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MPI Gears Up for EMEC 2025 in Türkiye

Smart Meetings

MPI, the largest association within the MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) industry, has announced it will hold its 2025 European Meetings & Events Convention (EMEC) in Istanbul, the site of the EMEC 2014. With 1,000 members and 10 chapters and clubs, MPI has the largest presence at the conference.

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The Celtic Collection: Statement on the passing of CEO Ian Edwards

Prestige Events Magazine

With over 40 years of experience, he was a driving force in growing the Celtic Manor Resort into one of Europe’s premier destinations for golf, leisure, business and high-profile events, and the recent expansion of The Celtic Collection into Wales’s largest independent hotel group.

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Live Group’s head of project operations, Becky Balchin, joins Fast Forward 15 2023/2024 programme

Prestige Events Magazine

Becky Balchin, head of project operations at global events and engagement agency Live Group , has been selected as a mentee for the 2023/2024 Fast Forward 15 (FF15) mentoring programme. Her expertise and leadership transform ambitious ideas into awe-inspiring events.

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12 Event Industry Statistics That Will Make You Think Twice [Infographic]

Planning Pod

Projected job growth rate for events industry from 2014-2024. Amount of time preferred by attendees for a presentation (single-speaker event). The Viral Impact of Events – Freeman XP and the Event Marketing Institute 2014. Think With Google – Lifting the Curtain on Live Events.

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Wales to Host the World’s Biggest Culinary Event in 2026

Prestige Events Magazine

Wales defeated Italy 28-24 in a final vote, announced by Worldchefs, to host the global event which is expected to attract 1,000 chefs and more than 5,000 visitors from 100-plus countries around the world to International Convention Centre Wales (ICC Wales) and the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport. “Our

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Westminster academic celebrates fifth anniversary of Event Tech Lab.

Event Industry News

In July 2014, Dr James Morgan, Principal Lecturer at the University of Westminster set up the Event Tech Lab. The idea in setting up the virtual incubator, was to help and mentor start up event technology companies wanting to get into the event space, globally.

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Huddle Agency appoints Hayley Contegiacomo as chief technology officer

Event Industry News

She began her career in Melbourne, Australia as an event planner, where she managed large conferences, meetings, and incentives for a wide variety of clients. It quickly become clear that system and event tech are Hayley’s superpower! It quickly become clear that system and event tech are Hayley’s superpower!