Who are we?

Tarsus Group is an international media company with a portfolio of exhibitions, conferences, publications and online media that span across the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. With its head office in London Tarsus also has offices in Paris (France), Milwaukee and Boca Raton (USA), Düsseldorf (Germany), Shanghai (China) and Dubai (UAE).

Tarsus history

Tarsus Group was founded by Chairman Neville Buch and it was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1998 following the acquisition of the Labelex Group of Companies.

The principal strategy of the Group is to build a business that facilitates the development of relationships between buyers and sellers, helping them to do business in their respective markets efficiently and profitably. Tarsus seeks to achieve this by owning and managing the key exhibitions, conferences, print and online media in each sector in which it operates.

Tarsus and its principal businesses
Tarsus has six principal business sectors: aviation, medical, labels and packaging, discount clothing (Off-Price), France and online media. Tarsus operates across many geographical regions and markets, including the Americas, Europe and in emerging markets (the Middle East, China, India, and South America).

I. Aviation

Through the recent acquisition of Fairs and Exhibitions (F&E), Tarsus owns and organises a number of key events in the aviation sector, as follows:

All these events are held in Dubai (UAE) and benefit from high-level Government support. The Dubai Airshow is held under the Patronage of His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister, UAE Defence Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and is presented in co-operation with the Government of Dubai, Department of Civil Aviation and UAE Armed Forces.

II. Labels and Packaging

The Labelexpo exhibitions and summits organised by the Group are the world's leading events for the label printing industry. Labelexpo exhibitions take place in Chicago (USA), Brussels (Europe), Shanghai (China) and Delhi (India). The educational aspect of the Labelexpo Series is represented by Label Summits, which take place in Mexico City, Sao Paolo, Guangzhou (South China) and the Digital Summit in Barcelona.

Additionally, the Labels Series produce a series of associated magazines and annual publications. Labels & Labeling is the world's leading trade journal for the label industry and its Chinese edition - Labels & Labeling China - is a magazine specifically tailored for the local market.

Labels & Labeling also publishes a variety of educational materials, which include: the 'Encyclopedia of Labels & Label Technology', available in several languages, the 'Labels Yearbook', the 'RFID Smart How to Book', as well as a number of regional market surveys and reports.

III. Medical

Through the acquisition of Medical Conferences International (MCII) in 2006, Tarsus owns and manages worldwide events in the anti-aging field of the medical industry.

The Group's anti-aging conferences and exhibitions take place in Las Vegas, Orlando, Washington DC, Dubai, Dusseldorf, Tokyo, Singapore, Sydney, Bali, Mumbai, Beijing and Estoril (Spain).

Tarsus also manages the worldhealth.net website, which provides comprehensive information on global anti-aging events and serves as the primary source of information for medical professionals working in the field of anti-aging, regenerative and aesthetic medicine.

IV. Off-price

Since 1999 Tarsus Group has been the owner and organiser of Off-Price Shows, a series of exhibitions for the discount clothing and accessories industries in Las Vegas. The shows connect buyers and sellers in the discount clothing and accesories markets. Exhibitors are represented by jobbers, manufacturers, importers and wholesalers; buyers come from some of the largest discount retail chains, as well as smaller department stores and individual businesses.

V. France

Through its French division, Tarsus organises a series of niche exhibitions in the IT, educational, marketing, facilities management and clothing sectors. The company also has a portfolio of publishing products with its wide range of trade directories.

France-based exhibitions span financial and strategic management (Progiforum - accounting software; Solutions Linux - information systems; Financium - financial solutions; and Credit Clients - risk management); the call centre and relationship management industry (SeCA); and information and communication technologies for education (Educatice). With its IP Convergence brand, Tarsus runs the largest IT exhibition in France for the converging IT and telecoms sector. These events are supported by a series of directories, such as Call Centre Convergence and Security/Storage.

In the educational sector, the Paris-based Educatec show focuses on the technical aspects of teaching (e.g. training equipment) and provides a meeting place between businesses operating in the education and training market and teaching professionals. The RH Expo focuses on human resources and human capital.

Tarsus operates a portfolio of marketing exhibitions in France. The exhibitions cater for the market research and media sector (Semo), the direct marketing industry (MD Expo) and event marketing (Heavent and Heavent Meetings). The shows are complemented by a series of directories for
professionals in market research (Marketing Etudes), direct research (Direct), management consultancy (Consulting), luxury goods (Marketing Luxe), the pharmaceutical industry (Marketing Communication Santé).

In the facilities management sector, Tarsus runs SISEG/PROSEG, an annual exhibition which provides a focal point for facilities managers, company managers and finance managers to purchase new products and services for their businesses. In addition, Tarsus also runs the biennial cleaning exhibition Europropre and the annual outsourcing exhibition Externaliser.

In the clothing industry, Tarsus also runs the Modamont exhibition for the clothing accessories market.

VI. Online media

The online division of Tarsus Group - Caroo Media - is a unique model that operates on a stand alone basis, separate to the Group's other media interests.

The division operates in four key markets, including the UK, USA, France and Germany. Its portfolio comprises a variety of online products that span a number of sectors - events, gifts and online recruitment - with the prime focus on exhibitions and trade shows.

Exhibition industry leading websites - venues.org.uk, exhibitions.co.uk and tsnn.com (with its UK version, tsnn.co.uk) provide the largest online source for finding suppliers, venues and event organisers.

In the online recruitment sector, the global human resources portal www.onrec.com and its magazine 'Online Recruitment' offer news and information for HR professionals. Onrec also coordinates conferences for online recruiters in London, Chicago and Hong Kong.