Fusion Corporate Partners

dmg events Middle East, Asia & Africa, a leading international events company, has acquired boutique business forum organiser Atticus Events’ HI Design portfolio. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Focused specifically on the interior design of luxury hotels, HI Design organises specialist business meetings between key buyers from currently active hotel projects and a curated selection of International FF&E suppliers. With each edition held in a different five star hotel location, HI Design events are currently run annually in Europe, Asia and MEA.

Matt Denton, President of dmg events Middle East, Asia & Africa, said, “The HI Design portfolio dovetails perfectly with the work our teams do with INDEX and the growing selection of Hotel Shows. The acquisition of HI Design gives us another way to serve our market, bringing suppliers together with buyers from four and five-star hotel projects in a well-controlled atmosphere primed for doing good business.”

UAE, Dubai & UK, Hertfordshire

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