HONG KONG--Oct 12--PRNewswire Asia-AsiaNet CMP Asia, formerly known as Miller Freeman Asia, has been ranked the number 1 trade fair organiser in a recently released report on business-to-business media in Greater China and South-east Asia. The report, produced by the independent Hong Kong media consultancy company, Business Strategies Group, is the first ever systematic research into the size and structure of the business media in the region. CMP Asia tops the list of the ranked 97 B2B trade fair organisers in the region by annual revenues. "The result of this survey gives independent confirmation of the comparative size and strength of the trade fair organisers", said Peter Sutton, President and Chief Executive of CMP Asia. "It is testimony to CMP Asia's growing portfolio of events that serve a wide range of industries throughout the region." CMP Asia is part of United Business Media. It has 61 trade fairs in seven countries/regions in Asia and in the USA. It operates in 11 market sectors including jewellery and gift, leather, information technology, industrial technology, cruise and maritime, furniture, beauty, paper and packaging, health and food ingredients and the building trades. Every year 15,000 exhibitors and over 670,000 visitors come to CMP Asia's trade fairs. CMP Asia presents the largest events of their kind in the region to its customers, including: * Hong Kong Jewellery & Watch Fair, Asia's largest jewellery fair and one of the top three events of its kind in the world, * Asia Pacific Leather Fair, the world's largest international trade fair for the leather industry, held in Hong Kong twice a year, * Seatrade Cruise Shipping Convention, the world's largest event for the cruise shipping industry, held in Miami every year, * Furniture China, the largest furniture exhibition in China. * Cosmoprof Asia, the largest international beauty event in the Asia-Pacific region, * Intermach, the biggest and oldest industrial trade fair in Thailand, * Asian Paper, Asia's biggest show and conference for the pulp, paper and board business, held in Singapore, * Tokyo International Health Industry Show, Japan's leading show for the health industry About CMP Asia CMP Asia, formerly known as Miller Freeman Asia is the largest independent trade fair organiser in the region. It operates through its headquarters in Hong Kong with over 330 staff in 11 major cities in Asia and the USA. It has 73 media products comprising 61 trade shows held in eight countries/regions and 12 publications with associated B2B websites. Among CMP Asia's publications is Jewellery News Asia, the region's dominant jewellery trade publication which also operates the region's major website for the world's jewellery trade, JewelleryNetAsia.com. CMP Asia also publishes the region's top IT weekly, Asia Computer Weekly (ACW) and operates the key industry website, CMPnetAsia.com. In Japan, CMP Asia publishes Health Industry News, Food Processing and Medical Nutrition, all being the leading titles in their respective areas. About United Business Media United Business Media plc (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com), the parent company of CMP Asia, is a focused market information group. Its core businesses are comprised of: * Professional Media -- CMP Media is the B2B market leader in high-tech publishing with a strong position in healthcare through its subsidiaries CMP Healthcare and CME, while CMP Information and CMP Asia have a valuable presence in a number of core B2B markets in the UK, USA, Europe and Asia * PR Newswire -- the leader in the electronic delivery of breaking information directly from companies, agencies and institutions * NOP World -- the world's ninth largest market research group, with strong positions in key sectors such as healthcare, automotive and media Downloadable format of the press release is available at CMP Asia's website at http://www.cmpasia.com SOURCE CMP Asia CONTACT: Jennifer Law Regional Corporate Communications Manager CMP Asia Ltd Tel: +852-2516-1691 Fax: +852-2511-0615 Email: [email protected]