UFI, The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of Raya Al Taher as Research Coordinator. In her role, Raya will work alongside Research Manager Christian Druart and Research Coordinator Natalia Limonova-Bonnel to conduct analyses and reports that support UFI’s strategic insights for the global exhibition industry.
As Good Time Creative (GTC) enters its fifth year in business, the Chicago-based experiential design and event production agency is excited to welcome three new team members to its creative, operational, and marketing departments. Baylee Albano joins as Experiential Designer, Natalie Doyle as Account Manager, and Charlotte St. Raymond as Marketing & Business Development Coordinator.
If you ask anyone in the tradeshow industry what is top of mind these days, almost everyone will give you the same answer: rising costs.
From lingering inflation and labor shortages to economic uncertainty and trade wars, it has rarely been more expensive to organize, host, attend, or exhibit at a tradeshow.
The 11th edition of Global Exhibitions Day (GED) will be celebrated on Wednesday, 3 June 2026, under the theme “Exhibitions drive opportunities.”
Impact XM and Jack Morton, two of the world’s leading brand experience agencies, today announced that they are merging to create one of the industry’s most comprehensive global experiential partners. The agency will be supported by The Riverside Company, a global investment firm that believes deeply in the power of experience and the long-term growth of the category.
Mimo, a leading provider of commercial-grade display and collaboration solutions, today announced the appointment of Curtiss Singleton as Executive Vice President of Global Sales.
Lime Media Group announced key leadership appointments to support the company’s continued growth and operational scale. Bart McCollum, formerly Integrator of Lime Media, has been appointed President, and Spencer Rose has joined the leadership team as Chief People Officer and Head of Teams & Talent.
Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau (ACVB) announces the promotion of Bruno Njiensi to accounts payable manager. Njiensi will now oversee and streamline ACVB’s accounts payable function. His responsibilities will also include managing vendor relations and compliance, maintaining financial schedules and the fixed asset register and tracking organizational commitments and concessions.
In step with the fast-moving momentum of the events industry, Aluvision is ramping up North American operations to streamline our growth and customer service support. Aluvision US welcomes Brice Shields as Director of Account Services.
The workforce that has filled convention centers for decades is changing in size and composition. And that has significant implications for the event industry & billions being invested in convention infrastructure.
One Rock Capital Partners, LLC (“One Rock”) announced that one of its affiliates has acquired a majority stake in American Furniture Rentals, Inc. (“AFR” or the “Company”).
Over the past three years, the cost of exhibiting at tradeshows has skyrocketed to unprecedented levels. We’ve now reached a critical inflection point where these expenses have climbed so high that leadership teams are scrutinizing their exhibitions and events budgets more intensely than ever before.
