AI-powered event technology provider ExpoPlatform has been appointed to support tech-enriched meeting experiences across a number of international organiser Hyve’s events.
The move involves structured meeting formats across flagship shows including Shoptalk Europe, Shoptalk Spring, Shoptalk Fall, Shoptalk Luxe, Groceryshop, POSSIBLE Miami, Fintech Meetup, Bett and CWIEME.
Hyve facilitated more than 160,000 meetings in the last year, reflecting its meetings-first approach to events, and the new partnership aims to take thiss to the next level.
Richard Hilsley, interim CTO of Hyve, said: “Creating valuable connections is central to the experience we want to deliver across our events and is one of our key drivers of customer value.
“Having the right technology to support this plays an important role in enabling these connections and offering a seamless process for our attendees, exhibitors and buyers.
“We’re pleased to be working with the team at ExpoPlatform to support that.”
Tanya Pinchuk, CEO of ExpoPlatform, added: “Hyve is setting the pace for meeting-first event design.
“We’re thrilled to partner with Hyve, our platform powering a meeting programme of this scale, matching thousands of buyers and sellers and supporting one of the most advanced meeting operations in our industry… We support the whole event ecosystem – from session and speaker management to wayfinding, TableTalks, exhibitor listings and the marketplace – all delivered through a seamless web and app experience.”
This latest announcement follows Hyve’s recent sale to private equity firm Hellman & Friedman for about $1.8bn.
The group also climbed from 15th to number eight in the latest STAX global ranking of exhibition organisers by revenue.
