Expansion of Central & Eastern European Operations

ITE Group PLC
2 November 1999


                  Acquisition in Poland
                            
                Joint Venture in Bulgaria
                            
                           And
                            
     Acquisition of Consultancy agreement in Moscow

ITE  Group  plc,  ('ITE'), the international  exhibitions
specialist  is pleased to announce the expansion  of  its
Central   and  Eastern  European  operations   with   two
acquisitions and a joint venture.

Biuro Reklamy Poland S.A ('Biuro Reklamy')

On   1  November  1999  ITE,  through  its  wholly  owned
subsidiary,  International Trade  and  Exhibitions  (ITE)
Worldwide B.V., entered into a conditional agreement with
Pentor  Communications International L.P.  ('Pentor')  to
acquire its 60% shareholding in Biuro Reklamy for a  cash
consideration  of  US$3.7  million.  This  agreement   is
conditional,  inter alia, on consent  of  the  Office  of
Protection  of  Competition and Consumers in  respect  of
anti-competition laws and the consent to the transfer  of
shares by the shareholders of Biuro Reklamy.

Biuro Reklamy, together with its two subsidiaries Polexpo
and  Agpol, generated sales in 1998 of zl 39.218  million
(US$  9.29  million) and profits after tax  and  minority
interests  of  zl  2.031 million (US$ 481,000).  The  net
assets  of  Biuro  Reklamy as at 31  December  1998  were
zl  2.381  million  (US$564,000). Biuro  Reklamy  is  the
largest   exhibition  organiser   in   Warsaw   with   14
exhibitions in 1998 with a net exhibition space of 43,741
sq.ms.  Through its subsidiary it also holds  exhibitions
in Gdansk.

Joint   Venture   with   Agency   Bulgarreklama   Limited
('Bulgarreklama') in Bulgaria

ITE  through  its 70% owned subsidiary, IEG International
Limited,  has  recently entered into a  long  term  joint
venture agreement with Bulgarreklama in relation  to  the
18  exhibitions  that Bulgarreklama expects  to  hold  in
Sofia,  Bulgaria in the year 2000. ITE and  Bulgarreklama
will  share the profits on a 50/50 basis with ITE selling
international  space and Bulgarreklama carrying  out  the
local selling and organising of the shows.

Bulgarreklama is also building a new exhibition centre in
Sofia and ITE is providing support for this project which
should be ready by May 2000.

L.A.Financial Group Inc, Alex Bernstein and Sergei Levit

On  1 November 1999, ITE agreed to acquire certain of the
rights   of  the  existing  consultancy  agreement   with
L.A.Financial Group Inc, Alex Bernstein and Sergei  Levit
and to the hivedown of ITE s exhibitions in Moscow into a
new  wholly  owned  subsidiary of ITE. The  consideration
agreed to be paid will total US$8 million with an initial
payment  of  US$2  million  and  further  equal  payments
US$1.5m  at the end of each financial year for  the  next
four years.

ITE  will  no longer pay any sales commission  under  the
existing   consultancy  agreement,  which   amounted   to
approximately US$480,000 in the year to 30 September 1999
(US$ 600,000 1998).

Lawrie   Lewis,   Chairman  of  ITE  said,    'These   two
acquisitions and the joint venture further expands  ITE s
operations   in   Central  and  Eastern  Europe   through
established   local  partners.  Biuro   Reklamy   has   a
reputation  for quality exhibitions in Poland and  should
prove  an  excellent base for us. We will be  looking  to
merge  our existing exhibitions in this region into their
operation, then to go on to further expand in Poland. The
joint  venture with Bulgarreklama cements our  operations
in  Bulgaria,  following  our acquisition  of  exhibition
organisers,  IEG which was announced earlier  this  year.
The acquisition of the consultancy arrangements in Russia
means  that ITE and Alex Bernstein s team in Moscow  will
now  consolidate and focus on a common goal. These  deals
and  the new management team show that ITE s strategy  to
be  the leading exhibition organiser in Eastern Europe is
now becoming a reality.'

For further information, please contact:


ITE Group plc

Lawrie  Lewis     Chairman         0171 596 5000

Odette  Jonkers   Press Office     0171 596 5253


Buchanan Communications

Richard Oldworth/Isabel Petre      0171 466 5000