Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 26, 2024

The most anticipated openings of 2025, alongside big plans for brands, show how hospitality continues to evolve. New and Renovated Hotels Reflect Top Trends 2025 is a year to get excited for. All-Inclusive is All Around Dreams Cap Cana Resort & Spa is anticipated to open in the Dominican Republic by the end of 2025.

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The Venues of Excellence (VOE) Annual Conference 2025 Positive Evolution, was held this year at the recently renovated Imago Venues, Burleigh Court, brought together over 130 industry leaders, professionals, and suppliers for an inspiring celebration of growth, collaboration, and innovation.

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 10, 2025

Venues of Excellence (VOE) in partnership with Wilson Vale, were delighted to see the 23 rd Cook and Serve Challenge take place on Saturday 5 th April 2025. This years theme, Inspiring Creativity through Conscious Choices, challenged VOE member venues to craft culinary masterpieces and deliver exceptional service to invited guests.

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 7, 2025

The Barbican will host Playgrounds In Motion Festival for a second consecutive year on 9th-10th October 2025. Following a highly successful debut in 2024, the festival will expand its footprint within the venue, bringing together an even larger audience to celebrate the latest in animation, motion design, and cutting-edge digital creativity.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Mandy Jennings, CEO and Owner of Venues of Excellence reflects on 2024 and the power of the sales and marketing consortium for independent venues. As 2024 draws to a close, Mandy Jennings, CEO, reflects on the incredible progress and achievements of the past 12 months for the consortium and its member venues.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 3, 2025

Past Smart Start guests share insights for Global Meetings Industry Day 2025. One warm summer day in 2024, Eming and I locked ourselves in the conference room to hunker down and figure out how we could bring our podcast to the forefront of the meetings industry. Its Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID), once again!

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 20, 2025

Greengage Solutions has announced the shortlist for its 2025 Sustainability Awards that will be presented at a ceremony in London in May.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 11, 2025

Smart Meetings was there to release a white paper on “ Best Practices for Managing Event Risk ,” a survey of the planner community and industry experts that found many planners rely on their venues for guidance and resources to keep everyone safe with an increased use of X-ray detectors and shared responsibility for cybersecurity.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2024

One of central Londons leading sustainable events venues, 15Hatfields , has recorded its best trading quarter to date. The South Bank venue, which opened its doors in 2008, has achieved a 13.6% Looking ahead it seems its a trend that is set to continue into 2025 for 15Hatfields.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Unique London events venue, Church House, Westminster , has had a record-breaking year for Christmas party bookings, with eight taking place this festive season and one already confirmed for Christmas 2025. Such confidence in Church House is reflected in the abundance of award wins and nominations it achieved in 2024.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 7, 2025

1 2028 is Poised to Spur a Significant Market Shift With the demand for meeting space continuing to soar, event planners are increasingly feeling the pressure to lock in venues ASAP. Meeting profs can expect to have more breathing room when selecting venues, as the increased supply should ease some of the current space constraints.

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 14, 2025

CHS Leeds 2025 wrapped last month, after delivering a resounding response from both buyers and exhibitors. Its everything were about at CHS; it underlines the quality of our visitors and how they really steer our conference content. The day finished with reflections from Sian Sayward, Emma King and Holly Moore from Make Events.

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 7, 2025

By Natacha Allen, Head of Commercial Events The Royal College of Physicians The UK’s relationship with alcohol is shifting, with nearly half (48%) of drinkers planning to cut back or quit in 2025, according to Aviva. We kicked off 2025 with a new, exciting partnership with REAL Drinks Co.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 18, 2025

by Simon Hainsworth, Managing Director of Corporate & Sporting Events [CSE] Whether the focus is badminton or business, each new year sees a plethora of sporting events and conferences take place across the globe. The future is greener Sustainability is not a new concept, but it remains as relevant as ever in 2025.

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 15, 2025

With only 12 hours for set up, UK-based specialist in temporary inflatable structures, Evolution Dome, deployed 137 private meeting pods for a 1500-person, three-day healthcare conference at the Gaylord Palms Hotel in Orlando, Florida, 01-03 April 2025.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Scheduled for 24 th April 2025, this first-of-its-kind awards ceremony will honour outstanding contributions to mentoring. Fast Forward15 Mentoring Awards The proud partner is The Mermaid London, a high-profile conference and events venue in the City.

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Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 7, 2024

The Eastside Rooms, Birmingham’s newest conference centre, has been chosen to host the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians’ (BIALL) annual conference in 2025. Leanne Bladen, Eastside Rooms’ Director of Sales and Marketing said: “Hosting BIALL’s annual conference is an honour for us.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

As a luxury hotel sales director, youve seen how increasingly sophisticated meeting planners are becoming in their venue selection. Sustainability Is Non-Negotiable More planners are prioritizing eco-conscious venues and destinations. Today’s elite corporate clients expect more than just recycling programs.

