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2025 SHOW REVIEW

CONNECTING MEETINGS AND EVENTS PROFESSIONALS SINCE 2013

The Meetings Show is the UK’s premier event aimed specifically at meeting, event, conference and incentive planners, delivering the largest hosted buyer programme of any industry event in the UK.

Access an unrivalled opportunity to engage with qualified buyers, all looking to source from a huge collection of international and domestic destinations, venues and meeting industry suppliers. In 2025 alone, we were joined by 895 visitor buyers, and 589 hosted buyers. So if you want to find out more about them, take a look at The Meetings Show in numbers...

2025 SHOW IN NUMBERS

1,484

QUALIFIED BUYERS

561

EXHIBITORS

16,051

ONE-TO-ONE APPOINTMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS

5,891

UNIQUE ATTENDEES

2025 VISITOR BUYER ANALYSIS

COMPANY TYPE

BUYER COMPANY

ROLE IN BOOKING MEETINGS

Role in booking meetings 25

SENIORITY LEVEL

buyer seniority 25

ANNUAL EVENTS BUDGET

Annual events budget 24

94%

OF VISITOR BUYERS WERE FROM THE UK

58%

OF VISITOR BUYERS WERE NEW FOR 2025

2025 HOSTED BUYER ANALYSIS

Our unrivalled hosted buyer programme offers your organisation the chance to engage in pre-scheduled appointments with fully qualified buyers that have expressed a specific interest in your products and services.

COMPANY TYPE

comp type

ROLE IN BOOKING MEETINGS

hb purchasing auth 24

SENIORITY LEVEL

seniority 2024 hb

ANNUAL EVENTS BUDGET

hb events budget 24

9,224

PRE-SCHEDULED APPOINTMENTS

49%

PREVIOUSLY ATTENDED AS A HOSTED BUYER OR VISITOR

42%

OF HOSTED BUYERS WERE NEW FOR 2025

TOP 10 COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN

WHAT DO OUR PREVIOUS EXHIBITORS HAVE TO SAY?

  • “Attending The Meetings Show was a fantastic experience for us. It gave us the perfect platform to showcase our unique venues and sustainable events offering to a wide network of industry professionals. The quality of conversations, new connections, and insight into emerging trends has been invaluable for growing our corporate and events business.”
    CLARE PHILLIPS
    CHESTER ZOO
  • “It was my first time attending The Meetings Show, promoting our new Brand and Service. We met some fantastic people and business contacts, and really enjoyed the whole experience, from the stand design and build, to attending the show.”
    MANDY WEST
    MEET NORTH YORKSHIRE
  • “The Meetings Show this year was a success (as it always is!), with high quality attendees, conversations and opportunities generated. Our Account Manager, Charlotte Bliss, is phenomenal in communicating with us and answering any QUESTIONS/queries we have. It's a joy to be at each year, and we already can't wait until next year!”
    DANIEL PAYNE
    LIME VENUE PORTFOLIO
  • “I would highly recommend - you have access to a broad variety of participants and the hosted buyers. It was extremely well organised, and the choice of venue was excellent.”
    MARY FITZGERALD
    THE JOHNSTOWN ESTATE
  • “The 2025 Meetings Show was the best one so far, and we have been attending since its conception in 2013. We met quality buyers, some with dated RFPs to follow up on. The App was brilliant and very USER-FRIENDLY!”
    SALLY EVERTON
    MEET DEVON
  • “TMS 2025 nailed it! A dynamic first experience packed with quality leads, fresh ideas, and real connections. Proud to represent AIM Group Spain on such a vibrant stage.”
    PAU FERNANDEZ
    LABRA AIM GROUP SPAIN
  • “An extremely positive experience, well organised and a great host of attendees.”
    PHOEBE GLYNN
    EMBELLO
  • “Excellent show, well organised and encapsulating great quality!”
    CHARLES BLOWFIELD
    TARGET RESPONSE
  • “The Meetings Show this year showed us that out of all the expos that are available for us as an industry, this is the one we need to be at!”
    DAN BELL
    SHEFFIELD CITY HALL AND UTILITA ARENA SHEFFIELD
  • “Great Show, Great Team, Great Buyers...the UK desperately needs to have The Meetings Show as its MARQUEE event for the market.”
    CHRIS JORDAN
    MOTIVATION - SPECIAL EFFECTS
  • “This year's show exceeded our expectations. We received a record number of appointments, as did our stand partners. We believe that not only the quantity of appointments was good, but the quality too. The staff at Northstar are so helpful, Brett and Jack in particular - nothing is ever too much trouble. The show had a real 'buzz' about it and everyone I have spoken to has said a similar thing. Well done team!”
    RACHAEL LEE
    ACADEMIC VENUE SOLUTIONS

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