Event Industry News

JANUARY 31, 2020

A new decade has arrived and with technology advancing exponentially, event professionals across the globe need to be taking stock and be prepared to leverage all the benefits technology can bring to their business. This is the advice from Patrick Smith, CMO of Cvent. He said: “The innovation over the next decade will undoubtedly reshape the way the industry manages, markets, and delivers meetings and events, offering event organisers a unique opportunity to take on a more strategic role within

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JANUARY 31, 2020

Smarticle. For wedding planners and clients that want technology to play a role in their nuptials, budget may be the only limit. There are many ways to bring innovation into a wedding while still keeping the affair cohesive and enjoyable for guests. . Wedding websites- -Some couples prefer websites to invitations because more information can be included on a website than on paper.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 31, 2020

NewFlex?, a leading provider of branded workspace solutions, powered by? Newable,? has acquired London-based coworking and small meetings start-up, ?Bold?. Bold offers hotel investors a creative and boutique brand designed to attract entrepreneurs, innovators and business travellers, with spaces characterised by daring and impactful interior design.

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JANUARY 31, 2020

InterContinental Hotels is piloting improved virtual-reality functionality that allows planners to customize set-ups in the event space they’re viewing. A new generation of virtual reality aimed at the meetings and events market has been developed by Accenture’s Extended Reality practice in collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies, making remote site inspections more robust for meeting planners.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 31, 2020

Brexit is creating business opportunities and issues as well as recruitment problems according to HBAA members. The HBAA has spoken to a cross-section of agency and venue members and gathered opinions on how Brexit is impacting the events and hospitality industry. Brexit’s impact on business. Over the past 12 months, the effects of Brexit on the hospitality and events industry have been mixed.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 31, 2020

EventsCase, the all-in-one event management software, has announced the opening of two new offices in Dubai and Madrid as part of its rapid plans for expansion. The company, whose clients include the United Nations, Audi and CNBC, has moved to enhance its global presence with a view to becoming the leading event technology provider across Europe and Asia.

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JANUARY 31, 2020

The Kitchen Conference program included hands-on workshops and engagement boards. (Wini Lao Photography). The nonprofit Hot Bread Kitchen was founded in 2008 with the goal of creating economic opportunity for women facing barriers to employment through careers in the food industry. Since its creation, the organization has provided training and placed more than 270 women in baking and culinary jobs with 60 employers across New York City.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 31, 2020

The Jockey Club Venues London Region has re-appointed UK-based business events, travel and tourism communication specialists, davies tanner, as its retained agency for a wide ranging B2B communications brief. Led by marketing director, Sue O’Gorman, davies tanner will focus on building the profile of The Jockey Club’s collection of London-based racecourses – Epsom Downs Sandown Park and Kempton Park – and their unique capabilities for the meetings, events, conferences and incentives sector in th

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The Expo Group

JANUARY 31, 2020

Welcome to The Exposure Podcast from The Expo Group. This month, Todd Carruth and Dana Freker Doody share their reactions to The Expo Group's latest acquisitions, plus a great interview with the President and COO of Exhibitor Media Group Randy Acker. Corey Kelley returns with his thoughts on hyper-automation and we learn more about design thinking.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 31, 2020

Presenting on the Marketing and Measurement Stage at last year’s Event Tech Live was Keith McMahon. Keith is the owner of Venue View, an event tech company that creates virtual 3D tours of venues and events to maximise customer engagement. In November 2019, he took to the stage to explain how immersive technology can be utilised to broaden company-reach.

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EventSource

JANUARY 31, 2020

It’s no secret that planning a wedding is no small task – in fact, it can be as stressful and time consuming as a full-time job! At the same time, it can also be the most exciting time of your life. Throughout the planning process, there are several emotions that you will go through as a bride: JOY. You’re engaged! Congratulations! The weeks following your engagement are some of the best and happiest weeks of your life.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 31, 2020

Lime Venue Portfolio has today announced the arrival of Greg Knight, business development manager for the south of the UK. Greg will take on management of some of LVP’s Preferred Partnerships, as well as agencies working with the brand’s Agent Partner programme. He joins the business from a similar role at etc.venues so brings with him a host of experience to add value to LVP’s growing collection of UK wide venues.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 31, 2020

Award-winning event and festival bar firm, Peppermint, has officially relaunched its brand experience arm, Equals, following a period of rebranding and new leadership hires. Equals has undergone a complete overhaul to cater for the growing appetite from clients wanting to create stand out experiences at events and festivals and is now expanding into the wider experience economy, delivering end-to-end campaigns for its clients.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 31, 2020

When running and attending events, by now it may be safe to assume you are very familiar with the concept of personalisation. Personalisation helps your events become more engaging and exciting and yields better post-event results, including the want to attend future events, brand advocacy and higher quality lead generation. But the level of personalisation you provide is only as good as the data you have for your target audience.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 31, 2020

Creative events agency, Timebased, has announced the appointment of Georgina Mitchell (née Riley) as chief operating officer. Mitchell joins Timebased, after spending seven years with Brand Events, the company behind the launches of CarFest, Taste and Top Gear Live. Working as group events director at Brand Events, Mitchell was instrumental in the success of CarFest, with the festival making almost £13m for children’s charities during her time at the helm.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 31, 2020

Bristol-based specialist hire and events business, SLX, will complete the move to a new warehouse as a result of planned growth and continued investment. The business, which has heritage dating back more than 40 years and serves the live events, hire & broadcast markets throughout the UK and Europe, remains in a Bristol location, moving from their warehouse from Third Way, Avonmouth to another nearby Avonmouth location.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 31, 2020

Omanexpo and NextFairs today announced their collaboration after the recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop and organise high-profile, highly targeted trade exhibitions and conferences in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Omanexpo and NextFairs’ move to form a strategic alliance follows both their objectives to ultimately provide companies with more dynamic platforms that will enable them to adapt to evolving global trends, practices and technologies and e

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JANUARY 31, 2020

Hugh Jones will assume the role of chief executive officer of Reed Exhibitions on 1 st February, succeeding Chet Burchett who is retiring and returning to Texas after five years. Jones joined RELX in 2011 when it acquired Accuity, where he was serving as chief executive officer. Most recently, he has been the global managing director for Accuity, Cirium, Estates Gazette (EG) and ICIS – all part of Risk & Business Analytics, a division of RELX.

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