☕ Welcome to The Tecna Tea, Issue 07: Your guide to everything happening in the exhibition industry… and now a new featured series on our website.
This is the update you know from social media, upgraded with more insight and source links included directly with each point. Prefer to read on Linkedin? Not an issue, it will be published there as well.
Let’s begin:
🟣 A Place in the Sun Live has acquired its direct competitor, the Property Investor Show, bringing the UK’s two largest property exhibitions under one roof 🏠
The combined format will be debuting at Excel London in April 2027 and Birmingham’s NEC in September 2027.
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🟣 Nineteen Group has acquired the Space-Comm Expo Europe from Lunar Ridge Ventures, adding the global space community’s annual European exhibition to its portfolio. This is a significant move into a rapidly expanding sector, as the global space economy eyes growth from $630bn to $1.8 trillion by 2035 🚀
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🟣 The Power of Events reached more than 143,000 young people through its Schools Engagement Programme this academic year 🚸
TPOE is now partnered with 240+ schools and 300+ industry volunteer ambassadors across nine UK regions (with 150 more schools joining in 2026-2027!). A great way for young people to discover the event industry.
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🟣HairCon is three years in and already rewriting what a B2B event in the creative sector can look like ✂️
They are selling by partnership package rather than the traditional square metre, with more than 50% of exhibitors already re-signed before they’d packed down their stands at the 2026 Manchester edition.
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🟣 dmg events continues to build momentum in Africa with the launch of a new West Africa Warehousing & Logistics Expo in Lagos. This adds to a growing portfolio of African events as international organisers sharpen their focus on emerging markets 🌍
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🟣 Easyfairs has completed its full acquisition of Xpo Group, adding 61 events across 17 European countries to its portfolio. Events include the ARCHITECT@WORK series across 13 markets and the Kortrijk Xpo venue in Flanders.
(All in the same 2 weeks where Easyfairs also acquired The AI Conference in San Francisco!)
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🟣 Italian Exhibition Group has reported revenue and margin growth in its H1 2026 financial results. A positive signal from the Rimini & Vicenza based group, one of Europe’s most significant exhibition venue operators
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And that’s it for issue 07. Will be back in two weeks with issue 08 and the latest industry news.
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