Event Industry News

MARCH 29, 2021

Venues have been equally quick to react, providing designer studios as restrictions lifted last summer, along with tech, atmosphere and identity in equal measure. Showcase’s Virtual Event Venue. Established in 1976 by John Henry, the venue became the birthplace of a uniquely portable stage riser system for touring artists.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The Eastside Rooms is continuing to target domestic and international association meetings through a partnership with industry expert Julie Watterston from Watterston Associates. The venue is already working closely with West Midlands Growth Company and ABPCO to extend its partnerships throughout the sector.

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The Event Supplier and Services Association (ESSA) has announced the venue and date for the ESSA Forum and AGM 2020, which will be held on Thursday 30 th April, at Pergola Olympia, London.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 16, 2023

Lime Venue Portfolio is looking to grow its partnerships within the association meetings community by joining ABPCO.

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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

MAY 31, 2023

Released last week (23 rd May 2023), the latest edition of the annual report tallies the number and location of international in-person association meetings held across the globe in 2022. Glasgow ranks 27 th in the world for number of international association meetings held (54) and Edinburgh ranks 30 th with 52.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 13, 2021

As part of ongoing investment in the services most needed by clients, BMA House’s expert technicians have created a range of hybrid and digital event packages that reflect ongoing changes in the corporate and association meeting industry. These upgrades will ensure BMA House’s place as a leading London hybrid venue.

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Unique Venues

AUGUST 15, 2024

Conferences and association meetings are pivotal for professional development, networking, and knowledge sharing. For example, if attendee satisfaction surveys highlight issues with venue logistics, you can address these in future events. However, organizing these events is a significant investment in time, money, and resources.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 16, 2019

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has today announced the launch of a £250,000 competition to improve broadband connectivity for event venues that have conference facilities. It is open for six weeks and will end at 23:59 on Friday 27 th September 2019. Areas of interest. Brand Events. Concerts & Tours.

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Ideal for main plenary sessions that work in tandem with the stadium’s many other spaces, the venue is combining a selection of highly visual mobile screens and staging set ups, with conference hospitality, offering a striking and original conference environment. The technical infrastructure that we already have in place is outstanding.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 18, 2021

Events confirmed range from corporate conferences and AGMs to association meetings and government departmental events. etc.venues London properties have seen the biggest increase in bookings and enquiries compared to its Manchester and Birmingham venues relative to their averages. “It www.etcvenues.co.uk.

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Eventmobi

OCTOBER 10, 2023

High-end networking events Looking to rub elbows at a more exclusive venue? Professional association meetings Some associations hold professional networking events for members. This type of networking event provides a forum for members to meet, reconnect, learn from industry experts, and share updates and trends.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The resort, which has over 50 flexible and purpose-built conference and meetings spaces as well as 700 acres of outside space, reported receiving more than £5 million worth of enquiries during the late summer months. The venue also confirmed 182 bookings for events which will take place up to 2022.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Initially developed by SearchWide Global in partnership with Destinations International and the International Association of Venue Managers, the program provides hands-on work experience to ethnically diverse applicants in three career tracks: meetings and events, destination hospitality, and sports.

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Eventmobi

MARCH 6, 2024

Whether you need an all-in-one solution or a tool for specific event needs, you can use event software for any aspect of managing your next conference, trade show, association meeting, workshop, or fundraising event. Its software includes mobile and browser apps, immersive 3D virtual venues, networking opportunities, and more.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 25, 2021

Home to the British Medical Association since 1925, the sustainable venue boasts 22 unique and versatile spaces for up to 320, including 11 purpose-built meeting rooms, all fitted with cutting edge AV technology. These upgrades will ensure BMA House’s place as a leading London hybrid venue.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Emirates Old Trafford have announced the appointment of SFA Connect that will see the agency target larger, experience led, business events, including association meetings, for the Manchester-based venue.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

This year, ExCeL will play host to over 400 events, welcoming four million visitors to a diverse range of world leading exhibitions, corporate events and association meetings. This will allow the venue to increase the number concurrent users (client devices) to 100,000, an increase of 300%, further enhancing the experience for guests.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Home to the British Medical Association since 1925, their venue now boasts 22 unique and versatile spaces for up to 320, including 11 purpose-built meeting rooms, all fitted with cutting edge AV technology. Take a step out of your meeting into the Courtyard and Garden, a rare asset within a city.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 25, 2020

BMA House has created a range of hybrid and digital event packages that reflect the ongoing changes in the corporate and association meeting industry. Kat Winfield, venue manager of BMA House comments: “We recognise that events are changing.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 1, 2024

Or people who own sports venues in the United States. We’ve pushed out the invites, we’ve set the date, we’ve got the venue, people turn up, and now what happens, and let me be a bit more specific. The world of meetings is fascinating because now we see a kind of specialization. It’s fascinating.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 9, 2021

CHS Birmingham has agreed a partnership with The Eastside Rooms that will see the newly launched venue supporting the show’s hosted buyer programme, while exhibiting at the event and also as host of the Welcome Reception.

