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By Allen Shaw, Ph.D. Chief Economist for Global Economic Consulting Associates, Inc. and CEIR Economist 27 March, 2020 On 8 December, 2019 China reported the first patient who developed symptoms of COVID-19 in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province. Wuhan has a population of over 11 million people and is the seventh largest city in […]

By Allen Shaw, Ph.D. Chief Economist for Global Economic Consulting Associates, Inc. and CEIR Economist The Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) has been tracking and analyzing data since the exhibition industry began feeling the impact of COVID-19 in January. The data is as fluid as the situation’s progress. However, CEIR is able to provide […]

Read how the macro and micro environment will impact the exhibitions and events industry

By Doug Ducate  For the last 15 years the exhibition industry has pursued the goal of identifying economic impact of our events with the same fervor that Percival exhibited in his quest for the Holy Grail … and unfortunately with the same frustrating ending. But it hasn’t always been that way. From the early 1970s […]