ibtm world has announced it has scheduled the highest number of matched appointments in the last four years, with over 51,000 matched appointments set to take place at the 30th anniversary edition of the event, which takes place on 28-30 November, in Barcelona. Appointment numbers are up 23 per cent compared with 2016, with 36% of the appointments for this year’s show mutually matched – another increase on 2016’s figures. Also this year, following the introduction of an en...