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| Results of UFI’s 15th Global Barometer survey indicate positive turnover expectations for 2015 and the first half of 2016, with an average of six companies out of ten in all regions declaring increases. Compared with 2014, this appears to be a somewhat stable situation for the Americas or Europe but it reflects a slight slowdown in Asia/Pacific or Middle East and Africa, which had higher levels of growth in 2014. However, both the USA and China are outperforming their respective regions, with more than seven companies out of ten declaring increases. In terms of operating profits, around four companies out of ten in all regions except Asia/Pacific declared an increase of more than 10% in annual profits for 2014 and 2015; in Asia/Pacific, only three companies out of Bu parametreleri ten did for 2014 but the situation improves to five companies out of ten for 2015. China is outperforming these results, with 58% of companies expecting an increase of more than 10% of their 2 015 operating profits. Around half of respondents from all regions declared that the impact of the “economic crisis” on their exhibition business is now over. This level is similar to that reached six months ago, except in Europe where the level of confidence increases from 28% to 45%. The most important business issues remain related to the general economic situation with the state of the national/regional economy and global economic uncertainty consistently selected as among the three most important business issues for the last four years together with local competition and internal management challenges. Environmental challenges (customer expectations, regulations, etc.) appear, as in the last three surveys, as the next most important issue. The 15th Global Barometer survey, conducted in June 2015, was answered by 201 companies from 55 countries. www.ufi.org |
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