THE BIG ISSUE
the education / careers / training sector ( 9 %).
Trade exhibitions were more diverse in their industry sector – popular verticals included medicine , healthcare and pharmaceuticals ( 14 %), industry & processing , manufacturing , engineering and science ( 10 %) and other service industries ( 10 %).
RJS Associates and Tony Rogers Conference & Event Services compile the SASiE report every year by taking the data submissions from participating AEV and AEO members , weighting and analysing the resulting data to produce the report .
Industry sectors The table summarises the industry sector by exhibition type . The circled values indicate the most common sectors .
Industry sector
Consumer exhibitions were strongly orientated to the leisure sector ( approximately 43 % of consumer exhibitions ), and the lifestyle / wedding / homeware sector ( 16 %) and
Recovery Rachel Parker , AEV director , said , “ The report provides vitally important market intelligence for the industry and helps demonstrate the value of our sector in our discussions with government . We are always grateful to all AEV and AEO members who contribute the time and resource collating data for the report .” Outgoing AEO chair Carina Bauer said the findings “ confirm the industry is on an exciting path to growth and recovery .”
After analysing the results Phil Soar said the report was invaluable as the only independent tool examining broad trends across the industry .
He said : “ It is interesting that in both visitor numbers and square metres booked , the overall numbers for 2019 are very similar to the numbers for 2010 . So , unlike say newspapers or magazines , we have not declined at all in the last decade . Thus it is possible to interpret all this information rather positively . Despite a decade or so of massive change ( not least in the web and social media ) we have held our own . This is rather a cheering thought .
“ The industry is recovering extremely well from Covid . We have shown ourselves to be enormously resilient against ( probably ) the worst which can be thrown against us .” EN
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