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Olympic Venues: Abandonment, Decay and Renewed Life

Smart Meetings

The pandemic-postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympic games are just a few days away and perhaps you’re thinking, “How will these venues be used post-event?”. For this reason, many of its venues predate this year’s Olympics, and had been in frequent use prior to this year. This will be Tokyo’s second time as host city.

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Science Museum’s Exploring Space set to close ahead of ground floor transformation Last chance to host an ‘out of this world’ event

Prestige Events Magazine

Showcasing satellites, probes, landers and space rockets, Exploring Space is the ideal landing site for drinks receptions for up to 300, dinner for up to 180 or dinner on a long table under the rocket for 80.

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New ownership for Venues of Excellence as hospitality industry reopens for business

Prestige Events Magazine

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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Attendease is Nominated in 5 Categories for the Event Tech Awards 2020

Attendease

Attendease has won Best Event Website/ Mobile Site in 2016 and Best Attendee Management Technology in 2019. Its visitors are composed of event organisers, promoters, managers, venues, agencies and brands that are looking for fresh tech to take their events to the next level". Best Event App. Want to learn more about Attendease?

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Five New Event Planning Trends to Watch in 2019

Attendease

In particular, the Group calls out “ensuring amazing website functionality, a straightforward ticket ordering process, an effortless journey to and from the venue, a strong WiFi connection, and comfortable networking spaces” as the basics organizers should be concerned with. A Look Back at My 2016 Predictions.

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The Loop Begin Drug Testing at Two Major UK Venues

Skiddle

Harm reduction charity The Loop has been granted a new Home Office (HO) licence to begin back-of-house drug testing at two of the UK’s major electronic music venues this year. The Loop’s work is non-public facing and operates by testing substances confiscated at the door and inside venues and amnesty bins.

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Event Farm's Top 10 Blog Posts of 2016

Event Farm

As 2016 comes to a close, we at Event Farm are excited about the coming year and the opportunity to continue helping you—the event and marketing pros—drive business results through offline, in-person experiences. 14 Unique Event Venues in Washington, DC. 8 Trends for Event Marketing in 2016 and Beyond. Yup, 2016 and beyond.

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