Central & North America

Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance amplifies advocacy effort with launch of ECA Ambassadors Circle
Twenty-eight event industry leaders have been selected for a new advocacy leadership programme in the US driven by the…

Record-breaking WTM London donation funds vital water projects
WTM London, part of RX Global’s exhibition portfolio, has given its largest ever donation to international safe water…

Easyfairs makes another acquisition – The AI Conference in San Francisco
Easyfairs has had a busy couple of weeks. On 22 July, the company announced that it will be launching a US edition…

Cvent launches rebrand and $1bn investment plan
Tech event platform company Cvent has launched a new brand identity and announced plans to invest more than $1bn in technology…

Hyve enters Legal SuperVertical with acquisition of LegalTechTalk
Global exhibition organieser Hyve has announced it has acquired LegalTechTalk, Europe’s leading event for legal technology and…

CDMO Live & PharmaSource join forces with Life Science Connect under acquisition deal
Life Science Networks’ PharmaSource and CDMO Live are being acquired by Life Science Connect (LSC), a US-based life sciences…

Hyve acquires Virtuosi League
Global organiser of B2B events, Hyve, has announced the acquisition of US-based Virtuosi League, a leadership, learning and…

Are you spending on the wrong risks?
Bruno Marx worked with jwc consultancy to examine the true cost of ‘showcase spending’ in event safety and security…

How to turn £700,000 into $1.77bn in 14 easy steps
Co-founder of CloserStill Group, Phil Soar, offers a how-to on flipping an exhibition company for over a billion dollars At the…

The Soar Point: Three quotes to change our world
By Phil Soar, co-founder of CloserStill Group and Chairman of Nineteen Group In the space of just 8 weeks this summer…

Washington, DC hosts inaugural Global Policy Forum
The Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance (ECA); UFI, The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, and MAD Event…