UBM Asia and RESTEC Enter Into a Strategic Partnership on Jewellery Fairs in Russia

HONG KONG, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Asia today announces that it has entered into a strategic partnership with RESTEC Group on the leading B2B jewellery fairs in Russia.

The partnership will start with the 2014 editions of the following fairs by RESTEC:

Established in 1990, RESTEC is now one of the top three leading organisers in Russia with over 100 events in Russia and abroad for a wide range of industries. Junwex St. Petersburg is the longest-standing jewellery fair held since 1993 and even Junwex Moscow, the youngest among these three Junwex exhibitions, will be having its 9th edition this year.

UBM Asia is the leading exhibition organiser in Asia with 1,200 staff in over 30 offices across Asia and in the USA. It organises the world's number one fine jewellery event -- the September Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair, and 20 other renowned jewellery fairs held in Mainland China, India, Japan, Turkey, Taiwan, Singapore and Germany. It also publishes magazines and operates websites for the world's jewellery industry.

Serguei Trofimov, President of RESTEC Group said: "Our jewellery events are well-established as the leading events of its kind in Russia. We look forward to a very successful partnership with UBM Asia in getting more international exhibitors and visitors to the events."

Jime Essink, President & Chief Executive Officer of UBM Asia said: "RESTEC is the leader of jewellery exhibitions in Russia. We are very excited to partner with RESTEC in facilitating the global jewellery industry to extend further to the flourishing Russia market with our strong office network and extensive connection with the jewellery trade. Also, with RESTEC representing UBM Asia in Russia for our jewellery fairs, we are set to welcome more Russian buyers and exhibitors to our events."

Notes to Editors

1. About UBM Asia (www.ubmasia.com)
Owned by UBM plc listed on the London Stock Exchange, UBM Asia is Asia's leading exhibition organiser and the biggest commercial organiser in mainland China, India and Malaysia. Established with its headquarters in Hong Kong and subsidiary companies across Asia and in the US, UBM Asia has a strong global presence in 25 major cities with 29 offices and over 1,200 staff.

With a track record spanning over 30 years, UBM Asia operates in 19 market sectors with 160 dynamic face-to-face exhibitions, 75 high-level professional conferences, 28 targeted trade publications, 18 round-the-clock vertical portals and virtual event services for over 1,000,000 quality exhibitors, visitors, conference delegates, advertisers and subscribers from all over the world. We provide a one-stop diversified global service for high-value business matching, quality market news and online trading networks.

UBM Asia has extensive office networks in China, Southeast Asia and India, three of the world's fastest growing B2B events markets. UBM China has 11 offices in the major cities in mainland China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Chengdu and Shenzhen, where we organise more than 60 exhibitions and conferences. In ASEAN, UBM Asia operates from its offices in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines with over 50 events in this region. UBM India teams in Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad organise 20 exhibitions and 60 conferences every year across the country.

2. About UBM plc (www.ubm.com)
UBM plc is a leading global business media company. We inform markets and bring the world's buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print and provide them with the information they need to do business successfully. Our 6,500 staff in more than 30 countries are organised into specialist teams which serve commercial and professional communities, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently.

For more information, go to www.ubm.com; follow us on Twitter at @UBM_plc to get the latest UBM news.

3. About RESTEC (www.restec.ru/en)
RESTEC® Exhibition Company is one of the top three leaders of Russia's exhibition business. The optimal structure formed by RESTEC® lets us combine exhibition, congress, business and contest programs that altogether foster effective work of our exhibitors, participants, delegates and trade visitors. At this point our exhibition and congress events continue developing as centers of international business networking with the constantly growing number of countries and participants represented.

For press enquiries, please contact:
Jennifer Law, Director of Corporate Marketing & Communications, UBM Asia
Tel: +852-2516-1691
Fax: +852-3749-7342
Email: Jennifer.Law@ubm.com