Laura Houlgatte

This Week on the Boxoffice Podcast: UNIC’s Laura Houlgatte-Abbott on the Second Wave of Cinema Closures in Europe

Boxoffice Staff • Nov 5th

In this week’s episode of the Boxoffice Podcast, Boxoffice Pro Editorial Director Daniel Loria and Deputy Editor Rebecca Pahle were joined by UNIC CEO Laura Houlgatte-Abbott, who broke down the still-evolving situation in Europe. Several countries there have been subject...

Coronavirus

CineEurope 2020: Laura Houlgatte Abbott on This Year’s Digital Convention and the Challenges Ahead

Boxoffice Staff • Jun 16th

CineEurope is going digital. The annual convention of UNIC, the trade association representing European cinemas, was forced to shift its event online after Covid-19 made it infeasible to hold its usual yearly event in Barcelona. “Two afternoons online can’t replace...

Coronavirus

Boxoffice LIVE Sessions Recap: UNIC’s Insights on the European Cinema Market

Daniel Loria • Apr 15th

As cinemas across Europe continue to be affected by the financial fallout of the COVID-19 crisis, Boxoffice Pro hosted a LIVE Session with the executive leadership from UNIC, Europe’s trade body for cinemas, to discuss the state of European exhibition....

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UNIC Annual Report: Strong but Unequal Growth in the European Market

Vassiliki Malouchou • Jun 18th

The European box office topped 8.1 billion euros in 2018, a 5.6% year-on-year decrease as admissions dipped 3.3%, according to UNIC’s annual report published on Monday, the first day of CineEurope. According to the European trade body, despite a slight...

CineEurope

Laura Houlgatte’s Keynote Address Celebrates European Cinema-going

Boxoffice Staff • Jun 17th

PRESS RELEASE CineEurope 2019, Barcelona: 17 June 2019 – Laura Houlgatte, CEO of the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC), the European cinema trade grouping, today used her keynote address at CineEurope 2019 to reflect on the diverse and resilient nature...

CineEurope

Paying It Forward: Laura Houlgatte Abbott Inspires as UNIC’s CEO

Rebecca Pahle • Jun 15th

As the CEO of UNIC, the largest international trade body in cinema, Laura Houlgatte Abbott has a lot to juggle. Representing the needs of UNIC’s 37 member companies (soon to be 38—“Hopefully we manage to get Cyprus on board”) requires...

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