MAGAZINE WORLD MEETS IN LONDON

The bi-annual World Magazine Congress gets underway in London today, with many of the magazine world's leading figures expected to attend.
It's certainly not all doom and gloom in the industry, and many of the planned seminars during the three days will focus on how magazine publishers and their products are thriving.
Sadly I will not be there but two or three Thailand-based magazine publishers are expected to attend. That's two or three from the hundreds out there. One reason for the low turn-out could be cost. The event costs close to 80,000 baht to attend, and when you add flights and hotels it's not a cheap event to attend.
I am focusing my efforts (and budget) on the World Magazine Marketplace event which takes place in Dubai later this year.