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Hong Kong, 7th January: Hong Kong Fashion Week will open later this month celebrating its 50th edition. Hong Kong Fashion Week for Fall/Winter 2019 will run from 14th to 17th January at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC).
Read MoreThailand, 9th January: MEDICAL FAIR THAILAND, a biennial event, will be held at a larger venue this year. The exhibition will relocate to the Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre (BITEC) in 2019 to accommodate the exhibition’s growth.
Read MoreJakarta, 9th January: Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group, the largest e-commerce company in China, has announced the launch of its second data center in Indonesia which will double the company’s local capacity.
Read MoreNew Delhi, 9th January: UBM India, a subsidiary of UBM plc, will open its travel trade show in India, SATTE 2019, at a new location, India Expo Mart, Greater Noida – Delhi NCR. The event will be held next week running from 16th to 18th January.
Read MoreHong Kong, 7th January: The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) concluded its Hong Kong International Licensing Show this week. The event featured more than 400 exhibitors and over 23,000 visitors from around the world.
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Düsseldorf, 1st January: International trade fair organiser, Messe Düsseldorf, has appointed Dietmar Thomas as its Head of Trade Fair Press Department, effective from 1st January 2019. Thomas replaces Eva Rugenstein, former Head of Trade Fair Press Department, who retired after 25 years with the company.
Read MoreTokyo, 13th December: SIGGRAPH Asia 2018, the “ACM SIGGRAPH Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Technologies in Asia,” posted new record numbers at the Tokyo International Forum in Japan. Close to 10,000 participants from 60 countries and regions attended SIGGRAPH. Visitors included computer graphics professionals, researchers, consumer enthusiasts and various trade visitors. According to the organiser, this 11th edition of the conference was the largest event in its history.
Read MoreNew Delhi, 20th December: Messe München concluded its biennial event, bauma CONEXPO INDIA, on 14th December 2018. It attracted over 39,000 industry professionals to the HUDA Ground in Gurgaon/Delhi. According to the organiser that represents growth of 20% compared with the previous edition.
Read MoreHong Kong, 2nd January: The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) will open three concurrent shows later this month at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). These events are expected to feature nearly 3,000 exhibitors. Running from 7th to 10th January, the three shows are: Hong Kong Toys & Games Fair, Hong Kong Baby Products Fair and Hong Kong International Stationery Fair.
Read MoreLondon, 20th December: Global asset management firm, Providence Equity Partners, announced that the company has signed an agreement to acquire CloserStill Media, a U.K.-based trade show and event organiser, for £340 million (US$431 million). Providence has experience owning exhibition businesses. Previously, Providence held stakes in Clarion Events and George Little Management in the U.S.
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Read MoreFoshan, China, 14th December: The inaugural edition of Metal + Tech, an international metal exhibition serving the Guangzhou and Foshan area, concluded on 30th November 2018 at the Guangdong Tanzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center (GICEC).
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Mumbai, 19th December: Later in December, UBM India, a UBM plc company, will organise a new “preview” B2B jewellery fair in Mumbai, Mumbai Jewellery & Gam Fair (MJGF), running from 21st to 23rd December 2018 at the Hotel Sahara Star.
Read MoreFrankfurt, 13th December: Last week, international exhibition organiser, Messe Frankfurt, released its preliminary results for 2018. Management expects that its total sales will reach a new record, hitting €715 million (US$814 million), a 7% increase over the figure in 2017.
Read MoreBeijing, 13th December: IBTM China, part of Reed’s IBTM’s portfolio of meetings and events industry trade show, announced plans to expand its hosted buyer programme at the 2019 edition.
Read MoreMelbourne, 18th December: The Melbourne Showgrounds will open new, additional facilities next year, adding more than 2,500 m2 to the venue.
Read MoreHong Kong, 13th December: The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) will organise seven international trade fairs early next year, including Hong Kong Toys & Games Fair, Hong Kong Baby Products Fair, Hong Kong International Stationery Fair, Hong Kong International Licensing Show, Hong Kong Fashion Week for Fall/Winter, Hong Kong International Diamond, Gem & Pearl Show, and Hong Kong International Jewellery Show.
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Read MoreShanghai, 7th December: This week, Reed Exhibitions, a RELX Group company, announced a new joint venture with Shanghai Forever Exhibition. Although announced as new joint venture, this appears to be a Reed acquisition. Detailed terms of the deal were not published.
The new joint venture (JV), Reed Exhibitions Hengjin, will manage the Automotive Manufacturing Technology & Material Show (AMTS), a leading trade exhibition serving the automotive engineering sector in China. AMTS is co-located with Assembly & Handling Technology Exhibition (AHTE). The two shows occupied a gross exhibition area of about 100,000 m2 at the 2018 edition, attracting more than 77,000 professional trade visitors, according to Shanghai Forever.
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