The Event Supplier and Services Association has said strong financial management resulted in an operating surplus to protect events and services and allow new products to be developed.
Luxury hotel brand Pullman has been awarded preferred status for Exhibition Centre Liverpool, with the announcement that an upscale four-star hotel will be at the heart of the new venue.
Centaur Media will co-locate a new Midlands edition of its Home Improvement Show with its National Homebuilding and Renovating Show at The NEC from next year.
Organiser Diversified Business Communications UK has claimed its Ocean Business 2013 was a success, after it attracted a 29 per cent increase in visitor numbers from the last show in 2011.