YATCO Announces Significant Q1 Growth Results
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ YATCO, the Official MLS and Ultimate SaaS Platform of Yachting™, has been growing at a rapid rate digitally, as well as through partnerships and within its marketing division. YATCO.com has seen a 20% increase in traffic and in new visitors, with a 63% increase in consumer leads for its esteemed professional customer base.
The company has grown tremendously through social media, with a 139% increase in reach, and a 58% increase in social media interactions and engagement. YATCO has also seen widespread coverage from significant media outlets such as Yahoo Finance, Market Watch, Business Insider, IBI News, Yachting Pages, and much more.
Informa plc treating 2021 as ‘transition year’ as FY2020 results show 63.5% revenue drop in exhibition division
Global exhibition, publishing and business information multinational, Informa plc has reported an underlying operating profit of £268m (US$372.8m) on revenues of £1.6bn in its FY2020 results, although its Informa Markets division, which includes exhibitions, was hit hard and saw a 63.5% revenue drop for the year.
The FY plc results also reflect a one-off Covid-19 non-cash impairment of goodwill (£592.9m) and exceptional costs that led to a statutory operating loss of £880.4m (compared to an operating profit of £538.1m) for the year ended 31 December 2019).
Informa also delivered £600m of cost-savings, a 30% reduction in net debt, while securing the balance sheet with over £1bn of liquidity and removed all financial covenants.
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Tradeshow organisers and associations join forces to create safe platforms for economic recovery
The exhibitions industry is celebrating the launch of a first-of-its-kind global coalition designed to prioritise the safety and success of communities as they return to business.
As industries ranging from manufacturing to healthcare, aviation, agriculture, maritime and many others, look for opportunities to recover following devastating economic hardship, the exhibitions industry is dedicated to supporting commerce and connection by providing safe environments to network and do business.
This coalition, which is led by the global association of the exhibition industry, UFI (organiser of Global Exhibitions Day (GED), which falls on 2 June 2021), and industry associations such as SISO, as well as leading global exhibitions organisers, including Clarion Events, Comexposium, Diversified Communications, Emerald, Informa Markets, Reed Exhibitions (RX) and Tarsus, are joinin