synopsis: Booker T. Equity Limited Liability Company has purchased LifeWin, Inc., Get Motivated Seminars and related entities. Get Motivated Seminars, Inc. organizes business, motivational, and educational seminars.

synopsis: The Learning Annex, LLC, the leading provider of adult, self-improvement education in the United States, and Apax Partners, L.P., one of the world's leading private equity investment groups, today announced that funds advised by Apax Partners acquired a significant minority interest in The Learning Annex.

synopsis: “We are pleased to announce that we have reached an agreement with Discovery Marketing Associates to acquire the following Discovery Traveling Shows: the 12 National Market Weeks, the West Coast Business Gift & Promotional Products Showcase, four Client-Distributor Shows and the Discovery name,” said Matthew Cohn, ASI Show President.

synopsis: ProQuest Information and Learning announced the sale of its directories program, published by Toronto-based Micromedia ProQuest, to Grey House Publishing of Millerton, New York.

synopsis: New Marketing Labs, LLC, creators and producers of the New Marketing Summit, announced the acquisition of the Inbound Marketing Summit conference. The combination of these two market-leading programs will bring the best in thought leadership together for three events throughout the US.

synopsis: Viad Corp completed the acquisition of The Becker Group, Ltd., on January 4, 2008 for $24.3 million in cash. The acquisition is expected to be accretive to Viad’s 2008 income.

synopsis: AD-EX International, a premier global provider of comprehensive exhibition and event marketing products and services, today announced it has acquired Marathon Exhibits, a market-leading developer of innovative exhibit environments that enhance client brands. Marathon Exhibits, will now be known as AD-EX International-West.

synopsis: dmg world media announced today that it has acquired the AD:TECH trade exhibitions from JD Events. Focusing exclusively on interactive marketing, this series of annual conferences and exhibitions includes events held in San Francisco, Chicago and New York as well as new shows to be launched in London and Shanghai in 2005.

synopsis: Maritz Travel, a global leader in providing full-service meeting, event and incentive travel programs to corporate clients, announced it has acquired Experient, another top provider of meeting and event services to associations, tradeshows, corporations and the US government.

synopsis: Ouest Audiovisuel acquired RIV Turquoise , an event and seminar organizer in France.

synopsis: easyFairs, Europe's leading organiser of time & cost-effective trade shows, has acquired the Belgian business-to-business exhibition organiser, Fairtec. The move brings together an impressive portfolio of industrial technology shows in sectors such as measurement and control instrumentation, pumps and valves, subcontracting, safety and security.

synopsis: The Amergence Group, a company that focuses on the development, nurturing, and rapid expansion of selected emerging or disruptive companies across a wide range of industries and disciplines, announced its first "spin-out" subsidiary, PanPacific International, has signed a binding letter of intent to acquire Queen Entertainment Group.

synopsis: Hansen Gray & Company, Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of NAPP Tour, Inc., a development stage event management and marketing company headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.

synopsis: The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation announced that it has acquired the outstanding shares of Avox Limited, a reference data business located in the U.K.

synopsis: The publisher of Seattle Business, Seattle Magazine, Northwest Meetings and Events, Seattle Bride and Urban Pages will merge the assets of Washington CEO, owned by Sabey Corporation, into its Seattle Business operations and begin producing the titles under the Tiger Oak Publications banner.

synopsis: Valcon, the consortium of private equity firms that for months has been trying to buy Anglo-Dutch media giant VNU for $9.7 billion, last weekend declared victory. The consortium said shareholders representing nearly 79% of VNU’s stock have tendered their stake.

synopsis: United Business Media today announced that its CMP Media subsidiary has acquired the US based Incoming Calls Management Institute ("ICMI") for $3.75m. In 2004 ICMI generated revenue of $4.1m and EBITDA of $0.6m.

synopsis: UBM TechWeb, the global leader in technology media and professional information, announced the acquisition of Online Marketing Summit, the industry's premier digital marketing event, adding to its rich portfolio of business information and global technology media brands.

synopsis: Sandow, a cutting-edge publishing company announces the acquisition of Events International, a global marketing firm renowned for reaching exclusive audiences through fully integrated luxury event solutions.

synopsis: GOAL/QPC, the world’s leading provider of affordable training materials, has announced today that it has concluded a merger with The Center for Quality of Management (CQM) based in Cambridge, MA. Both organizations have been world leaders in quality improvement and related methodologies for decades.

synopsis: Booker T. Equity Limited Liability Company has purchased LifeWin, Inc., Get Motivated Seminars and related entities. Get Motivated Seminars, Inc. organizes business, motivational, and educational seminars.

synopsis: Booker T. Equity Limited Liability Company has purchased LifeWin, Inc., Get Motivated Seminars and related entities. Get Motivated Seminars, Inc. organizes business, motivational, and educational seminars.