Event Industry News

JANUARY 28, 2020

Over the last few years, the futures of small-medium sized venues have become increasingly uncertain with rising rents, building developments and business rates strangling the live music scene. See small venues struggle to survive amidst rising costs and one small music venue closes every month for more.

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Event Industry News

MAY 20, 2021

Venues of Excellence, the leading UK consortium for conferences, training, meetings and events, have taken a strategic decision to sell the business to Mandy Jennings, Director of Paje Consultancy Ltd. The business saw a 60% financial growth over the previous 5 years surpassing projected membership figures ahead of plan.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 21, 2019

This will represent a 21% rise in donations to charity by 2020. The central London venue’s 2018 Annual Review reveals that the record turnover has been boosted by a 37% increase in high-profile concerts held in its historic Great Hall. As a result of the increased revenue, the venue was able to make a contribution of £1.2m

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Leading global brand experience company, Cook & Associates , has been selected as a “preferred supplier” for the 2020 Farnborough International Airshow. During the 2018 Airshow, Cook & Associates successfully delivered eleven major projects, fielding a team of over 100 staff on site. Areas of interest. Brand Events. Event Tech.

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Attendease

JANUARY 28, 2019

On the floor of a major conference or event, apps make it possible to quickly preview schedules, uncover networking opportunities, identify priority exhibitors to visit, and find needed amenities around the venue. Do you need the ability to heat map your venue? billion by 2020, up from $1.65 Do you need real-time analytics?

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 27, 2018

They and all their Disney pals have been up to a whole bunch in 2018, including celebrating Mickey Mouse’s milestone 90 th birthday. of meeting space, including two ballrooms, a dozen meeting rooms and rooftop reception venue with nightly fireworks views. The entire cast of characters has a busy 2019 to look forward to.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 23, 2022

After a virtual awards ceremony in 2020 and a pandemic-enforced pause in 2021, the Off To Work Event Photography Awards have relaunched with a double-quick 2022 competition for images captured during 2020 and 2021. EPA 2018 Overall Winner: “Rituals of the Water at Lost Village” by Andrew Whitton. Behind The Scenes. Music Events.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 20, 2022

Responsible for venue sales, operations and customer service he also oversees relationships between the venue and the wider events industry. Involved with trade associations throughout his career, Carlo was president of the ILEA from 2017 to 2018 and continues to be an active board member of the Europe chapter.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 13, 2022

The result could be a more diverse pool of venues to choose from at a time when meeting professionals are struggling to find open space at fully staffed hotels. In 2018, the company gave $500,000 to groups and individuals that promoted diversity in travelers and hotel operators.

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 25, 2022

SWAPPING serving fans for supervising Covid testing, 12-hour shifts to serve key workers and live-streaming church services – these are just a few of the ways in which staff at venues across Newcastle and Gateshead helped their communities during the pandemic lockdowns.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 26, 2020

The award-winning venue has 22 multi-functional, flexible rooms, suitable for meetings, conferences and exhibitions up to 8,000 delegates. With panoramic views of the city, the bay and surrounding mountains, these unique foyer spaces flood the venue with natural light and offer the perfect setting for registration and hospitality.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 25, 2023

Compiled by analyzing more than $14 billion of group business value sourced through the Cvent Supplier Network in 2022, the rankings highlight hotels, venues, and destinations. 1 in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 Nashville was named No. This is the first time Cvent has generated the list since the pandemic halted events.

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Event Industry News

JULY 8, 2020

MICEOFFERS.com and Sandals Resorts have agreed an exclusive global deal that will put the hotel and venue chain in front of over 90,000 event bookers around the world.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 25, 2016

After more than 10 years, Chicago has been chosen to host American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) Annual Meeting & Exposition in 2018. Playing the backdrop to ASAE 2018 demonstrates the city of Chicago’s world-class reputation as a true hub for industry and culture,” said Mayor Emanuel. “Our

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The MICE

JANUARY 11, 2021

When the idea to stage an international, multi-day conference in Bern was born back in 2018, we didn’t know how things would turn out, and that we’d need to change our plans upside down. From a four-day live event format, the conference turned into an e-format and was live-streamed from Bern, Switzerland from 28–30 August 2020.

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Boomset

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The winners will be announced on 26 March 2020. Image of Denton’s 2018 using Boomset RFID Automation, winner of Best Interaction Technology Eventex 2019 An impressive 444 entries from 39 countries around the world competed to make it on the prestigious list. The winners will be announced on 26 March 2020 - stay tuned!

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Smart Meetings

MAY 26, 2022

their average airfare and how much their prices changed as compared to 2020. compared to 2020. increase and up from its third place ranking in 2020. of meeting space across 31 venues and has 445 guest rooms. The airport is up from 12th place in 2020. 5 Least Expensive Airports. Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The Event Supplier and Services Association (ESSA) Future Focus Board, has launched three member events in early 2020 focusing on mental health and wellbeing amongst member company employees.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 6, 2022

During 2018/2019 we discussed running light trails through the UK,” Kili Live founder/CEO Stuart Galbraith tells Event Industry News. “We We went to have a look at what DEAG was doing in Berlin Botanical Gardens with the intention of running a trail in 2020.” And what a year that was. Numbers will even out. Christmas at Trentham.

