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/UFI announces winners of 2025 NGL grant
UFI, The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, announced its recipients of 2025 Next Generation Leadership (NGL) grant. This year, five winners were selected by international jury: Anida D’Costa – Senior Conference Producer, Informa Markets (UAE); Diana Maria Salman – Senior Sales Manager, FEXPOCRUZ (Bolivia); Ilaria Basile – Event Operations Manager, Clarion Events (UK); Sarah Jung – Sales Manager, Messe München (Germany); and Taher Hakami – Riyadh Business Events Manager, SCEGA (Saudi Arabia).
RELX updates on trading
London-listed RELX Group plc has recently released its latest trading update of its Annual General Meeting (AGM), reaffirming the outlook for the full year of 2025. The Exhibitions business, accounting for 13% of the company’s 2024 revenues, posted a strong underlying revenue growth, reflecting the improved growth profile of its event portfolio and making good progress on digital initiatives. In 2025, the company expected a strong underlying revenue growth with an improvement in adjusted operating margin for the Exhibitions business.
1.4m+ overnight MICE visitors to Hong Kong in 2024
In 2024, Hong Kong attracted 1.42 million overnight MICE visitors, a 10% increase year-on-year. According to media release, half of MICE events visitors were from overseas, with exhibition segment accounted for over 20%.
755 exhibitors at Macau’s MITE
The 13th Macao International Travel (Industry) Expo (MITE) opened on 25th April 2025. Under the theme of “Explore MITE, Experience the World”, the expo presented six major highlights, bringing 755 tourism-related businesses and governmental entities from 70 countries and regions. MITE was held at Cotai Expo of the Venetian Macao, from 25th to 27th April 2025, occupying an area of 30,000 m2, featuring 1,502 booths.