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/UFI announces winners of its awards in 2025
UFI, The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, announced the winners of the 2025 UFI Industry Partners Award and the 2025 UFI Sustainable Development Award. Kuehne+Nagel wins the 2025 UFI Industry Partners Award, with the theme of “Partnering in Customer Driven Innovation”. While RX Global wins the 2025 UFI Sustainable Development Award, under the topic of “Best Inclusion Initiative”. The winners will be officially celebrated and present their projects at the 92nd UFI Global Congress in Hong Kong SAR, from 19th to 22nd November 2025.
3m+ visitors to Macau in May 2025
Macau’s Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) released its latest statistics of visitor arrivals for May 2025, welcoming a total of 3,372,081 visitors, up 25% year-on-year. Same-day visitors (1,992,296) jumped 39%, while overnight visitors (1,379,785) increased by 9.4%. However, the average length of stay of visitors decreased by 0.1 day, down to 1.1 days.
Deutsche Messe hosts 70 shows in 2024
International exhibition organiser, Deutsche Messe, released its financial results for the fiscal year 2024, with consolidated revenue was €304 million (US$316 million), with a profit of €18 million (US$19 million). In 2024, the company organised about 70 trade fairs worldwide, featuring over 30,000 exhibiting companies and more than 3 million visitors. In the future, the company will grow its business by developing innovative trade fair formats and expanding into new domestic and international markets.