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Expected Rebound is in Play, U.S. B2B Exhibition Industry Continues to Improve in Q1 2022 DALLAS, 23 May 2022 – The Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) reports that the U.S. business-to-business (B2B) exhibitions industry improved significantly in the first quarter of 2022 from the previous eight quarters. Compared to 2021, cancellation rates for physical […]

What the Future Holds at the Intersection of Business and Industry DALLAS, 19 May 2022 – The Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) has opened registration for CEIR Predict Annual Exhibition Industry Outlook Conference to be held on 15-16 September 2022 at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. Predict features experts from outside […]

B2B Exhibition Industry Improved Further in Q4 2021 DALLAS, 16 March 2022 – The Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) reports that the U.S. business-to-business (B2B) exhibitions industry improved significantly in the fourth quarter of 2021 from the previous seven quarters. Cancellation rates for physical in-person events dropped to 12.5% from 91.3% in the first […]

Recovery is In Play, Most Organizers Hold the Course with Plans to Run Their Events DALLAS, 18 February 2022 – This week, CEIR published results from the January 2022 Tracker Poll with U.S. business-to-business (B2B) exhibition organizers assessing the impact of COVID-19 on the 2022 show schedule. The session also included an update of CEIR’s […]

Save the Date for 15-16 September DALLAS, 13 January 2022 – Today, the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) announced it will hold its PREDICT Annual Exhibition Industry Outlook Conference on 15-16 September 2022 at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. For more than 10 years, Predict has served to provide insights into […]

B2B Exhibition Industry Improved in Q3 2021 DALLAS, 13 December 2021 – The Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) reports that the U.S. business-to-business (B2B) exhibitions industry improved significantly in the third quarter of 2021 from the previous five quarters. Cancellation rates of the physical events dropped to 19.0% from 90.4% in the first quarter […]

Report One Addresses Marketing Channel Mix During Pandemic and Outlook Moving Forward DALLAS, 16 November 2021 – Today, the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) released Report One: Marketing Channel Mix During Pandemic and Outlook Moving Forward for Brand Marketers That Exhibit at B2B Exhibitions from its newest research series, Omnichannel Marketing Insights. This series […]

B2B Exhibition Industry Improved in Q2 2021 DALLAS, 23 September 2021 – The Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) reports that the U.S. business-to-business (B2B) exhibitions industry improved significantly in the second quarter of 2021 from the previous four quarters as cancellation rates of the physical events dropped to 66.5% from 90.4% in the first […]

Conference Offered Valuable Forecasts and Insights to Top Executives DALLAS, 22 September 2021 – Predict, CEIR’s Annual Exhibition Industry Outlook Conference brought together more than 100 top executives in the business-to-business (B2B) exhibition industry on 13-14 September to MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. for an in-depth examination of the impact COVID-19 has had […]

  DALLAS, 20 September 2021 – Today, the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) released the 2021 CEIR Index Report, which analyzes the 2020 business-to-business (B2B) exhibition industry performance and provides an economic and exhibition industry forecast for the next three years. “The past 20 months have been a real struggle for the exhibition industry, […]