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Event Industry News

JULY 16, 2019

Leading venue, Manchester Central, is pleased to announce that it has extended its partnership with technical event production specialist, Blitz, a GES company, to be its preferred, in-house partner for audio visual services. We look forward to creating many extraordinary and memorable experiences for both the venue and their clients.”.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 14, 2018

As a venue provider that fully understands the current market trends as well as clients’ needs and demands, the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) knows that more creative and innovative measures must be implemented to ensure successful delivery of client events. The Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 22, 2024

A private group of investors has purchased Crotonville, General Electric’s management-training facility for nearly 70 years, for $22 million and will operate the suburban New York venue as a conference center—which means that business groups can meet in the same spaces that legendary GE CEO Jack Welch educated his management teams.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 17, 2017

According to the International Congress and Convention Association’s (ICCA) 2016 rankings, the number- one city for international association meetings is Paris. The Southern California city is ready to take on its third Olympiad by utilizing pre-existing venues. Other considerations: Los Angeles.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Are you one of the more than 1,000 association meeting professionals attending the California Society of Association Executives (CalSAE) Holiday Spectacular at Sacramento Convention Center this week? If so, you are in for a treat. The conference is a once-a-year chance to see all of your friends and find new solutions.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The programme is a great opportunity for Association buyers to enhance their time with us in Barcelona with targeted learning opportunities that complement the wider event schedule.”. Areas of interest. Brand Events. Concerts & Tours. Conferences. Exhibitions. Event Tech. Sporting Events. Yes, I agree with the privacy policy.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 19, 2016

It’s just one of the smart behind-the-scenes initiatives that Keegan Hooks, senior director, SAPPHIRE NOW, SAP events business management office, shared with me and a group of corporate and association meeting professionals who took part in a PCMA Roadshow this week, sponsored by Visit Orlando and the Orange County Convention Center.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The Festival of Learning is being supported by: GES – headline sponsor Anna Valley – Excellence Awards sponsor EventsAIR – digital platform provider ExCeL London – live event venue and hospitality Outsourced Events – PCO (delivered by ABPCO member Sue Frye and her team) The Meetings Show – after show party sponsor ACC Liverpool – Excellence Awards (..)

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Event Industry News

MAY 9, 2018

In the latest International Congress & Convention Association (ICCA) ranking, Germany is once again ranked as the number one association meetings country in Europe for the 14 th time in a row. Based on the just-released 2017 ICCA statistics, 682 international association meetings took place in Germany in 2017.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 20, 2018

By splitting the content between the main hub at the Scottish Event Campus, and ICE, we were able to bring more of the content to life and use the city of Glasgow as a complete venue.”. SEC’s Warden sees ESTRO’s model as one “that stands at the heart of modern meetings” in the way the society collaborates with the host city.

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Unique Venues

JANUARY 6, 2022

If you are searching for an association which boasts global connections and a diverse community of event professionals, look no further than the American Planning Association. Meeting Professionals International (MPI). Members have exclusive access to a majority of the APA’s conferences and online classes.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 28, 2020

In fact, the biggest hindrance to association meeting planning right now is that “time is ticking away,” Colangelo said. This prearranged meeting structure can create comfortable, private networking opportunities for attendees. Paul Bergeron, IOM, is a freelance reporter who covers association management. Punt to fall?

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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 26, 2016

The Event Services Professionals Association just released a customizable toolkit of accessibility checklists hotels, convention centers, and convention and visitors bureaus can customize to show planner clients how they accommodate people with disabilities. read more.

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Connect Your Meetings

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Featuring a dramatic location on sparkling San Francisco Bay, Berkeley is an inspiring destination for meetings, events, and celebrations. Meetings and conferences gain focus and status from Berkeley’s university-town climate of thought leadership. There’s also the Berkeley bonus.

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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 26, 2016

The Event Services Professionals Association just released a customizable toolkit of accessibility checklists hotels, convention centers, and convention and visitors bureaus can customize to show planner clients how they accommodate people with disabilities. read more.

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