This week I spoke with exhibition industry veteran Phil Soar, who has built an empire of successful shows over the last 30 years and is the Chairman of b2b events organisers, CloserStill Media & Nineteen Group.

Discussion includes;

  • The pace of the recovery of the global trade show & exhibition industry post pandemic, including a discussion on the key findings of the Association of Venues, 2022 "size and scale index report" for the UK exhibition industry.
  • The recent merger and acquisition activity in the events & exhibitions sector, namely Informa's $940m acquisition of Tarsus, Providence's proposed takeover of Hyve Group Plc, and Blackstone's acquisition of Cvent.
  • Deglobalisation as being the next major threat to the trade show & exhibition industry.

Listen to the full conversation

Watch Part 1

Watch Part 2

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The Dan Assor Show official venue sponsor is carbon neutral conference and exhibition centre, BDC London, who are currently setting their sights on reaching net zero before 2030. https://www.businessdesigncentre.co.uk/

The Dan Assor Show supporters:

Tarsus Group https://www.tarsus.com/

Nineteen Group https://www.nineteengroup.com/

tfconnect https://www.tfconnect.global/  

Terrapinn https://www.terrapinn.com/  

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