moves follow a period of growth across its portfolio of brands. The[…]
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Moats, and how Warren Buffett actually understood trade shows
Exhibition News | The trade for shows.By Phil Soar, Chairman of CloserStill Group and Nineteen Group Warren Buffett retired on 31 December 2025, aged 96. For half a century he has been regarded as the Prince of Stock Investors. His investment firm, Berkshire Hathaway, has grown[…]
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MPTS returns this year with expanded exhibition
Exhibition News | The trade for shows.The Media Production & Technology Show (MPTS) will return to the Grand Hall at Olympia London on 13–14 May 2026 for its 10th anniversary edition. The 2026 event will feature an expanded exhibition, an extended seminar programme, and new content[…]
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New KPMG study shows EMECA members generate €82bn and secure 567,000 jobs in Europe
Exhibition News | The trade for shows.A new Economic Impact Study conducted by KPMG on behalf of the European Major Exhibition Centres Association (EMECA) has shown that the EMECA members’ activity generates approximately €6.4bn in tax revenue. The study also noted that EMECA members hosted over[…]
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Chemspec Europe to return to Cologne in May 2026
Exhibition News | The trade for shows.Chemspec Europe, the cross-sector sourcing hub for fine and speciality chemicals has announced its return to Cologne on 6-7 May 2026. Organiser RX reports that, six months ahead of opening, three-quarters of exhibition space has been sold, with several industry[…]
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