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CMP Asia, a
subsidiary of United Business Media Limited (UBM)
today announced that with effect from March 23, 2009,
it will change its name to UBM Asia. Jimé Essink, CEO
of CMP Asia, will adopt the new title of President &
CEO of UBM Asia. Peter Sutton, former President of CMP
Asia, has taken on an advisory role for 2009.
Jimé Essink, President and CEO of UBM Asia, said: "In
the past, UBM's professional B2B media activities
operated under the CMP brand as one of UBM's three
core businesses, alongside news distribution and
market research. In the course of the last four years
UBM has substantially redeveloped its businesses,
focusing on news and information distribution service
and serving specific professional and commercial B2B
communities worldwide. Today UBM's businesses offer
comprehensive product and service portfolios which
include world-renowned events, online, print, business
information products and news distribution services
designed to meet the needs of B2B markets and
industries worldwide. UBM is a leading global brand
for professional B2B media and information products
and services."
"The key value of the new name is that it highlights
our UBM identity and the fact that we are part of UBM.
UBM has a global portfolio of leading events serving
vertical industries in different geographical markets.
When attendees come to the CPhI series of
pharmaceutical exhibitions in China, India, Japan or
to CPhI Worldwide, the world's largest pharmaceutical
event, they realise that these events are organized by
the same company and feel more comfortable," continued
Mr. Essink.
UBM Asia is the largest private trade fair organiser
in China. In China and Hong Kong, UBM Asia events are
the largest of their kind in the country or in Asia.
Among them are the September Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem
Fair, Furniture China in Shanghai, Cosmoprof Asia, the
beauty fair in Hong Kong, Marintec China in Shanghai,
Fashion Access in Hong Kong and Hotelex in Shanghai.
"The year-on-year strong growth of our jewellery and
furniture fairs has outpaced the capacity of the
single largest venue in the host city. In Hong Kong,
our jewellery fair is the first and still the only
exhibition that spreads over the two exhibition
centres in the city. Due to its leading position among
the world's jewellery trade fairs, the Hong Kong
Jewellery & Gem Fair is expecting a 25% increase in
space in 2009 despite the economic downturn." Mr.
Essink said. "Under our new name, UBM Asia will
continue to offer the same professional services with
the same management team and staff of over 650 people
in 15 major cities in Asia."
UBM Asia operates in 13 market sectors throughout Asia
and has its headquarters in Hong Kong. The key
industries covered by UBM Asia are: jewellery & gift,
beauty & health, furniture, leather & fashion,
information technology, hotel & leisure,
pharmaceutical, industrial technology and security,
cruise and maritime, food, building, paper and
nonwovens and aquatic trades.
UBM Asia has over 130 media products in three
categories: trade fairs, print and B2B portals. It
stages the leading events of their kind across Asia,
attracting 30,000 quality exhibitors and 1,270,000
visitors from all over the world to meet their target
business partners face-to-face for business matching
and networking. It publishes high-quality trade
publications for 191,000 industry professionals to
capture the market trends and industry news.
Complementing UBM Asia's exhibitions and publications
are round-the-clock and industry-specific online B2B
portals that provide a series of online trading
networks, industry news hub and sourcing and marketing
platforms for the world's trade buyers and suppliers.
UBM focuses on two principal activities: worldwide
information distribution, targeting and monitoring;
and, the development and monetization of B2B
communities and markets. UBM's businesses inform
markets and serve professional commercial communities
- from doctors to game developers, from journalists to
jewellery traders, from farmers to pharmacists - with
integrated events, online, print and business
information products. Its 6,500 staff in more than 30
countries are organised into specialist teams that
serve these communities, bringing buyers and sellers
together, helping them to do business and their
markets to work effectively and efficiently.
for further details please contact:
UBM India Pvt. Ltd
Unit 1604 & 1605, 16th Floor
Narian Manzil, 23, Barakhamba Road
Connaught Place, New Delhi 110 001 India
Tel: +91 11 2376 5551 Fax: +91 11 2376 5552
Email:
info@ubmindia.in Website:
www.ubmindia.in
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