Contents
In this issue:
UFI – The Global Association of
the Exhibition Industry promotes,
represents and serves the interests
of the world’s leading show
organisers, fairground owners
and operators, major national and
international associations of the
exhibition industry and industry
partners. As a non-political
and non-profit organisation,
UFI’s main goal is to serve the
exhibition industry worldwide
and to emphasise its unique
marketing characteristics for the
development of world trade.
Present on six continents, in
84 countries, UFI is a unique
and neutral forum for dialogue
dedicated to all professionals
involved in the trade fair
business. Serving the exhibition
industry since 1925, UFI applies
its professional experience
and renown to providing its
members and the industry with
the extensive know-how required
to meet the challenges of ever-
changing needs.
Being a member of UFI is a
proof of quality and international
recognition. Over 4,500 tradefairs
and exhibitions are organised by
its members. More than 900 of
these are international exhibitions,
approved by UFI, based upon
strict and exacting quality criteria,
assuring excellent services for the
benefit of exhibitors and visitors.
UFI President:
Craig Newman
UFI Managing Director/CEO:
Kai Hattendorf
UFI MarComs Manager:
Justine Evans
17 rue Louise Michel
92300 Levallois-Perret Fran
Tel: +33 (0)1 4639 7500
Fax: +33 (0)1 4639 7501
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.ufi.org
UFI Asia/Pacific Regional Office:
Suite 4114, Hong Kong Plaza
188 Connaught Road West
Hong Kong, S.A.R
Tel: (852) 2525 6129
Email: [email protected]
UFI Middle East/Africa
Expo Center, Sharjah - UAE
Tel: (971) 6 5991352
Email: [email protected]
UFI Latin America
Corferias
Cra 37 # 24-67
Auditorium Second Floor
Bogota
Colombia
Tel: +571 3445486
E-mail: [email protected]
The opinions and views expressed
in Exhibition World do not
necessarily reflect UFI policy or
position.
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Top left
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Meet the EW/
UFI 2019 GED
Award Winners
Top right
14
Big Interview:
Ravinder Sethi
Bottom left
37
Simon George
attends IEIA’s
Open Seminar
in Delhi
Bottom right
47
H1 results from
two big players
NEWS & OPINION 49 05
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18-19
21-25
BREXIT HARD TALK
Matthias Baur interviews
former UK MP Nick de Bois
43 WHEN IS IT TIME FOR
ORGANISERS TO STEP IN?
Jochen Witt shares some
insights on why shows can fail
WELCOME
UFI: AGE OF COLLABORATION
GLOBAL SNAPSHOT
AMERICAS, ASIA,
EUROPEAN NEWS
BIG INTERVIEW REGIONAL FOCUS
14 37 INDIA: CAN EVENTS CAPITALISE
ON A FLOURISHING ECONOMY
President of India’s
Exhibition Industry
Association says a lack of
space is his country’s biggest
exhibition challenge
45 MEET GUADALAJARA: MUCH
MORE THAN MARIACHI
A report on Mexico’s Pearl of
the West, fast realising its events
potential
INDIA’S TIGER KING
EW traces the career of an
Indian exhibition icon
RESEARCH AND INSIGHTS
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ACCESSING A WORLD OF TALENT
Trevor Foley advises on
matching global placements
CHINA: TRAP OR TRAIL?
Björn Kempe examines the
latest moves in the Asian
market
NALYTICS UNTAPPED?
A
AMR International’s Denzil
Rankine says organisers can
use analytics more effectively
THINK TANK
21
EALMAKERS
D
Steve Monnington on the
big Tarsus acquisition by
Charterhouse Capital Partners
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