Connecting Meetings Professionals

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2 What is The Meetings Show? The Meetings Show is the premier exhibition in the UK for the meetings and events industry, delivering high quality buyers from across the UK and Europe to meet face-to-face with the most comprehensive collection of domestic and international suppliers. Exhibiting at The Meetings Show 2018 will provide you with an unmissable opportunity to do business, network, access free education and showcase your product to the finest meetings, conference and incentive planners from across the industry. WHY EXHIBIT? NETWORK with over 4,800 meetings industry professionals in a buzzing trade show environment and attend one of the many events in our social programme including the hosted buyer welcome reception, MPI party, exhibitor stand events and more. MEET with the biggest audience of domestic and international buyers at a UK event for the MICE community, offering unrivalled access to leading decision makers in our hosted buyer programme. LEARN from over 70 hours of FREE education content across targeted content streams. INSPIRE event industry professionals with your destination, products or services using our pre-show and onsite promotional opportunities. DISCOVER the latest trends and technologies that are shaping the events industry at the Technology Zone.

3 Who will you meet? UK Buyers Exhibitors at The Meetings Show will find themselves ideally placed to meet and do face-to-face business with the strong and vibrant UK buyer market. The show welcomes over 1,500 buyers from UK agencies, corporates, associations and incentive houses. The largest gathering of UK MICE buyers at any event globally. We re proud to have been named the number one attended trade show for corporate and association sectors in the UK. *BMEIS survey 2016/ % of visitor buyers attending are from the UK 2.5bn collective buying power of UK buyers European Buyers The European buyer market is also strongly represented at the show offering UK destinations, hotels and venues the unique opportunity to meet with buyers actively placing inbound MICE business. If you are looking beyond the UK to expand your MICE business then The Meetings Show can offer you the ideal platform right on your doorstep. 41% of hosted buyers attend from throughout Europe 670m collective buying power of EU buyers

4 The hosted buyer programme The Meetings Show gives you unrivalled access to pre-qualified senior buyers from across the UK and Europe through our hosted buyer programme. Exhibitors can access their online diary and pre-schedule meetings with MICE buyers in the weeks leading up to the show, ensuring they go onsite with diaries full of genuine business leads. 2,048,189 average annual spend Hosted buyers will only be qualified if they fulfil a strict criteria, having: a proven track record of placing MICE business evidence of future MICE business to place commitment to participate in a minimum number of pre-scheduled appointments Hosted buyers receive complimentary travel and accommodation, access to exclusive networking events and educational content plus a whole range of onsite benefits. 58% of hosted buyers were senior management or above Hosted buyer split It is great to see the growth in exhibitors, they are high quality and I look forward to seeing even more variety moving forward. Catarina Olim, Portuguese Association for Professional Associations 65% agency 15% association, AMC, PCO 11% corporate 9% other The fact that you can do pre-appointments so easily is something that has always been beneficial to us. It is always good because there are real buyers who have proper buying conversations. Helen Cuddy, Imago Venues

5 What next? The Meetings Show 2018 offers a wide variety of exhibition and sponsorship packages to ensure you benefit from maximum exposure to our audience of premium buyers. To find out how you and your organisation can benefit from being involved please contact a member of the team and start your journey with us today. over 700 exhibitors from 54 destinations Ross Barker ross.barker@centaurmedia.com +44 (0) Jack Marczewski jack.marczewski@centaurmedia.com +44 (0) Katy Phelps katy.phelps@centaurmedia.com +44 (0) Andy Batten andy.batten@centaurmedia.com +44 (0)