Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

International conferences are on the rise again at ACC Liverpool after a number of recent confirmations. More than 19 global conferences are set to take place in the coming years. The programme supported Professor Ray Clarke, president elect of ESPO, who started the bid process to bring the conference to the city in 2014.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 13, 2024

Over the last year, the venue has seen a significant 56% increase in agency enquiries and a 10% growth in confirmations, highlighting the strengthened partnership between The Eastside Rooms and its agency partners. Together, we are setting a new standard for collaboration and success in conferences and events.”

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Prestige Events Magazine

JUNE 15, 2023

Merlin Venues, a leading provider of event spaces, unveiled a new charitable initiative during the grand opening of their Riverside Rooms venue in London last night. The initiative was launched during the opening of Merlin’s latest venue space. The evening was filled with mesmerising entertainment, food, drinks and more.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 28, 2021

Italian Exhibition Group, key international expo and conference player, with its Rimini and Vicenza expo venues in Italy and offices in Milan, New York, Las Vegas and Dubai and listed on the Screen-based Share Market (MTA) organised and managed by Borsa Italiana S.p.A,

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 3, 2024

Significant workshops included ‘Adapting to the Future with Limited Resources’, which introduced a new tool for measuring conference contributions to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, and discussions on risk management and the future of event accessibility, reinforcing ABPCO’s commitment to sustainability and inclusivity.

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Unique Venues

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Convene Unconventionally in 2024 Our trends show that planners search for venues to host conferences on UniqueVenues.com each February We’ve got ideas to help you think outside the box for your 2024 and 2025 conferences! Most of these leads were for conferences….so We’ve got you covered at Unique Venues!

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Event Marketer

MAY 13, 2024

SXSW IS HEADED TO FOGGY LONDON TOWN SXSW has called Austin home for decades, but organizers behind the annual conference and festivals are charting new territory. Following the debut of SXSW Sydney in 2023, it was announced last week that South by is headed for Europe in 2025 with SXSW London.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The Science Museum’s versatile gallery SEG1 will be available for daytime and evening hire from July 2024 until March 2025. The blank canvas space has the flexibility to host the exhibition element of an event or conference taking place in Illuminate or can be branded and transformed into a designated breakout area.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2024

The new Vice Chair is Ryan Doyle, beam ’s Supplier Membership Director and Group Sales and Business Development Director of Switch Hospitality, and the Incoming Chair in 2025 will be Ian Brown. If the Chair is held by an agent, the Vice Chair will be a venue and visa-versa.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Breaking down the company’s recent sustainability strategy International exhibition and convention center ExCel London is a carbon-neutral venue and an advocate for the path towards green meetings. soon to debut over 25,000 more—and hosting around 400 events and 4 million visitors per year, it is the largest event venue in London.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The survey results will contribute to the 2nd edition of The Show Must Go On report, to be published early 2020, after the success of Powerful Thinking’s Festival Vision: 2025 Crowdfunder which secured over £28,000 of funding for the report. Conferences. TAKE THE INDUSTRY GREEN SURVEY 2019 HERE. Areas of interest. Brand Events.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 3, 2021

Lime Venue Portfolio have joined the global effort to reach Net Zero; joining its parent company, Compass Group UK&I in its commitment to the UN’s Race to Zero campaign. It absolutely allows us to work with your venues, and our customers, to take on the responsibility of making their food more sustainable.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

On the surface, esports competitions may seem to have little in common with traditional conferences and meetings, but Gonzalez believes that event organizers can take cues from the surging popularity of esports — an industry predicted to be worth more than $3 billion by 2025 — when thinking about designing an experience for any audience. “At

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Unique Venues

APRIL 24, 2024

Over the years, Dallas has grown to become a popular destination for the professional meeting and social planners that we have in our network at Unique Venues – and for good reason! This juxtaposition of modern and traditional architectural styles is also reflected in the event venues available to rent in Dallas.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 24, 2022

The iconic central London venue is inviting businesses to apply to become an accredited supplier. The venue hosts hundreds of events each year for a range of clients and is keen to ensure its suppliers and their services are equally inclusive and sustainable in practice. Contracts will run from March 2023 – March 2025.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 1, 2024

From basketball, bobsleigh and bodybuilding to tennis, triathlon and taekwondo, presidents and CEOs from global sporting organisations will visit Birmingham and the West Midlands for SportAccord’s conference programme, which includes specialist streams CityAccord, HealthAccord, LawAccord and MediaAccord.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 16, 2019

GL events UK has confirmed its support for The Festival Vision: 2025 initiative, as part of its own commitment to a more sustainable and environmentally-friendly industry. That’s why we were so keen to support The Festival Vision: 2025 campaign. Conferences. Areas of interest. Brand Events. Concerts & Tours. Exhibitions.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In addition, the Vision 2025 conference has announced that it will be delivering a series of industry briefings examining context and new research from leading experts and organisations on the afternoon of Wednesday 20th October. The conference is open to all Showman’s Show attendees.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 9, 2019

The report will be free to download from the website, featuring chapters on governance, waste, food, transport/travel and power, giving advice and best practice examples to festival organisers, with the aim to reduce carbon impact by at least 50% by 2025. Conferences. Areas of interest. Brand Events. Concerts & Tours. Exhibitions.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 14, 2022

Cathy will also be responsible ensuring that EIC progresses towards its Vision 2025 and will have a key focus on growing EIC’s membership internationally where there is an opportunity to implement its education, certification, and accreditation programmes. Mark Cooper , CEO – IACC (International Association of Conference Centres).

