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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…
Ten dead at Ukrainian arms exhibition hit by Russian missile strike
A Russian ballistic missile strike, 24 July, killed 10 and injured 100 people at an arms exhibition near Kyiv showcasing drone…
JMIC Global Manifesto 3 advances the case for business events as strategic economic assets
The Joint Meetings Industry Council (JMIC) publishes today (16 July) its third edition of the JMIC Global Manifesto, an updated…
Events Industry Alliance appoints consultancy firm to lobby UK government
Henham Strategy has won a competitive bid to be the Events Industry Alliance’s public affairs partner. This means that Henham…
First major event cancellations announced as Gulf crisis deepens
Iran’s retaliatory missile strikes across the Gulf have triggered widespread business disruption in the region leading to airport…
The US Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance releases 2026 Public Policy Agenda
The Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance (ECA), a unified public policy voice of the US business and professional events…
Keeping the meetings motor running
Stephanie Selesnick heads to the motor city and hears from the CVB about Trump’s tariffs and their cross-border impact on Detroit…
Handmade Chelsea returns to Chelsea Old Town Hall
Handmade Chelsea, one of the UK’s longest-running craft and design fairs, will return for its 18th edition from 6–8 November 2025…
UNIMEV secures French government backing in new deal
French events industry association UNIMEV has welcomed the signing of the ‘Business Tourism and Events’ sector contract between…
Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance welcomes US tax and workforce bills
The Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance (ECA) has welcomed two new bills passed in the USA House of Representatives that…
All Party Parliamentary Group for Events to hold first event in Parliament
The All Party Parliamentary Group for Events (APPG) will hold its first event of the new Parliament since being reconstituted in…