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Chicago – Emerald announced the acquisition of this portfolio that surpasses its ownership experience and luxury travel industry for seven B2B events. The deal is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2025 and help Emerald achieve its goals to diversify and optimize its portfolio to drive its strategic growth plans.

This is known for its exclusive experiences and events that connect global travel agencies, in-house travel managers and elite travel designers.

Trade Fair Director Emerald CEO Hervé Sedky caught up with more insights on the acquisition and how it can participate in Emerald’s larger portfolio optimization and growth strategy.

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In keeping with its strategy of investing in high-growth markets, this goes beyond activities in the tourism industry, but Sedky stresses that while these activities serve the tourism industry, they fall more into the “Uber-Luxury” event category.

“The luxury sector is experiencing significant growth and demonstrates strong resilience to macroeconomic volatility, as the top 1% of consumers are less affected by economic volatility. As a result, expanding this sector is particularly important for us,” Sedky said. “It’s also crucial that the team, starting with the vision and launch of Serge (Dive, founder) . Initially, it was a beyond one event, and by the time we acquired the portfolio had expanded it to seven. Their growth strategy focused on the highly professional segments in the luxury travel space, coupled with our vision for growth, which made this marriage an amazing marriage.”

This goes beyond the team’s launch enthusiasm and discipline, which demonstrates synergy with Emerald’s Xcelerator program.

“We identified a lot of synergy in terms of business growth and strategic execution,” Sedky notes. “In addition to getting fast-scaling businesses, we will also bring together a team with a strong track record in a successful event launch. They have introduced several new launch concepts that we will jointly develop and bring to market.”

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The seven events that were brought into the emerald portfolio are:

Acquisition announcements appear in financial performance

The acquisition announcement is included in the fourth quarter and full-year financial results of Jade in 2024.

In 2024, Emerald reported revenues of $398.8 million, up 4.2% from 2023. Increased revenue from organic revenue growth and acquisition revenue, while earnings from cessation of profitable activities are considered objection. Organic revenue was reported to be $385.3 million in 2024, up 5.9% from 2023.

“There are some specific assets and events that don’t have growth profiles or margins, which is exciting for us, so we did the cleanup last year and I think that helps us redefine new emeralds,” Sedky said. “When you think about new emeralds that have gotten rid of non-growth, non-profit production assets, plus these amazing growth assets, you start redefining your emerald portfolio. The key to a successful portfolio is diversification, and that’s really what we do.”

An example of this diversity pointed out by Sedky is that in the luxury sector, emerald revenues have increased from 8% to 13%. On the other hand, the company has significantly reduced its exposure to the gift and housing sector, increasing from 24% a few years ago to 12% of its revenue.

Emerald also reported net income of $2.2 million in 2024, and reported net loss of $8.2 million in 2023.

Hopefully, trade show and event organizers expect revenues between $45,000 and $460 million in 2025, with adjusted EBITDA between $125 million. This includes $40 million in donations to revenue and $15 million in donations to the acquisition of adjusted EBITDA – the acquisition of the acquisition extends beyond the agreement of the acquisition and the completion of the insurance company’s insights into the acquisition in the results.

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