UFI Survey: Exhibition industry to rebound

Paris, 26th July: Earlier this week, UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, released its latest research in its bi-annual Global Exhibition Barometer, charting the quickening pace of the exhibition industry’s recovery in 2022.

After experiencing the continued impact of COVID-19 throughout 2021, the exhibition industry is bouncing back, with revenues for the first half of 2023 expected to reach 87% of 2019 levels. About 60% of respondents reported “normal activity”, up from just 30% in the previous Barometer. About 70% of respondents expect to be operating at normal levels by the end of 2022; however, 5% expect to have “no activity” from September 2022.