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Lessons Learned from MPI WEC in Mexico

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Be Flexible and Transparent Playa Del Carmen, Mexico, was not the location originally slated for this year’s WEC. One of the reasons I was so excited to host in Mexico is I love the history and culture,” VanDeventer said. Do we work with partners to provide something for the trade show that we wouldn’t normally bring ourselves?”

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Agreement between Italian Exhibition Group and Deutsche Messe

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Two of the most prominent trade show organizers in Europe have today signed an important agreement to activate a series of trade show events in Mexico. The joint venture is between Deutsche Messe AG (through its subsidiary Hannover Fairs Mexico) and Italian Exhibition Group SpA (IEG).

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Early Reports: Mexico City Will Rebound Quickly

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It’s not nearly business as usual in Mexico City after yesterday’s 7.1-magnitude Leopoldo Farias Barlow, executive director of the Mexico City-based trade show and events association AMEREF, e-mailed a brief update to Trade Show Executive. We are all fine,” he wrote.

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IBTM launches new trade show for Asia Pacific Market

Event Industry News

The event will take place from 6 th -8 th April 2020 in Singapore at the Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre and joins IBTM’s existing portfolio which includes IBTM World in Barcelona; IBTM Americas in Mexico City; IBTM China in Beijing; IBTM Arabia in the UAE and IBTM Africa in Cape Town.

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Exhibition Place GM Laura Purdy to Chair New North American Chapter of UFI

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and Pepe Navarro from Tarsus/Informa (Mexico). UFI will work with MAD Event Management, a trade show management company led by President Martha Donato and CEO Marty Glynn, to manage the activities for the new North America chapter. 

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Meeting Professionals International Experiments with Annual Meeting

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and Canada for the first time, going to Barcelo Maya Riviera Resort in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, 48 miles south of Cancun International Airport. This year, though, attendance was just over 1,400 people in person, with about 600 being planners and 100 of those planners coming from Mexico, Central America, and South America.

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SIAL America 2023 Kicks Off in Las Vegas

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Canada, Colombia and Mexico will be participating in this year’s hosted buyer program along with major retailers, including 7-Eleven, Blue Apron, Aldi and Harmon’s. Canada, Mexico and Oman will also be participating. The winning product will be featured at every SIAL show over the course of the following year.

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