M&A Deal Summary

Tarsus Acquires Connect Meetings

On December 5, 2016, Tarsus acquired media company Connect Meetings

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Tarsus’ 3rd transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Tarsus’ 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Tarsus’ 1st transaction in Georgia.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2016-12-05
Target Connect Meetings
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Tarsus
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Connect Meetings

Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Connect Meetings is a provider of trade shows, serving the business travel and meetings sector through a combination of national, regional and vertically focused events which are supplemented by an integrated media offering and additional marketing solutions.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Tarsus

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1998
Sector Media
Revenue 61M GBP (2014)
DESCRIPTION

Tarsus is a media pure-play B2B exhibitions company with trade shows across the Americas, Asia, and EMEA. Founded in 1998, Tarsus operates a highly diversified portfolio of over 160 world-class exhibitions and events covering 20 industries in 17 different countries. Key verticals for the business include aviation, medical, labels and packaging, travel, housewares and automotive. Flagship brands include Labelexpo, Connect, and the Dubai Airshow, among others. Tarsus was founded in 1998 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 4
Sector (Media) 3 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 4
State (Georgia) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 3
Year (2016) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-02-10 HealthScienceMedia

Tinton Falls, New Jersey, United States

HealthScienceMedia, Inc. is a privately held company organizes and hosts Cardiometabolic Health Congress, an event on the cardiometabolic field.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-02-03 Unfiltered Experience

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Unfiltered Experience is an event that will travel around the country as a roadshow featuring tools, products, and information to help consumers be the best version of themselves and give them access to unfiltered unedited beauty & general well-being resources. Unfiltered Experience was formed in 2018 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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