About IMEX America
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Your work smarter choice
IMEX America 2025 is a powerhouse show. It’s the most productive, creative, lovingly designed, inclusive, high-value and enjoyable business and learning experience you can give yourself this year.
And the payback on three days of targeted, intentional business conversations? Priceless.
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WHO COMES TO IMEX?
IMEX is where the global business events community comes together.
In our exhibit hall, you'll meet exhibitors from hotel groups, event technology providers, convention bureaus, airlines to event management agencies...and many more.
Attendees include meeting planners, event agency heads, association executives, incentive travel buyers and in-house event experts.
IMEX is free to attend—meeting professionals can attend independently or apply to join our unique hosted buyer program. The hosted buyer program offers free and flexible flights, free accommodations and VIP treatment.
Education and activities at IMEX
Our team attends dozens of niche events every year to bring you the brightest, best and most relevant speakers, topics and learning formats. Whether it’s the World Experience Summit in London or 15 Seconds in Graz or Google XI Lab’s invite-only launch event in New York, we’re there being curious on your behalf.
While our bigger vision is a thriving global events industry focused on positive change, your aim is to learn, keep pace and to make well-informed decisions about yours, your client’s or your organization’s events.
And you want to learn in a way that’s entertaining, memorable and valuable. We hear you, and we’re committed to delivering just that. After all we’re event producers too. That leaves one question - are you in?
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IMEX America show stats 2024
Hosted buyer stats 2024
27% of our hosted buyers control budgets of over $10 million
43% of our hosted buyers are director level and above
| Number of hosted buyers | 4,355 from 75 countries |
| Hosted buyers by country (top five)% | US 68% Canada 6% UK 4% Brazil 4% Mexico 3% |
| Hosted buyers by nature of business % | Agency 61% Corporate 24% Association 10% Independent planner 4% |
| Hosted buyer buying power % | $10 million+ 27% $5-10 million 19% $1-5 million 30% $500,001-1 million 12% $100,001-500,000 9% |
| Hosted buyers by position % | Owner/partner 15% C-level 4% Director 24% Senior manager 14% Manager 27% Executive 13% |
47% of our buyer attendees are corporate buyers
50% of our buyer attendees are director level and above
| Number of buyer attendees | 1,403 from 46 countries |
| Buyer attendees by country (top four) % | US 85% Canada 4% Mexico 2% United Kingdom 1% |
| Buyer attendees by nature of business % | Corporate 47% Agency 33% Independent 9% Association 8% |
| Buyer attendee buying power % | $10 million+ 15% $5-10 million 14% $1-5 million 30% $500,001-1 million 15% $100,001-500,000 17% |
| Buyer attendees by position % | Owner/partner 23% C-level 6% Director 21% Senior manager 10% Manager 18% Executive 17% |
| Number of exhibiting companies | 3,537 representing 150+ countries |
| 82 press attendees | 8 countries |
The IMEX Talking Point 2024: Impact
IMEX believes we all have a responsibility to be part of the solution for the big issues challenging our planet and our communities. With a mission of bringing the global events community together to do business, learn and drive positive change, we’ve made Impact our annual Talking Point for 2024/25.
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Email: enquiries@imexevents.com
