Friday, February 22, 2013

ITE buys Baird Maritime and launches new show


News this week: Earlier this week, the ITE Group announced its acquisition of Australian media group, Baird Maritime’s event business. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

Baird Maritime’s portfolio of events includes the Asian Workboat exhibition in Singapore and China Maritime in Hong Kong. Upon completion of the transaction, ITE will move operational management of the events to its office in Hong Kong. Neil Baird, will reportedly retain an active role in the business for at least two years.

At the same time, ITE also announced the launch of a new event, TransAsia, a trade exhibition for the transport and logistics segment in Southeast Asia. The event will be held in November 2014 at the Suntec Centre in Singapore and it will focus on transport services for professionals from across the ASEAN region.

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