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Convene recently followed up with both Tunheim and Addicks, who shared in a conference call what resonated in the first year with the attendees, what they’re leaning into in this year’s version, and what they’re adding to the mix. Most conferences are more vertical, right? Intersections and Adjacencies. Physical Space.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 16, 2023

“So if they have a challenge with cancer, they want to host oncology conferences. If they have a challenge with young people being homeless, they want to host conferences about housing. If they have a challenge with a certain kind of education or skills level, they want to host conferences about that.

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Event Industry News

JULY 28, 2022

As an environmental charity, sustainability is one of our core values and working with a venue that shares these values is important to us. The SEC has long shown its commitment to addressing its environmental responsibilities, and many of its sustainable initiatives help organisers to meet their own green objectives.

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Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2022

The iconic central London venue is inviting suppliers to apply to become an accredited supplier. The venue hosts hundreds of events each year for a range of clients and is keen to ensure its suppliers and their services are equally inclusive and sustainable in practice. Contracts will run from March 2023 – March 2025.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2023

Bookings and prospects for 2024 and 2025 are also very strong. In 2022 its trail blazing Woodlands Event Centre and Willows Training Centre generated their best conference and training performances with sales up 49 per cent on 2019 and up 79 per cent on 2018. “We Looking at 2023 and beyond is an exciting prospect.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

By some estimates , Gen Z will make up a quarter of the workforce by 2025, and the spending power of this generation of “increasing financial independence” and influence (over even their own parents’ purchasing decisions) is projected to reach into the trillions soon. NEXT-GEN NEEDS Step aside, millennials. Events are… a community.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The show also welcomed back the Festival Vision 2025 Conference. Conferences. It received a significant increase in international exhibitors, indicating the strength of the UK event industry. Lance described the increase as “a real confidence boost” for the direction of the UK market. Areas of interest. Brand Events. Event Tech.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 29, 2022

Even the biggest conferences are always looking for ways to improve. The fundamentals are the same for both shows, but the venues and attendance are unique,” she said. “We The venue is actually two halls, so Bauer’s team created two completely different experiences. We are always looking to learn and adapt.”. Focused Learning.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

billion in 2019 and to more than $8 billion by 2025. In 2018, at least 30 million pieces of 3D glass were needed in China – this demand is expected to outnumber 170 million pieces by 2025 and will see many manufacturers pushing to capitalise on the opportunities presented by the sector. Conferences. Areas of interest.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Circular in 2025. They strive for circularity in 2025, by developing solutions that can be put into practice by other festivals worldwide. The decor for the kick-off was ADE Green; the sub conference of Amsterdam Dance Event. Conferences. ADE Green started seven years ago with a small group of international pioneers.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Stephen Cotton, commercial director of Ronald Britton and Bioglitter , said: “The first edition of The Show Must Go On Report was published in 2015 and has been an information resource for the festival scene and launched the Festival Vision:2025 strategy for events to cut impacts year on year. Conferences. Areas of interest.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

GL events continues to be an outspoken champion of CSR, sustainability and environmental initiatives, having recently joinied the Festival Vision: 2025 campaign and released its own literature on how to make events work harder, creating a positive legacy for local, national and international communities. Conferences. Areas of interest.

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Unique Venues

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The country is home to many amazing features which make it an attractive location to host a conference, meeting, or celebration. Venues in Canada boast stunning indoor and outdoor attributes, and the planning assistance for events is one-of-a-kind. Unique Venues explains why: 1. The Great Outdoors. Expert Planning Assistance.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 27, 2023

Payne, CMP, CMM, strategic partner at INNOV8 Meetings + Events , to get her take on the current marketplace and its impact on meeting planners, and some helpful tips and tricks planners should be looking at when drafting up a contract with a hotel or venue. All of the programs that were rebooked or canceled and rebooked during Covid over a 2.5-year

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Unique Venues

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Keeping Your Pipeline Full – 4 Things To Do Now to Keep Booking Business As 2023 gets into full swing, we at Unique Venues hear regularly from venue managers that expectations for revenue generation and headcount have returned to traditional levels or are even higher than they were pre-pandemic. Review your website.

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Unique Venues

JANUARY 6, 2022

Members have exclusive access to a majority of the APA’s conferences and online classes. As an event planner, your goal is to connect people with one another during their meeting, conference, or presentation. She is currently the Marketing and Events Manager at Vision Together 2025 in Johnstown, PA.

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Unique Venues

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The world is ever changing, and event planners and venues need to be ready to change their plans in an instant. We know that our venues have been extremely flexible since this began. 2022 will be another year of adaptability for both planners and venues. 2022 Meeting and Event Trends for Professional Planners. Hybrid Events.

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