Coterie Spark

APRIL 3, 2024

Why should you hire conference and meeting planners? There are many reasons, but today we’re going to discuss the surprises you’d have to manage if there weren’t hired professionals to assist. Experienced conference and meeting planners, however, allow you to focus on the important stuff: VIPs, attendees, speakers.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 21, 2022

Following recent contract wins at three of the UK’s leading event venues, audio-visual and entertainment technology company Anna Valley has promoted Dan Orchard to the role of venue director. Over the last eighteen months, Anna Valley has established itself as a significant service provider to the UK’s venue sector.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 13, 2020

While these numbers look dismal for hotels, similar forecasts would apply to AV companies, exhibit service contractors, DMOs, exhibitor and attendee participation, conference-organizer revenue, and nearly any other product or service you can link to the live events industry. Conference Go/No-Go Decisions in a Pandemic.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 16, 2020

The Meetings Industry Association (mia) has launched guidance to the sector to assist contract negotiations and to help mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on trade. Following the debate, the mia promised to create a set of recommendations to help steer considerations and decisions for venues across the UK.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 6, 2017

Your real conference competition is not that event held six months after yours. Today’s technology driven, hyper-connected, instant gratification, real-time world puts you as a conference organizer in a difficult position. Too often our current conference planning processes focus on the greatest common denominator.

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SpotMe Blog

JUNE 13, 2023

With so many logistics to handle and compliance regulations to consider when managing pharma events, working with expert pharma event management companies can help reduce stress and ensure you achieve your business goals more easily. You are probably lucky enough to have a great event management team that delivers exceptional events.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 7, 2019

Showsec have renewed their contract with venue management group and the UK’s biggest arena operator, SMG Europe. The renewal will also see Showsec delivering services to the new £333 million conference, exhibition and event venue, TECA , opening in Aberdeen in 2019.

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Bizzabo

AUGUST 13, 2018

Whether you are running a conference for customers, partners or a larger conference, the right space makes all the difference. These 10 tips will help you find the perfect conference venue. 36% of event planners spending most of their budget on the venue , choosing a event space becomes o.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 15, 2024

Nguyen ( in photo ) provided a real-life example: Just 30 days out from a technology company’s 3,000-person customer conference, one executive came to Nguyen and said he wanted to change the venue for an evening reception.

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Planning Pod

JUNE 23, 2023

Whether you’re an event venue, a professional event organizer, or the de-facto event planner for your organization, creating the best experience for potential attendees can feel overwhelming—especially with event industry statistics suggesting that we’ll see the return of full in-person live events in the upcoming year.

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Central Hall Westminster, part of Central Hall Venues group, has announced it has awarded a new £8m contract to in-house AV production services partner White Light. The company also supported James Corden’s Late Late London shows held at the venue for two years running in 2018 and 2019.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 9, 2020

Dean Rees, business development manager, East of England Arena & Events Centre. Dean Rees, business development manager for East of England Arena & Events Centre, explained the decision to retain the PR company for a three-year period: “Vividink is the hardest working PR firm in the business, bar none.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Do you need to find new monetary sources for conferences, conventions and trade shows? Give attendees a discount code on the last day of the conference that is only good for the next 30 days. Establishing the conference fee, contracting with the venue and locking the dates will require some effort.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The South African turnkey hospitality operator, Barmotion, completed its first UK contract at Cleves School, Weybridge on Saturday 4th September for the ACTS Leadership Conference, organised by the Equippers Church UK, delivering to a tight and demanding brief. Thanks so much and hope to work with you again soon!”

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Unique Venues

AUGUST 29, 2022

Planning a Professional Conference? Bowling Green is Your Venue! When planning a professional conference or seminar you really do want every detail to be, well perfect. When coordinating a conference today you need an event venue team who you can trust. It’s easy with one contact, one contract, and one price.

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

This includes considering your internal resources (budget, stakeholders, event management software) and external resources (sponsors, vendors, partners). Effective project management is crucial for seamless execution—AKA your sanity. LEARN MORE: Shopping for new event management software? Here’s how to get internal buy-in.

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ePly

JANUARY 14, 2024

That’s why we’ve mapped out this detailed guide on exhibition management. We will go over the types of exhibitions, explain the CEM designation, give you a step-by-step exhibition checklist, team training recommendations, exhibition management best practices, hot tips and tricks, and more. What Is Exhibition Management?

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Planning Pod

AUGUST 16, 2023

Between managing tasks, staying organized, and planning for unforeseen events, keeping up with client relationships without disrupting timelines or missing deadlines can be difficult. So, how can you manage your business without leaving important tasks on the back burner? Ready to make your CRM for event management work for you?

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 1, 2024

The newest award-winning convention services manager dishes on all the things CSMs can do for planners: “We’re like Siri for the destination.” Reflecting that spirit, ESPA uses its conference to honor one of its members with the Event Services Professional of the Year award for exemplary service to meeting clients.

