Industry Research

An assessment of the performance of countries across the world in the staging of exhibitions. It also includes a forecast of growth up to 2022.

Venue capacity is an important element for the exhibition industry and the resulting economic development it generates. With the 'World Map of Exhibition Venues', UFI (THe Global Association of the Exhibition Industry) regularly produces a global census of all exhibition venues with a minimum of 5,000 sqm of gross indoor exhibition.

An assessment of the global value of the business events sector, in terms of direct spending, economic impact, job creation and sustenance. It also provides rankings of the top 50 countries for the economic significance of their business events sectors.

As the only representative trade body for the travel management industry, the GTMC commissioned in 2016 Oxford Economics to estimate the Impact that International business travel has on the UK economy.  

In September 2018, VisitBritain has published a China MICE Market Study to support the sector in understanding the characteristics of the Chinese meetings and incentives market.

The China MICE Market Study gives an overview of the market growth in China, the growth of Chinese business visitors to the UK, and the opportunity for events suppliers and destinations in the UK to grow their share of the industry. The study looks in detail at the sub-sectors of the Chinese MICE market, including the ‘corporate incentive market’, ‘association market’ and ‘Chinese clan market’.

The report finds that the immediate opportunity for the UK lies within the ‘corporate incentive market’ after the UK welcomed 3,200 delegates from Perfect China as part of its recent incentive trip.