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The UKs largest charitable social enterprise leisure provider – GLL – will add Westminster Boating Base to its portfolio of unique and first class event venues when it takes on management and operations on behalf of the Westminster Boating Base charity from 1 March 2025, following an agreement struck with the charitys trustees.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2025

The appointment comes as the SEC enters its 40 th year and accelerates an ambitious growth plan that will see its venues continue to attract the biggest artists and events, and deliver significant financial return for Scotland and Glasgow. Dominic joins during an exciting year for the venues.

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Data The meetings and events industry is projected to flourish in 2025, with meeting professionals expressing confidence in its future and noting planned increases in meetings budgets, as revealed in the 14th Annual Global Meetings and Events Forecast by Amex GBT Meetings & Events. Venue Updates The New Orleans Ernest N.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The outdoor event destination introduces a new end-of-year festivities offering for businesses Center Parcs Conferences & Events announces the launch of its first ever end-of-year festive event package for business clients – Festive Meetings in the Forest – available at both its Woburn Forest and Sherwood Forest venues.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

And that makes it critical for conference organizers to ensure that their first-time attendees are set up for successparticularly as a tidal wave of newcomers continues to flood the b-to-b event landscape. Providing first-time attendees with both a comfortable and valuable experience, however, requires a measured approach.

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Exhibition White City, one of West London’s leading event venues, is preparing for an exciting new chapter as its partnership with the iconic Flipper’s Roller Boogie Palace residency, the world’s most immersive roller rink experience, rolls into its next phase.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 26, 2025

Drayton Manor Resort joins Venues of Excellence Drayton Manor Resort in Tamworth, West Midlands is the latest member to join Venues of Excellence (VOE) in 2025. As a renowned destination with outstanding corporate meeting and event facilities, they are a perfect fit for our prestigious consortium of unique and diverse venues.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The strengthening meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) sector has also made major economic contributions, with businesses worldwide investing more in corporate travel that builds relationships both within teams and extended networks. 29, 2025 Nov. 15, 2025 Jan. million people). 22-27, 202 Oct. 12, 2024 – Dec.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 6, 2025

With only six months to go before the opening of The Masters Suite , demand for The Belfry Hotel & Resorts flagship new events venue continues to soar with a staggering 43million-worth of enquiries to date. With construction having progressed ahead of schedule, the venue is opening one month earlier than originally planned.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Lime Venue Portfolio is set to unveil the second installment of its ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Event Planning Guide series. The guides, released over 12 months, address each element of ESG, offering practical frameworks for member venues and event organisers.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 17, 2025

It wasnt until Laura Nelson was invited to speak at a womens entrepreneurial conference on a wellness panel, that she realized she wasnt alone in her perception of alcohols role in events. But when you have to go to a conference, you don’t get a choice of who you’re hanging out with or what’s in front of you.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 19, 2024

ICC Wales will welcome more than 1,900 delegates, 320 exhibitors and 90 speakers when the venue hosts the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Annual Conference and Exhibition in October 2025.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 24, 2025

Kind regards, Adam For immediate release 24 March, 2025 BMA House commemorates 100 years as the home of the British Medical Association BMA House has commenced a year-long commemoration of its 100th anniversary as the headquarters of The British Medical Association. Good morning, please find below the latest news from BMA House.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 30, 2025

AGF (A Greener Future) reveals 34 events, venues and innovators from 14 countries as finalists in theInternational AGF Awards 2025, sponsored by Skydiamond. The ceremony […]

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Central Hall Westminster has made four new appointments two event managers, a finance director and finance assistant to strengthen its team and help support the businesss growth plans into 2025. Sarah Ainsworth, chief executive of Central Hall Venues, said: This is an exciting time for Iain to join our team.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 18, 2025

Red Bull Technology Group predicts that luxury experiences will continue to be a key driver in the 2025 events market, as the F1 brand maintains focus on its infrastructure and state-of-the-art facilities. Across the site, Red Bull Technology Group can cater for a variety of conferences and events.

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Available in the 900-year-old castle and the 16 th century Maidens Tower, the 24-hour day delegate rate is perfect for corporate meetings, conferences, and training days.

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 3, 2025

As a leading convention centre committed to safety and security, ICC Wales has been a strong advocate for Martyns Law since early 2022, supporting Figens mission for venues to step up their security provision to keep staff and visitors safe from harm.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 30, 2025

Londons Allianz Stadium, Twickenham is delighted to launch its spring and summer 2025 season, highlighting a variety of outdoor events and corporate hospitality spaces for guests to enjoy fresh air, sunshine, and unique outdoor experiences. In addition to these outdoor gems, The Lock combines indoor comfort with the charm of the outdoors.

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