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GEVME

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Roy Sheppard , Specialist Conference Facilitator – keynote speaker from BE @ Penang 2017 & CEO Deep Dive facilitator for BE @ Penang 2018: What I have noticed about this event is that there is an appetite for people to really work together and to collaborate more.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 12, 2022

Visible launched its brand in 2018 by making good on a billboard typo that promised consumers unlimited m a ssages rather than messages. Founded in 2018, Visible was in year two of a marketing trajectory designed to explain its unique offering when the pandemic hit. In the process, Visible opened a shuttered venue—Red Rocks.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 15, 2021

When the Essence Festival was forced by the pandemic to be held virtually in 2020, it attracted 45 million views over the course of six days. The Essence Festival converted several Airstream trailers into pop-up stages and event venues, setting them up in different neighborhoods and community centers around New Orleans.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 14, 2023

In 2018, he worked as hotel manager for Sheraton Grand Doha. Before this, he spent time overseeing the event venues outside London for the 2012 London Olympic & Paralympic Games. In 2020 and 2021, she was named one of Modern Luxury ’s DC Power Players. Roger Hooker ExCel London named Hooker chief operating officer.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The event organisers and venues have shared with Hamburg Convention Bureau why they chose to hold a live or hybrid event over an entirely virtual offering: Renewable energy stakeholders to attend site visit. Pictured: Aortic Live 2018. 2020 – a pivotal year for wind energy.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 20, 2022

Under the theme, “Altogether Wonderful,” Intel’s footprints across two venues, which it made available solely via digital platforms as part of this plan, served as rich backdrops and studios for pre-recorded and live-streamed content in the lead up to and over the course of the show, Jan. 5-7, across Las Vegas. It Was From Intel.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 4, 2020

The event’s Best Mate and Head On temporary grandstands will be finished with the Peregrine, GL events’ integrated curved roof design, launched at the inaugural Glasgow 2018 European Championships. Cheltenham Festival takes place from 10-13 March 2020 at Cheltenham Racecourse. For details please visit www.cheltenham.co.uk

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Event Industry News

JULY 17, 2019

The newly elected IELA board of management proudly confirms three women leaders in the exhibition logistics industry among its members: Mariane Ewbank, former IELA chairwoman 2016-2018, Priscilla Leong and Sandi Trotter, both new members elected for 2019-2021. Italy Feyzan Erel, general manager and CEO of Gruptrans International Co.

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EventSource

APRIL 14, 2020

Alejandra and Jimmy Our original wedding date was May 23rd, 2020, but the global pandemic had different plans for us. Sajni and Saba Photo Courtesy of Scarlet O’Neill Saba and I have been together for 8 years and were supposed to get married on May 17, 2020. They simply held our deposits and there has been no added charge.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Creative communications agency drp hosted the Worcester Stands Tall live auction at their Midlands Studios on Thursday 11 th October 2018. The auction was in aid of the local St Richards Hospice’s Build 2020 Appeal. The ‘Build 2020’ project is a £5.3m expansion and redevelopment of the existing hospice building in Worcester.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 24, 2020

Call is supported by new report compiled by the Institute of Occupational Medicine, which examines the case for a science based, risk assessed return to a Covid-secure opening of nightclubs and venue, as sector remains the only one without a clear reopening date. Key findings.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Festival organiser, Festival Republic, has announced it is considering Camperdown Park, Dundee, as a potential venue to host a brand-new event next year. They stated they were “taking a year off” in 2018 to allow them time to consider the future of the event but it did not return in 2019. Areas of interest. Brand Events. Conferences.

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Nunify

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Creating a virtual or hybrid event allows increased engagement since it isn’t limited to a venue and space. 34% of planners consider increased attendance the most positive result of pivoting to virtual, followed by lower overhead costs (27%)” (EventMB, 2020). 38% use social media as a feedback mechanism” (EventMB, 2018).

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The goal has been years in the making, set in motion by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) — the Lausanne, Switzerland–based body that oversees all matters related to the Games and the Olympic Movement at large — and the IOC’s Olympic Agenda 2020, a roadmap that spells out its broader goals.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Popular destinations throughout the world have been busy adding new properties and attractions—from a spectacular entertainment venue in Montreal to a stunning convention center in San Jose, Costa Rica—that have enhanced their offerings to meeting groups and tourists. Related : Cvent Reveals Top Meeting Destinations for 2018.

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Event Industry News

MAY 13, 2020

GDC have worked with a range of private and corporate clients such as Ascot Racecourse , NFL , HP along with some of the UK’s most exciting venues such as The Roundhouse, Hedsor House and many of the RHS venues. A post shared by GDC Event Design (@gdceventdesign) on Mar 12, 2018 at 8:09am PDT.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

2019 forecast (2018/17 positions in brackets): London, UK (1/1). The 2019 ranking shows four new entries: Vienna in Austria (6), Stockholm in Sweden (7), and Germany’s Hamburg (5) and Frankfurt (-/7), returning to the top ten ranking after dropping out in 2018. in 2018, up from 2% in 2017, and hold firm through 2019 and 2020.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 12, 2018

2018 in New Orleans were granted a behind-the-scenes look at activities—including a peek at kitchen preparations and backstage waiting rooms—at Ernest N. The park is scheduled to be completed by 2020. Participants in IAEE Expo! Morial Convention Center as well as a glimpse of some of the exciting future plans. million sq.

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