6%

For the UK-based RELX Group， exhibitions achieved underlying revenue growth of +6% in the first half of 2017， in line with the first half of the prior year. Revenues are ￡628 million （€729 million）， up from ￡549 million （€703 million） for the first half of 2016. 21 new events were launched in the first half of 2017， two small acquisitions completed.

總部位于英國的勵展博覽集團在2017年上半年取得了6%的收入增長，與前一年的上半年財務增長保持一致。今年上半年收入為6.28億英鎊，而2016年是5.49億英鎊。在上半年期間推出21場新展會，并完成兩樁小額并購。

3.80億英鎊

UBM continues to be focused on delivering the Events First strategy， with the objective of becoming the world’s leading events business. Total events revenue was ￡380.4 million （H1 2016： ￡306.7 million）， which benefited from an FX tailwind of ￡30.1 million and revenue from the acquisitions. The growth of the events portfolio improved significantly during the first half， with the benefit of improved growth performance from the portfolio particularly in Asia.

博聞公司將繼續專注于“會展為先”策略，并志在成為全球領先的會展企業。2017年上半年，公司的總收入為3.80億英鎊（上一年同期為3.067億英鎊），其中包括由于良好的外匯匯率而獲得的3010萬英鎊以及所收購展會項目產生的收入。其中，以亞洲地區的展會表現為最佳。

116場

The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre （HKCEC） looks back on a successful fiscal year 2016-2017 （July 2016 to June 2017）： A total of 1，102 events were held at the HKCEC， including 116 exhibitions. Of these， 48 were trade exhibitions， 22 trade and public exhibitions， and 46 public exhibitions. The shows represented industries as diverse as fashion， toys， cloud technology， automobiles， and technology for the elderly. The other over one hundred exhibitions were recurrent trade and public fairs.

香港會議展覽中心在2016-2017財政年度（2016年7月-2017年6月）業務繁忙：共承辦1102場活動，包括116場展會。在展覽會中，有貿易展會22場，貿易展會兼公共展覽46場，公共展會48場，涵蓋時裝、玩具、云技術、汽車和老年相關技術等領域。有超過一百多個展會為重復在此舉辦的展覽。

55%

A recent study by UFI found that Exhibition-accompanying apps etc. are very widely used， including in Brazil （82%）， the USA， Russia and Thailand （all 73%）. The exhibition companies are also digitalising themselves： 55% of global respondents stated that they are designing processes and workflows to be more digital. The global number one is Thailand （73%）， followed by China（71%） and Germany （69%）.

一項最新的UFI調查顯示，數字化技術在展覽行業的應用已相當廣泛。展會APP在巴西的使用率為82%，在美國、俄羅斯和泰國的使用率為73%。全球共有55%的展覽企業將工作流程調整得更為數字化。其中泰國企業比例最高，為73%，中國為71%，德國為69%。

320萬名

The latest AUMA study finds that around 3.2 million people travelled from other countries to Germany in 2016 to acquire information and set up new business opportunities at trade fairs. This is the highest number of foreign visitors at German trade fairs ever recorded （previous high： 2.65 million in 2013）. For the first time they made up slightly over 30% of all visitors. A major reason for this development was the unusually strong exhibition programme in 2016.

據德國展覽業協會（AUMA）統計，2016年德國展覽會共吸引了320萬名國際觀眾，為史上最高水平（此前最高記錄為2013年的265萬名）。這主要是由于2016年正好有很多資本投資領域的雙年展、三年展和四年展舉辦。2016年，國際觀眾人數首次占觀眾總數的30%以上。

4%

The global exhibitions market will continue growing at approximately 4% with a compound annual growth rate through to 2021， reports the ninth edition of Globex， produced annually by strategy consultancy AMR International. The report points out new growth opportunities for international organisers in Singapore， Thailand， Malaysia， Vietnam， Macau and the Philippines.

根據一家業內資深咨詢公司的第九次業內報告Globex的預測，從當前一直到2021年，全球展覽市場將以4%的復合年增長率繼續增長。報告指出，對于跨國主辦方而言，重要的業務增長機會將是在新加坡、泰國、馬來西亞、越南、澳門和菲律賓等地。

4200家

Around 4，200 exhibitors are expected at the world’s largest marketplace for electronics in Hong Kong from October 13 to 16， 2017， when the HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair （AE） and electronicAsia will be taking place side by side. These trade fairs， which are organised jointly by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council （HKTDC） and MMI Asia Pte Ltd.

10月13-16日，預計將有4200家參展商參加世界上最大的電子展香港秋季電子產品展以及同期舉辦的國際電子組件及生產技術展。兩場展會均由香港貿發局和慕尼黑國際博覽亞洲有限公司聯合舉辦。

2%

According to the results of the 2017 Labor Rates Survey of rates charged to exhibitors at exhibitions and events based on the survey in over 40 U.S. and Canadian cities at exhibitions， conventions and corporate events， the advance order regular time hourly rate for Riggers decreased by 2% annually over the same two-year period， from $113.70 per hour on average in 2015 to $109.23 per hour in 2017， material handling costs for advance shipments to the official service contractor warehouse have increased by 1.6% annually over the past two years on average in the U.S. The cost of crated shipments sent directly to exhibit halls has increased by an average of 1.1% annually from 2015 to 2017.

一項針對在40多個美國和加拿大城市的會展活動的調查發現，從2015-2017年，在美國，展會現場施工人員每小時的工資從113.70美元下降到109.23美元（下降2%）。同時，開展前將展會物料運輸到官方合作商的操作成本增加了1.6%，使用集裝箱將貨物直接運到展會現場的成本增加了1.1%