Having spent 12 years walking through the aisles of the London Book Fair, which sees around 25,000 attendees from 133 countries visit each year, Alistair Burtenshaw has a pretty good overview of the international publishing market. After leaving the top job at the fair in September, his next move is another global one—this month sees...

Midas chief Jacks Thomas has been appointed senior exhibition director of the London Book Fair, and takes up her post in mid January. Thomas succeeds Alistair Burtenshaw, who left his role as director of the fair in September.

Thomas has been at PR company Midas for eight years, and is its current chief executive. She has been the PR...

Alistair Burtenshaw is stepping down from his role as director of books and publishing for Reed Exhibitions—including as director of The London Book Fair—with immediate effect.

In a letter sent to The London Book Fair Advisory Board this morning (14th September), Reed Exhibitions B2B divisional managing director Justin...

Reed Exhibitions, organisers of the London Book Fair, is trialling a new kind of pricing structure which may see the traditional square-footage approach dropped.

Speaking at a US conference for the exhibition industry, executive vice-president of Reed Nancy Walsh outlined a new approach in which exhibitors pay depending on the...