ITE Announces Revenue Increases in Trading Update

London-based ITE Group plc published its trading update covering the period April 1-July 10. 

For the quarter ended June 30, revenues were approximately £58 million (US$77 million), representing a 13% increase on a like-for-like basis. Revenues for the nine months ended 30th June were roughly £134 million (US$177 million), a rise of 11% on a like-for-like basis. Net debt was about £53 million (US$70 million) as of 30th June.

Ben Hindman

Ben Hindman is co-founder and CEO of Splash, the fastest-growing end-to-end event marketing technology used by more than half of the Fortune 500. Prior to starting Splash, Ben was the Director of Events at Thrillist, where he produced large-scale events from concerts to mystery fly-aways. He is also a co-founder of the Summit Series, the renowned invite-only destination event for the greatest minds in tech.

Karen Winner

Karen Winner is a marketing communications professional with more than 30 years of experience in customer, employee and shareholder communications and public relations. As principal at SCHWEGMAN Communications, she specializes in developing marketing strategies and content for earned, owned, shared and paid media that impact clients’ target markets.

Scott Davis

Scott Davis is part of the Mediasite Events team of Sonic Foundry, which provides turnkey streaming services to hundreds of companies, healthcare organizations and continuing education conferences of all sizes throughout the globe every year.

MCEC Appoints Director of Marketing

The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) has appointed Carolyn Johnson as its Director of Marketing and Communications, effective from 9th July 2018.

Previously, Johnson was Head of Marketing of Hostplus. She has also held senior marketing positions at various premium brands in Australia. She has extensive experience in customer experience design, development and implementation of business and digital transformation, and communications.

Heiko Stutzinger to Become Deputy MD of Messe Duesseldorf China

Deputy General Manager of Messe Düsseldorf Shanghai, Heiko M. Stutzinger, will take an additional role of Deputy Managing Director of MesseDüsseldorf China Ltd. (MDC) in Hong Kong.

Heiko M. Stutzinger is experienced in the trade show industry and has long focused on the areas of strategic growth and business development. He joined Messe Düsseldorf in 2008 and became Deputy Manager of Messe Düsseldorf Shanghai in 2015.

Martin Sirk, ICCA CEO Steps Down

The board of the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) announced this week that its long-serving CEO, Martin Sirk, will step down from his position at the end of this month.

Sirk, who joined ICCA as CEO in 2002, has led the association through substantial growth overseeing a rise in membership from 600 to over 1,100 companies and organisations across 97 countries. ICCA will appoint a new CEO in the coming months. In the meantime, ICCA’s Chief Value Officer, Dennis Speets, will stand in as acting CEO.

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