Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Recovery Continues on a Positive Trajectory According To IACC’s 2022 Meeting Room of the Future Barometer. The meetings and events industry’s recovery continues on a positive trajectory, with venues reporting continued growth in event volume levels, according to IACC’s latest Meeting Room of the Future Barometer (MRoTF) 2022.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The meetings and events industry’s recovery continues on a positive trajectory, with venues reporting continued growth in event volume levels, according to IACC’s latest Meeting Room of the Future Barometer (MRoTF) 2022 , which was released today.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 16, 2022

Venues of Excellence (VoE) has hosted its first members Annual Conference under its new ownership with Mandy Jennings who took the helm of the award-winning consortium in May 2021. A key challenge facing many member venues currently lies in the recruitment and securing the right candidate to take businesses successfully into the future.

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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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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 16, 2023

However, the data by Venue Performance shows Q1 of 2023 was slow, with January and February witnessing a slowdown in business. It is important to note that Q4 2019 was unusually high before the pandemic took hold, which somewhat skews the annual figures. Data shows that delegation sizes have reduced and now sit at 74 people on average.

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The MICE

MARCH 31, 2022

Bern’s positioning as a leader in the energy and environmental sector, and its easy accessibility within Switzerland and from neighbouring countries, make it the most suitable city to host the Swiss Sustainability Forum. Due to the positive response to the topic of sustainability and the growing demand, this year it will be a three day event.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2023

International Convention Centre Wales ( ICC Wales ) has secured a number of notable repeat business wins for 2023, as it establishes itself as the UK’s most exciting new events venue and brings a significant boost to the South Wales visitor economy. The Open University will also hold its Autumn 2023 Graduation Ceremony at the venue.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 18, 2022

Outdoor Digital Productions (ODP), a collaborative enterprise between ADI, JA Productions and Outdoor Places Unusual Spaces (OPUS), has been chosen to deliver the official Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Festival Live Sites.

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Your monthly event sustainability update T he Advertising Specialty Institute found in its 2019 Global Ad Impressions Study that consumers hold on to a typical promotional item for, on average, one year and 23 percent of products are thrown away. When it comes to our organization, sustainability is really important.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2023

Wyboston Lakes Resort has made an outstanding start to 2023 following a year of record results in 2022. 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. www.wybostonlakes.co.uk

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Event Industry News

APRIL 20, 2022

Today, 20 April 2022, sees the launch of TRACE by isla, a purpose-built carbon measurement platform dedicated to the event industry. Reports for clients, sustainability teams and stakeholders are generated in real time, pre and post-event. We spent some time researching the right software for us, and TRACE came out on top.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 28, 2022

This year’s AEO Excellence Awards saw event professionals from across the industry flock to Grosvenor House Hotel, for the first time since 2019. VENUE TEAM OF THE YEAR. SEC – Venue Operations Team. While their strong teamwork and commitment to sustainability is impressive. VENUE OF THE YEAR – less than 20,000sqm.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 3, 2022

BMA House saw its corporate summer party business increase by 188%, when 2022 is compared to 2019 – the last full year of summer party activity at the venue. With 17 more parties in 2022 than 2019, the venue is celebrating a particularly busy July, which saw more than 50% of the events.

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2022

BMA House saw its corporate summer party business increase by 188%, when 2022 is compared to 2019 – the last full year of summer party activity at the venue. With 17 more parties in 2022 than 2019, the venue is celebrating a particularly busy July, which saw more than 50% of the events.

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The MICE

AUGUST 26, 2022

My interest deepened in large part from working with MICE (Meeting, Incentive Travel, Conferences and Exhibitions) destinations and venues that focused on these topics. It sparked my interest in event venues and the experience itself opened my eyes to all the possibilities of this new world. Sustainable stand design by Expomobilia.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 20, 2023

Food sustainability, clean oceans and repurposed rainwater Compared to the largely unexplored universe we inhabit; our little blue and green shimmering marble is small. Sustainably, Seattle Seattle, Washington, has always been a progressive leader in sustainability and environmental mindfulness.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

According to the Centre’s latest report and accounts, The QEII Centre delivered total revenues of £14.95m for the period 2022-23, equivalent to 94 per cent of what was achieved in its best year of trading in 2019/20 (£15.94m).

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2023

They offers experiences in over 110 countries with 5,500 properties, 10,000 food and beverage venues, wellness facilities and workspaces. 78% of respondents say that their or their clients’ expenditures have increased since 2022. In fact, the industry’s audience is expected to surpass even 2019 levels in the coming years.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 23, 2021

With sustainability an ever-increasing factor in event decision making, our expert panel explore the many new measurement tools and offer top tips on how to reduce the footprint of events. Sam will be joined by Eloit Sergeant from Hire Space, Alex Hewitt from AOK Events from Venue Lab and Amy Peat from Tobacco Dock.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

After a tumultuous 2022, you’d be forgiven for hoping for a more settled climate next year. Recognised schemes such as Green Key, Green Tourism Standard, Green Meetings from Green Tourism and ECOsmart enable venues to demonstrate, measure and – crucially – build on their commitment to sustainability.

