Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 21, 2025

According to the latest Events Economy Tracker from The Business of Events, UK meeting venues finished 2024 strongly despite a slowdown in event bookings and revenues per delegate. The average number of confirmed events per venue also slowed in the final three months of last year, following an all-time high of 35 reached by September.

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The Eastside Rooms has continued in its commitments to supporting inclusion within events, with the launch of a guide for organisers catering for delegations with accessibility needs, from physical to sensory, at the venue. The booklet can be downloaded here.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 17, 2025

The book is available free to download or purchase via Amazon. For Nelson, its all about starting the conversation among event planners, attendees and, most importantly, venues to rethink how we orient networking and food and beverage. How about the role the venues play in this?

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 12, 2017

Clients invariably ask me to help design their meeting after they’ve chosen a venue! Related posts: Help Wanted—Venues for my participation techniques workshops! Do you own or know of venues that would be suitable for holding my 1½ day participation techniques workshops? If so, download.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Although the survey of event buyers and venues identified that venue showcases are well-attended – 87% of buyers attend them with 78% deeming them ‘essential’ to review a venue’s facilities – only 19% of buyers said the showcases they attended were impressing them. To download a copy of the report visit: [link]

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The Business of Events (TBOE), in association with Venue Performance, has published its Events Economy Tracker for Q3 2024. The tracker, which analyses data from a sample of 350 venues from across the UK, details comparative booking trends, revenue per delegate, booking lead times, and delegate numbers.

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Eventmobi

AUGUST 9, 2022

The Meeting Expectations team understood that the event website was the first place their attendees went looking for information about the event, so they made sure that the app download link was featured prominently there. Ensure Sufficient WiFi to Download The Event App & Use The Interactive Features Onsite. at the wrong time!

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 23, 2025

Center Parcs has always championed the power of nature, and weve continued to leverage the rich forest surroundings of our venues in Sherwood and Woburn to create relaxing and revitalising corporate experiences that help employees refocus and stay motivated, adding tree-top saunas and forest gong baths to our already diverse offering.

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Event Marketer

MAY 2, 2025

QR codes placed throughout the venue and at the airport made it easy to download it and do the show your way, whether to stream keynotes live or build your agenda. Meatless options, including no-beef lunches, were served in recycled and recyclable containers. Small but Mighty Touches The event app was truly helpful.

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EventMB

AUGUST 20, 2024

There isn’t a single definition of “luxury” for hotels and meeting venues, but attendees recognize it when they experience it. DOWNLOAD THE GUIDE 1. DOWNLOAD THE GUIDE This content was created collaboratively by the Grand America Hotel and Skift’s branded content studio, SkiftX.

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Surveying 140 event venues, suppliers, agents and destinations, the quarterly benchmarking report reveals that, on average, almost half (41%) of forecasted revenue for 2025 is already confirmed. Other areas explored include Instant Book, which is currently being offered by a third (33%) of venues in the UK business meetings and events sector.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 21, 2025

Be sure to download The Power of Events Industry Insight app so you dont miss it! This research opens up the conversation across the sector and we want to hear your views and experiences!

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Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 8, 2024

In July, The QEII Centre transformed its third-floor event spaces into a vibrant display themed around past Olympic host cities for its annual showcase event, designed to give guests a taster of the creativity and expertise on offer at the venue. PHOTOS CAN BE DOWNLOADED HERE – [link]

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Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 10, 2023

The document is now available free to download at this link. The five dedicated action area workstreams are working to deliver on the priorities identified by the Roadmap – Venue energy, Smart Production and Waste Management, Food and Food Waste, Logistics, Travel and Accommodation.

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

More details of both packages can be found here: [link] Images can be downloaded here – [link] There is a diverse range of accommodation options throughout the property, including within the Castle itself.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 29, 2024

The central London venue created Our London as a guide for national and international event organisers considering hosting business events in the capital. There are new venues, hotels, and cool places to eat and drink popping up all the time. But with all this change, planning an event here can get a bit tricky.

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Prestige Events Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Sustainable Venues As the focal point of many mass-participation events, venues have both a huge role and responsibility to play in creating less wasteful and more sustainable events. Venues are increasingly looking at how they can reduce their impact on the environment and adopt greener initiatives to offset waste and emissions.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 4, 2023

Our catering partners, Company of Cooks have more than twenty-five years of catering experience at London venues so you can expect exciting, bespoke menus, top notch service and the highest quality ingredients. No matter the theme or size of the crowd, you can customise your BMA House summer party package to fit just what you imagined.

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EventSource

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Have you ever worked at my wedding venue before? Will you give me the digital negatives or unlimited downloads so I can make my own prints? Venue manager? Do you have backup equipment? What about a backup plan if you are unable to shoot my wedding for some reason? How will you (and your assistants) be dressed? Coordinator?

