United Business Media Acquires National Venue Show
LONDON, April 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — United Business Media plc announced today that it has acquired the National Venue Show for GBP1.5m. LONDON, April 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — United Business Media plc announced today that it has acquired the National Venue Show for GBP1.5m. Held annually in September at the NEC in Birmingham, the National Venue Show is a ‘must attend’ event that brings together UK venues with approximately 6,000 UK professionals from across the event support and management industry. The National Venue Show complements International Confex, the leading annual exhibition for European event organisers owned by CMPi, UBM’s UK and European professional media business. International Confex will be next held at Earl’s Court in February 2007. Notes to Editors 1. About United Business Media plc United Business Media is one of the world’s leading global business information companies. UBM brings together the world’s buyers and sellers, helping their markets work effectively and efficiently through PR Newswire’s news distribution network and CMP’s portfolio of events, print and on-line publications. For more information, go to http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/ About PR Newswire – PR Newswire is the world’s leading corporate news distribution service. Headquartered in New York, PR Newswire distributes news globally on behalf of over 40,000 customers, including many of the world’s top companies and agencies, helping them take the latest news to the media, the investment community, and the general public. For more information, go to http://www.prnewswire.com/ About CMP – CMP’s portfolio of more than 200 newspapers, magazines and directories, 200 websites and 300 events brings together buyers and sellers from a range of global sectors including technology, healthcare, the built environment, lifestyle, fashion and ingredients. Our customers come to us for direct access to their key audiences: business decision-makers. CMP operates globally through four divisions: CMP Media – the USA’s leading high tech B2B media company and provider of healthcare education and information. For more information, go to http://www.cmpmedia.com/ CMP Information: the European magazine and events business, based in the UK. For more information, go to http://www.cmpinformation.com/ CMP Asia: a leader in exhibitions and publications in key markets in Asia. For more information, go to http://www.cmpasia.com/ Geschrieben am Tuesday, 04.April.2006. 07:29:04 CEST