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14 Future Trends to Which the Convention Industry Needs to Pay Attention to in 2015 14. Increasing Number of M&A
14. Increasing Number of M&A
Active M&A Trend in the Convention Industry
Recently, there has been an increasing number of M&A deals in the economic sector. Likewise, the convention industry is also actively closing lots of M&A deals. Especially, the number of M&A between public companies and private equity funds that are managed professionally is growing. Investment in private equity...
14 Future Trends to Which the Convention Industry Needs to Pay Attention to in 2015 13. Awakening of Security Issues
13. Awakening of Security Issues
An Exhibition ? An Event Easy to be a Target of Terrorism
Concerns about security and its importance are growing in our modern society. As an exhibition is an event where thousands of people are gathered in one place, it is not safe from potential threats of terrorism. Especially, large exhibitions held in major cities like New York, Washington D.C., and San Francisco...
14 Future Trends to Which the Convention Industry Needs to Pay Attention to in 2015 12. Preparation for Embracing the New Generation
12. Preparation for Embracing the New Generation
Generation Y that Will Lead the Economy of the Future
The marketing industry is paying attention to the generation Y (20~30 years old). Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC), a global accounting and consulting firm, forecasted that generation Y would account for 80% of the world labor population by 2016, and the Hartford Financial Services Group, America’s...
14 Future Trends to Which the Convention Industry Needs to Pay Attention to in 2015 11. Further Studies on Engagement with the Exhibition
11. Further Studies on Engagement with the Exhibition
Marketing Keyword – Engagement
The concept ‘Engagement’ has emerged as one of the main keywords in marketing recently. Marketers always seek ways to convert potential customers to their loyal customers by increasing customer’s engagement with the brand, so they utilize various strategies to raise customers’ engagement offline and online...
14 Future Trends to Which the Convention Industry Needs to Pay Attention to in 2015 10. Improving Quality of Face-to-face Interaction of Participating Companies
10. Improving Quality of Face-to-face Interaction of Participating Companies
Weakness of New Personnel ? Face-to-Face Interaction
One of the main components of attendees’ experiences is the quality of face-to-face interaction with participating companies. However, new employees who just entered in the industry are from a generation who are more accustomed to communications using smartphones and the...
14 Future Trends to Which the Convention Industry Needs to Pay Attention to in 2015 9. An Exhibition as a Place of Experiences
9. An Exhibition as a Place of Experiences
Attendees’ Expanded Experiences ? Securing Diverse Exhibition Methods vs. Meaningless Party of Technologies
A trend of exhibitions these days shows a combination of new technologies and new media, and marketers are able to use more technologies and media to communicate with attendees. Therefore, attendees can expect diverse experiences they could not have...
14 Future Trends to Which the Convention Industry Needs to Pay Attention to in 2015 8. Preparing for Exhibitions Progressed All Year Round
8. Preparing for Exhibitions Progressed All Year Round
Recognizing an Exhibition as an Independent Communication Platform
So far, the convention business was regarded as a temporary and short event held once a year. However, an exhibition is now a place where existing attendees and participating companies have a lasting relationship an also a forum of long-term marketing communications attracting new...
14 Future Trends to Which the Convention Industry Needs to Pay Attention to in 2015 7. Elaborately Evolving Social Media Marketing
7. Elaborately Evolving Social Media Marketing
Social Media Has Become the Most Practical Marketing Tool
Social Media marketing has become the most essential tool in today’s marketing communities. B2B marketers actively use social media and aggressively utilize it in attracting customers, raising customers’ involvement, and customer relationship management (CRM). As today’s social media marketing...
14 Future Trends to Which the Convention Industry Needs to Pay Attention to in 2015 6. Smartphones and Mobile Computing Under Constant Development
6. Smartphones and Mobile Computing Under Constant Development
Mobile Computing that Steers the Expansion of Smartphone Usage
The range of smartphone usage is rapidly increasing, and an influence of mobile computing on the world population including the U.S. is also growing. We call the generation who has a good command of mobile computing as the C-generation (Connected-generation).The C-generation...
14 Future Trends to Which the Convention Industry Needs to Pay Attention to in 2015 5. Accelerated Introduction of New Technologies – Wearable Computing
5. Accelerated Introduction of New Technologies – Wearable Computing
Smart Devices’ Shift from Carrying to Wearing – Sudden Rise of Wearable Computing Technology
The speed of development and introduction of new technologies is accelerating. Especially, the wearable computing technology made a meteoric rise in the smartphone industry. Smartphones are advancing in so many ways such as the...