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Event Industry News

JULY 11, 2022

From April 2019 to April 2022, the convention bureau has facilitated a 73% increase in confirmed enquiries for meetings, events and conferences, with figures from May this year almost at full recovery from 2019. This is the highest performing month for value of confirmed business in six years.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

After a tumultuous 2022, you’d be forgiven for hoping for a more settled climate next year. Recognised schemes such as Green Key, Green Tourism Standard, Green Meetings from Green Tourism and ECOsmart enable venues to demonstrate, measure and – crucially – build on their commitment to sustainability.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 19, 2021

However, a significant minority fear they will not be able to return to indoor events before 2022, a reality that industries need to respond to if progress towards inclusion is not to be lost. On the findings, Suzanne Bull MBE, Founder of Attitude is Everything, said: “In 2019, disabled people were big consumers of live events.

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Event Industry News

JULY 27, 2021

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Event Industry News

MARCH 13, 2023

The Belfry Hotel & Resort, located in Warwickshire, is aiming to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2030, having saved 3 million kWh of energy combined across electricity and gas in 2022 when comparing its usage with 2019. The 3 million kWh saved is enough electricity to power 300 houses and enough gas to heat […]

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 29, 2022

The fundamentals are the same for both shows, but the venues and attendance are unique,” she said. “We One lesson learned from both Frankfurt 2022 and America in 2021 was that people want more focused learning tracks. Read More: How IMEX Frankfurt Answered Critical Questions for a Sustainable Event. Focused Learning.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

An expanded exposition floor at Mandalay Bay Convention Center was brimming with activity Tuesday as an estimated 10,000 people flowed through hosted buyer appointments, education sessions and nearly 400 booths representing more than 180 countries, venues, technology vendors and suppliers. JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) October 11, 2022.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 15, 2022

The new service was debuted at International Confex 2022 at ExCel London last week as Events Harrogate hosted its first stand along with several stand partners representing event venues and hotels from across the Harrogate district. To find out more about Events Harrogate visit eventsharrogate.co.uk.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 13, 2023

The Belfry Hotel & Resort, located in Warwickshire, is aiming to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2030, having saved 3 million kWh of energy combined across electricity and gas in 2022 when comparing its usage with 2019. The 3 million kWh saved is enough electricity to power 300 houses and enough gas to heat […]

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 3, 2023

Hall notes that client expectations have shifted to quicker turnarounds, leading to more compressed timelines, something Lydia Mazzolini, director of private events at Elsewhere—a music venue, nightclub and arts space in Brooklyn, NY—says is her biggest pain point. Filling Staffing Gaps. Supply Chain Challenges.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 18, 2022

The 500-acre Cedar Lakes Estate in upstate NewYork has seen a huge bump in inquiries for corporate retreats — 150 percent more inquiries than in 2019. “If If 2021 was the year of reemergence, 2022 is the year of reconnection,” said cofounder Lisa Karvellas. As for the venues and locations, that’s evolving, too. Travel, J.D.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Caesars and Meet AC announced sustainability highlights from its newly released 2021 CSR Report —in a Leed-certified Augustus Tower villa suite—and the news (and views) are great. The new reality for venues is that they must find a way to sell and plan events remotely. On track to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 (or sooner).

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Known the world over as the home of legendary outlaw Robin Hood, today Nottingham is an attractive destination for event planners thanks to its central location, excellent transport links and an array of world-class conference venues and hotels.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Market and business recovery, the rise of virtual and hybrid events, and the importance of mental health and sustainability were amongst other topics that the HBAA leadership have highlighted in their views. Sayward explains: “In-person large-scale business events will return, but not to full scale until the end of 2021, and even 2022.

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Event Industry News

MAY 11, 2022

The 2022 UFI European Conference took place over the course of three days, putting the spotlight on important industry topics and challenges faced by exhibition and event industry professionals. On Thursday, 200,000 euros worth of supplies arrived at the venue in six cargo truck convoy from Fondazione Fiera Milano in Italy.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 21, 2020

As a first step towards implementing this, the association has created new roles on its executive committee including a sustainability chair, training chair, partnerships chair and NextGen chairs. In 2019, around 4,000 physical tournaments took place and attracted 454 million viewers. Vanloo also shared important insights for venues.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

An expanded exposition floor at Mandalay Bay Convention Center was brimming with activity Tuesday as an estimated 10,000 people flowed through hosted buyer appointments, education sessions and nearly 400 booths representing more than 180 countries, venues, technology vendors and suppliers. — JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) October 11, 2022.

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