Industry Research

This report looks at the academic venue conference market over the period 2009-2018. It assesses volume and value aspects of the market and summarises key trends.

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.