Our Markets

Reed Exhibitions organises over 470 events worldwide, serving 44 key industries. Whether you are seeking new customers in a domestic market, new business opportunities in an export market, or a global presence on the world stage, we have an event to meet your needs.

Markets Served


Defence Exhibitions
Reed Exhibitions is withdrawing from the defence exhibitions sector and our portfolio of defence shows is in the process of being sold. Following the sale of those events, there will be no promotion of military weapons systems intended for combat operations at any of our shows worldwide. We will continue to meet the needs of police and security forces at relevant events.

Aerospace and Aviation
With major events in China, Europe and the Americas, Reed Exhibitions has a strong presence in the aerospace industry, both in established and emerging markets.

Market-leading events include:

These and other Reed events benefit from a close partnership with our Reed Business partner Flight, who serve the industry through its www.flightglobal.com website, its publications Flight International and Airline Business and its comprehensive directories under the ACAS, MILICAS and HELICAS titles.

A strong international sales network and excellent relationships with government bodies and trade associations add to the growing success of Reed in this industry sector.

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Arts, Entertainment
Reed Exhibitions' entertainment and arts portfolio includes some of the world's most prestigious events in the field of television, broadcasting, music and the arts. From programme making and buying, to music publishing and contemporary art showcasing, Reed’s events are at the forefront of their fields, combining market expertise and professionalism with dynamism and creativity, to deliver real business benefits for all participants.  

Market-leading events include:

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Books, Publishing
If you are looking to buy or sell books and book related products, look no further than Reed Exhibitions Global Book Publishing Network.

We organise five of the world's leading events bringing together publishers, booksellers, literary agents, librarians and other industry professionals from around the world to network, negotiate rights and discuss joint publishing ventures.

Market-leading events include:

RBI is a world-wide publisher of business journals including Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, School Library Journal and Variety. Together these events and periodicals make up the Global Publishing Forum, sharing information and data that will benefit the publishing community.

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Building & Construction, Property, Interior Design
With some 50 exhibitions in 18 countries, including top events like Batimat, the National Hardware Show, Mostra Convegno Expocomfort and MIPIM, Reed Exhibitions’ portfolio of building and construction shows are building business the world over.
 
Every year our events bring together over 16,000 suppliers and 1,250,000 building professionals from around the globe, offering unprecedented access to national and international building, construction and property markets, which also includes interior design. 

Through partnerships with sister companies of Reed Elsevier we deliver highly informed events and leading edge conferences tailored to the needs of individual customers.

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Electronics, Electrical Engineering
In the global electronics manufacturing market you need to make the right connections. Reed Exhibitions' series of 8 Nepcon events bring together buyers and suppliers throughout Asia, Europe and North America.

Reed's electronics events provide an authoritative and reliable source of electronic manufacturing products, services and solutions in a fast-changing industry.

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Energy, Oil, Gas
Following the acquisition of Spearhead Exhibitions Ltd, Reed Exhibitions now boasts a global portfolio of energy, oil & gas events focussing directly on the technology and issues driving the current and future upstream energy, oil & gas agenda.

The flagship event, OE, (formerly known as Offshore Europe) has developed from a leading UK and European North Sea show, (first held in Aberdeen in 1973), into a global conference and exhibition attracting over 1600 exhibiting companies and more than 30,000 visitors from more than 100 countries worldwide.

Intelligent Energy 2006 was a groundbreaking conference and exhibition addressing the oil & gas industry’s shift towards improved performance of core E&P processes, such as drilling, field development, production optimisation and reservoir management.

The 2006 SPE Russian Oil and Gas Technical Conference and Exhibition was the first Russian oil & gas event to focus purely on technology; run by the industry, for the industry.

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Engineering, Manufacturing, Processing
From automobiles to engineering, materials handling to mining, pharmaceuticals to packaging, Reed Exhibitions’ manufacturing and processing events include some of the most established and hard working shows the world over.

Market-leading events include:

Reed's events enjoy the full support of leading trade associations and publications, providing a dynamic window for technological innovation and forum for industry discussion.

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Food Service, Hospitality
Reed Exhibitions 30 global food and hospitality shows offer unprecedented opportunities for the hotel and catering trade.

In the UK Reed, through it’s joint venture in Fresh RM, is the name behind the country’s leading events, including:

Other market-leading events organised by Reed worldwide include:

Our food service and hospitality events are supported by an impressive array of exhibitors, professional bodies, trade associations and government departments. They also benefit from close synergy with Reed Elsevier's global publishing activities that comprise some of the world's leading trade publications:

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IT and Telecoms
Our portfolio of IT and Telecoms exhibitions and conferences serves 27 countries, and covers everything from Internet to e-business, telecommunications to technology convergence, information management to IT security. With a global presence, Reed Exhibitions is able to keep up to the minute intelligence with emerging trends in these fast moving sectors:

Marine
Within the marine industry sector, Reed Exhibitions serves the shipbuilding, port, shipping and consumer boating industries with leading events such as:

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Marketing, Business Services, Training
Addressing all aspects of marketing, direct marketing and new media, to event marketing and point of sale, Reed Exhibition’s events provide a focal point for marketing innovation and business across Europe, Australia and Asia.

Marketing events include:

Business and training events include:

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Retail
From jewellery to hardware, furniture to fashion, giftware to optical goods, Reed Exhibitions has an extensive portfolio of events serving the retail sector, with billions of dollars of trade actively taking place at the shows.

If you're in the jewellery trade, you'll find a wealth of business opportunities at:

RBI publishes Jewelers' Circular Keystone (JCK).  This is the jewellery industry's leading trade publication and works very closely with the seven JCK events.

For more information on our jewellery events please visit www.jewellery.reedexpo.com

Our giftware portfolio includes:

On the home front, leading events include:

And if you're looking to do business in the optical trade, we organise:

Safety, Security
Reed Exhibitions' global portfolio of safety and security events showcase the full range of security solutions for commercial, industrial, residential and personal protection, including the rapidly growing field of IT security. They also provide a vital forum to keep abreast of developments in this dynamic and fast moving technology arena.

Market-leading events include:

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Sports, Leisure, Healthcare
Reed Exhibitions’ dynamic sport, leisure and health portfolio serves the rapidly growing global market for everything from tennis to golf, boating to fishing, fitness to gaming. Many of the events are leaders in their field, attracting their industries' most influential organisations, manufacturers, retailers, buyers and enthusiasts.

Market-leading events include:

Travel
With over 20 years travel industry experience, Reed Travel Exhibitions prides itself on running global travel events without equal. From our flagship World Travel Market, to our regional events serving Asia, Arabia, Europe, the Mediterranean and the CIS.

Our global media network of leading travel trade publications ensures advertising and editorial coverage across the world. 

Log onto the Reed Travel Exhibitions website for more information on these events at www.reedtravelexhibitions.com

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