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Planning Pod

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Whether you’re looking to grow your funnel for catering leads or event venue leads, the secret to finding the prospects your business needs — and consistently turning them into delighted repeat customers — is a matter of following six simple steps. Identify the Personas of Your Best Catering and Venue Leads.

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GEVME

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Knowing how to prepare a venue for an event is one of the key points in event planning. Choosing a venue for an event is also one of the first negotiation points as well. The rest of the preparation process will depend on the decision made about the venue. If you’re lucky, the event market will offer a variety of good venues.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Paje Consultancy Ltd are delighted to announce they have been awarded the contract to provide a full marketing, membership and enquiry service to the prestigious Westminster Venue Collection (WVC) from 1 st November 2021.

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StraussCA

MAY 4, 2023

Half the battle in organizing a successful association event such as an awards ceremony, trade show, conference, or symposium is choosing the right venue. The right venue can ensure a positive and meaningful experience for an association’s members. That will also factor into the type of venue space you are looking for.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Appointed to Christmas at Kew on a multi-year deal, Midas is also providing Stage 3A machines and HVO fuel to the contract – all of which it monitors remotely via DSE Gateway and Livelink to ensure optimum performance. Conferences. Areas of interest. Brand Events. Concerts & Tours. Exhibitions. Event Tech. Sporting Events.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In retrospect, planning was relatively smooth before the pandemic, says Koleen Roach, director, meetings & conference management at Securian Financial Group. Jeff Calmus, principal at Jeff Calmus & Associates, brought his experience as both a consultant and former vice president, global event management at MetLife Inc.,

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Picatic by Eventbrite

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Especially if your main revenue is ticket sales, it can be difficult to get money in time to pay vendor and venue contracts. If you’re struggling to finance your next conference, party, or concert, you’ve probably considered crowdfunding. There’s no getting around it — events can be expensive affairs to put on.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 25, 2024

I hope professional organizations bear this in mind when they choose conference venues.” Like many associations, SMFM signs contracts with its host destinations years in advance. That clause allowed SMFM to exit a contract up to two years prior to the meeting date if the state passed a law banning abortion pre-viability.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 28, 2023

What about the people who want to book a different hotel and just show up for the conference itself. Two Tips to Break Down Barriers to Booking Let’s focus first on the conference attendees. Or, offer a joint conference/hotel fee that provides an overall discount versus booking separately. Open registration as early as possible.

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Event Farm

OCTOBER 11, 2016

This is a guest post from Sarah Hill, a professional blogger and creative content writer at Group Se7en Events , a leading event management and event planning agency in London. Keep reading for top event management tactics for every event planner out there. Thanks for your contribution, Sarah!

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InitLive

MARCH 4, 2021

Conferences are an important part of professional development and business networking for all industries. A successful conference can come in all shapes and sizes, from 200 people over a weekend to 15,000 for a week. InitLive has had the privilege of working with many conferences, some of which are the largest in their industry.

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The Castle Group

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Imagine this scenario: you’ve been tasked to organize a user group conference , sales incentive program , product launch , corporate retreat, annual fundraiser, or fill in the blank here. You realize you should seek the expertise of an outside event management agency to help save time and money, and deliver optimal results.

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Event Guru

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Meeting halls and venues are ready to accommodate these business events safely and follow CDC guidelines. Event Guru is dedicated to aiding venues and conference professionals in this new age of safe, event planning with COVID-19 event compliance. Contracts and Insurance . Note Keeping . Social Distancing .

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GEVME

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Knowing how to prepare a venue for an event is one of the key points in event planning. Choosing a venue for an event is also one of the first negotiation points as well. The rest of the preparation process will depend on the decision made about the venue. If you’re lucky, the event market will offer a variety of good venues.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 11, 2019

It comes as no surprise that one of the key elements of organising any event is securing a space or venue. It may sound like simple work – finding a venue and exchanging contracts – but the devil is in the detail and more often than not, there’s a myriad of hidden factors that will impact the eventual price tag.

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Unique Venues

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

But savvy event planners look for “one stop shop” venues in order to make detail management a little easier. Check out our Top Picks for One Stop Shop Venues. These venues offer the convenience of one contact, one contract, and one price for meetings and events. Mount Holyoke College Summer Conferences.

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InitLive

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Conferences are an important part of professional development and business networking for all industries. A successful conference can come in all shapes and sizes, from 200 people over a weekend to 15,000 for a week. InitLive has had the privilege of working with many conferences, some of which are the largest in their industry.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Venues of Excellence, the UK’s leading sales and marketing consortium for independent venues, have just announced two new partnerships for their Preferred Partner Programme. Venues of Excellence as an organisation share the same values as us, striving for quality and high levels of customer service over anything else.

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