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UK call to action: #Eventprofs urged to join email campaign
Event professionals from all across the UK are being urged to join in a mass email send on Tuesday 17 November. In…

Coex and NexTech AR partner to deliver new virtual events platform offer
Coex, Seoul’s largest convention and exhibition centre, has announced a strategic partnership with NexTech AR…

Reed Exhibitions names new president for Americas as Sedky moves to Emerald
Hugh Jones, Global CEO of Reed Exhibitions has announced that Fernando Fischer has been named president, Reed Exhibitions…

Penang launches Virtual Career Expo 2020
The Virtual Career Expo Business Events Edition 2020 (VCE 2020) was launched virtually on 11 November in Malaysia by Penang State…

UFI reviews ‘a year like no other’ and plots course for 2021
UFI’s General Assembly 2020, attended by more than 100 member companies from 40 countries, 10 November, reviewed 12 months of…

ECEF 2020 announces eight Brown Bag Lunch discussions
Lippman Connects, producer of Exhibition and Convention Executives Forum (ECEF), has announced eight topics for…

Australia’s EEAA puts on December programme to ring in in-person events for 2021
The Exhibition and Event Association of Australasia (EEAA) is delivering an end-of-year programme, featuring three key…

Malaysia extends lockdown as MACEOS argues for organised events to be allowed to continue
Malaysia expanded its conditional movement control order (CMCO) to all but three of its 13 states, 9 November, with rising levels…

SMM Digital gets wind in its sails to meet online in February
Maritime tradefair SMM will no longer be held as a hybrid event on Hamburg’s exhibition campus in February 2021 as…

Vaccine breakthrough pushes Informa shares up 27%
With news breaking this morning, 9 November, of a ‘Milestone’ vaccine offering 90% protection against Covid-19, exhibition…

EMECA elects 2021-2022 president
The European Major Exhibition Centres Association (EMECA) has announced the election of Ricard Zapatero (pictured)…