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Attendease

AUGUST 20, 2024

The executive may prioritize networking opportunities and educational sessions, while the concertgoer cares most about the lineup, venue experience, and merch. In-person events need to account for logistical details like venues, travel, accommodations, and the on-site experience.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JUNE 17, 2022

Within theatre, our work scanning and visualising venues has enabled productions to make key decisions with confidence ahead of time through giving stakeholders an understanding of the complexities and options of a space years in advance and without the need to travel.

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Planning Pod

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

It’s fairly common for new wedding venues to use free software like Google Docs, Excel spreadsheets, e-calendars and email plus cost-saving tools like whiteboards, paper printouts and folders while landing their first bookings and gaining a foothold in the event industry. Michelle Sanabria – Wedding Coordinator at Hidden Barn Venue.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 24, 2021

Similarly, you can measure event performance through your app downloads and visits. Now, when things have become even more digital, checking the number of downloads of your apps can be a helpful KPI. Many virtual event management services create apps for specific events, which are gaining traction.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

VERIZON In addition to its first-ever Super Bowl FanFest that brought watch parties and events to stadiums and venues across all 30 NFL markets on Super Bowl Sunday, Verizon activated the four-day House of Verizon at Fulton Alley, exclusively for Verizon customers. Agency: Taylor, p.r.)

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Smart Meetings

JULY 7, 2023

Restock for onsite offices: Order new items for onsite offices through Amazon and ship directly to the venue. Uplevel your tracking: Use a live doc like a Google sheet with tracking numbers and share with the onsite venue contact and purchasing team. Download the shipping app to stay up to date.

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Planning Pod

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

As a provider of venue management software ourselves, we often get asked how we compare with our competitors and what sets us apart. Which made us think that this is a question that almost everyone considering venue event management software asks at some point during their fact-finding and buying process. Sign up for a free trial.

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Prestige Events Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

We’re delighted to share that we are working on a new initiative which will offer a pre-event carbon calculation as part of the venue-finding process on our software. Nico Nicholas, co-founder of Trees4Travel said ‘We are so delighted to be working with Venue Directory adding our powerful new tool to their comprehensive platform.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 16, 2023

However, the data by Venue Performance shows Q1 of 2023 was slow, with January and February witnessing a slowdown in business. Peter Heath, Managing Director, Venue Performance: “We’re clearly seeing the beginning of a return to normal cycles and a rhythm that the sector has been lacking.

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2024

My constituency is home to a major venue in the Telford International Centre, so I appreciate the cultural and economic value that events can provide to communities like Telford.” “I A full prospectus can be downloaded on the APPG for Events website here. Sponsorship of the Group is now also available at £5,000+VAT.

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SpotMe Blog

MAY 27, 2021

Live stream from a venue with live polling. This means your favourite virtual event features are also available in the mobile event app, including some special features such as Maps to navigate around the venue , QR code scanner for check-ins, and more. Hybrid-ready. Switch apps while watching the live stream. Relationship-building.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 17, 2021

Live Nation will require all artists, crew and attendees to show evidence of full vaccination against COVID-19, or a negative test, at their venues and events in the UK. The firm is a shareholder in Academy Music Group, which currently operates the entire network of O2 Academy venues in the UK.

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Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2022

IACC, the global association representing the top 1% of small to midsize conference and meeting venues, has today released its latest Meeting Room of the Future report , which collates industry insights and data on the recovery of the global business events sector with IACC members experiences, opinions and concerns related to the industry.

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IMG

JANUARY 24, 2023

You have to find the right venue, pick the best vendors and craft a memorable experience for your attendees. Don’t limit your DEI efforts to February, Download your FREE copy of our DEI calendar! Don’t limit your DEI efforts to February, Download your copy of the DEI calendar. Engage with the community and support local artists.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Even if they don’t engage with the question itself, we’ll see those attendees download new stuff, or reach out and say, Can you tell me more about something, Drewry says. And for the opening night concert, which takes place off-site, Salesforce team members meet up with first-timers to guide them to the venue.

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Event Farm

MARCH 24, 2021

You have ensured your venue is “safe” with appropriate ventilation and distancing built-in to your site plan. The role of a PCA includes: ensuring the venue follows appropriate regulations, procure and distribute safety supplies, engage and educate staff, monitor local risk, and coordinate risk mitigation on-site.

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Event Farm

APRIL 13, 2021

Convey a message of responsibility: we’re all in this together—attendees as well as staff on the organizer, client, venue, and contractor teams. Your venue and vendor contracts should include an indemnification clause that requires them to abide by the code of conduct and any local or state rules, regulations, and laws pertaining to COVID.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

However, registering provides all access to webinars, on-demand videos, downloadable documents and much more.”. Event Service Professionals Association (ESPA) released a certification program that focuses on event service professionals at convention centers, hotels, CVBs and other venues.

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