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Trends in the Events Industry for 2025: Key Insights and Data

Prestige Events Magazine

The latest data from Venue Directory offers an in-depth look at how the industry is evolving. Below is a comprehensive analysis of these trends, with a focus on the implications for event organisers and venues. Events were heavily restricted, and venues faced long closures, contributing to a large fall in demand.

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The Wesley hotel group awarded ECOSmart Gold Accreditation 

Prestige Events Magazine

ECOsmart by Greengage is the leading certification system for hotels, meeting venues, short stay apartments and pubs with meeting rooms. The Wesley hotel has also set up with EVENTsmart,Greengage’s carbon calculator, which lets venues track the carbon footprint of all meetings and events happening on their premises.

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Convene Expands UK In-House AV Team  to Support Tech Needs Across its London Locations

Prestige Events Magazine

The UK Head of AV Operations is responsible for overseeing an in-house team of 20 across six of the portfolios venues that provide clients with a seamless, end-to-end AV production experience, and an external AV partner serving etc.venues by Convene locations. As the largest single provider of dedicated meeting and event venues in the U.S.

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Katie Niland takes the helm as Commercial Director at The Belfry Hotel & Resort

Prestige Events Magazine

A remarkable ambassador and role model for female equality, as well as an unwavering champion of the industry, Katie was awarded a place on the Boutique Hotelier Power List in 2022 in recognition of her contribution to the industry.

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Cashing in: how events benefit local and national economies

Prestige Events Magazine

Then there are the one-off events, like the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games which contributed almost 1.2 Of the thousands of attendees in 2022, 83% were visiting the city for the first time, 1,950 were international visitors from more than 70 countries, and guests collectively impacted the economy to the tune of $21 million.

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Best of 2022: Sustainability

Smart Meetings

Meeting venues, airports, car manufacturers and hotels have all been making efforts to tackle the question of climate change and longevity in the hospitality industry. Some meeting venues just dabble in sustainability, while others make it their MO. Check out how these venues are making sustainability a priority.

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Hilton Birmingham Metropole Reveals ‘A Place for Everyone’ Brochure

Prestige Events Magazine

The initiative is designed as a ‘sharing’ campaign, encouraging other hotels and venues to adopt similar actions and collaborate with businesses already pursuing successful inclusivity approaches.