Dealmakers
Ptak buys three shows Ptak Warsaw Expo , Poland ( and Central Europe ’ s ) largest exhibition centre with 143,000m2 of internal exhibition space has made their first acquisition buying three market leading shows – Eurogastro ( hotel and catering ), WorldHotel and TT Warsaw ( tourism ) – from MT Targi Polska whose owner retired prior to the pandemic . The Ptak venue was only completed in 2015 and owns the majority of the shows run at the venue ( 30 out of approximately 40 shows planned for 2022 ).
Arc acquires five brands Arc , headed by Simon Foster , has made a second acquisition acquiring five brands – Farm Business Innovation , Holiday Park and Resort Innovation , Family Attraction Expo , Country House Business Innovation and Leisure Food & Beverage Expo – which are all co-located as one annual event focussing on UK farmers and land owners who are seeking alternative sources of income .
This follows the acquisition of Agriconnect ( Farmers Guardian and LAMMA ) a few months ago and the new business will become part of the agriculture portfolio . The brands were acquired from Fortem International ( previously Prsym ) who sold a significant part of their portfolio to Apiary Capital backed organiser Roar B2B at the end of 2019 – a transaction that kickstarted Roar ’ s buy and build journey .
“ I knew that if wanted to make real money I had to own my own business . Working under an entrepreneur like Simon made it all very clear – I wanted to launch , grow and then sell .”
Italian cuisine merger The European Pizza and Pasta Show ( EPPS ) has merged with Bellavita Expo London to create one combined show at Olympia . EPPS was owned by the late Roger Shashoua founder of ITE Exhibitions and was run by ex ITE director Slava Blagoeva who took over the ownership after Roger ’ s death earlier this year . The merger is a bit of a no-brainer as there is no real exhibitor overlap and the combination of the two shows will cover the best of Italian food , drink and associated equipment . The combined show will expand its sectors to incorporate plant based and free from products , beverages and ice cream .
Vuka partnerships The Vuka Group , recently formed from the management buyout of Clarion Events ’ Africa business , has created two partnerships with entrepreneur-led organisers . The first is with Smarter Mobility Africa founded by Ben Pullen and will take advantage of Vuka Group ’ s back office , systems , media platforms and general know-how to more easily scale the business as well as taking advantage of the synergies that their energy portfolio brings . The other partnership is with Kinetic Events and brings Vuka Group into the Retail sector , specifically e-commerce and customer fulfilment . Kinetic are a conference organiser running events such as Customer Experience Management Summit and e-Commerce Africa Confex . EN
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