AIM Group Links Growth with a Broader Transformation of its Meetings Business

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AIM Group International closed 2025 with €88.99 million in revenue, more than 2,000 events delivered and 410,000 participants engaged. Behind the figures, however, the company’s latest annual and sustainability report points to the integration of event management, communications, consultancy and technology into a single operating model.

The Italian-headquartered group, which now operates 13 offices across nine European countries, recorded EBITDA of more than €3 million during the year. Its activity covered live, digital and hybrid events, with more than 22,500 scientific abstracts managed and 26,500 square metres of exhibition space handled. More than 150 corporate clients and 150 international associations were among those served during the year.

The revenue mix also illustrates how diversified the business has become. Conference Management remained the largest segment, accounting for 30% of revenue, followed by Healthcare Meetings at 20%. Corporate & Sport Events and Communication each represented 15%, while Continuing Medical Education accounted for 10%. Association Management and Incentive & DMC Services each contributed 5%.

That spread is important in understanding AIM’s current direction. Rather than relying exclusively on the traditional congress and conference model, the group is positioning different capabilities around the same client relationships from scientific meetings and association management to communications, corporate events and destination services.

"2025 was a year of execution, transformation and growth. We strengthened our financial position, accelerated our key strategic initiatives and laid the foundations for the Group’s next stage of development. Artificial intelligence, digitalisation and innovation are powerful enablers, but it is people who turn technology into value and shape our future,” said Gianluca Scavo, Chief Executive Officer of AIM Group International.
 

Sustainability moves into operations

The report also provides a more detailed picture of how sustainability is being incorporated into that operating model.

During 2025, AIM published a Sustainable Supply Chain Protocol, extending its sustainability framework into relationships with suppliers and partners. Its EcoVadis score increased to 59/100, while the group maintained its “Committed” rating, and it submitted its Near-Term Commitment to the Science Based Targets initiative.

ISO 20121 is similarly presented less as a certification exercise and more as an operational framework, covering areas such as risk assessment, supplier coordination and impact reporting. The report cites several congresses where these principles were applied to mobility, venue selection, procurement, food recovery and resource management.

At the SIR National Congress in Rimini, for example, rail travel was encouraged through an agreement with Trenitalia, while the ISO 20121-certified Palacongressi di Rimini and the Food for Good programme formed part of the event’s sustainability approach. In Vienna, OSSEO 2025 became the first event in its field to receive Austria’s Ecolabel for Green Meetings.

These examples point to a wider change in the way sustainability is being treated within the meetings industry: less as a separate reporting exercise and more as a series of decisions made during the design and delivery of an event.

The people behind the numbers

The report places considerable emphasis on the workforce supporting that transformation. AIM employs more than 300 people, with women representing 82% of its workforce, 76% of management positions and 70% of senior leadership. More than 9,400 hours of training were delivered during 2025, including programmes focused on leadership, digital capabilities and sustainability.

“We operate in a world where technology, innovation and globalisation are reshaping our industry. Yet we remain convinced that our greatest differentiator is people. The ability to build relationships, create trust and work together is what transforms every project into lasting impact,” said Gianluca Buongiorno, President of AIM Group International.

The social dimension extends beyond employment. AIM’s 2025 report records support for initiatives including Food for Good, Dynamo Camp, LILT and Save the Children, alongside the group’s long-running rehabilitation centre in Burundi. A school renovation project in Nepal supported 549 students and teachers, according to the report.
 

From event organiser to integrated partner

Technology is set to remain a major part of AIM’s next phase, with artificial intelligence, digital transformation and cybersecurity identified alongside international expansion as strategic priorities. The group also reports an international project pipeline extending beyond 2030.

The significance of the 2025 results therefore lies less in the headline revenue figure than in what sits behind it. AIM is attempting to build an organisation in which meetings, communications, consultancy, technology and sustainability are increasingly connected rather than treated as separate services.

For an industry facing simultaneous pressure to digitalise, demonstrate environmental responsibility and deliver greater strategic value to associations, companies and institutions, that integration may prove as important as the scale of the business itself.
 

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