Event Industry News

JANUARY 29, 2020

The O2, has enhanced its senior leadership team with the appointment of Emma Hatt as director of meetings, incentives, conferences and events (MICE), and Amit Pathak, as food and beverage manager. Emma established her career in events over 15 years ago and has managed some of the most prestigious venues and events in London.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

On Friday 4 th October, The Belfry Hotel & Resor t hosted its second annual Springboard Takeover Day, showcasing careers in the hospitality industry to children from eight local schools. The 120 students, from years 9 to 11, took part in six workshops designed to highlight the wide range of opportunities available in the sector.

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The Victory Services Club is proud to announce it has achieved the prestigious gold accolade in the Greengage ECOsmart Hotel and Meeting Venues accreditation scheme. This recognition underscores the Club’s commitment to sustainability, environmental responsibility, and excellence in hospitality.

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The Royal College of Physicians today announces the appointment of Jo Stafford as the new Group General Manager for catering and venue operations at its London and Liverpool venues: RCP London Events and Spaces at the Spine.

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IMG

AUGUST 25, 2023

Searching for venues in Los Angeles for your next holiday party can be quite an adventure. From the luxurious charm of bougie hotels to the edgy appeal, and everything in between, these venues are sure to make your occasion truly unforgettable in the vibrant heart of Los Angeles.

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EventSource

JANUARY 24, 2024

This past weekend, One King West, a distinguished hotel in Toronto, played host to a spectacular open house for prospective wedding couples. The event, which had been highly anticipated, featured a showcase of the hotel’s stunning event spaces, each meticulously designed by skilled planners , florists , and decorators.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 3, 2024

Venues of Excellence (VOE) in partnership with Wilson Vale, were delighted to see the annual Cook and Serve challenge back on the calendar after four long years. The competition sees VOE member venues strive to create culinary masterpieces and provide outstanding service to invited guests.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Jesse Olsen and Antonio Giovanni Artale Jessie Olsen and Antonio Giovanni Artale, Lotte Hotel Seattle Lotte Hotel Seattle appoints two new culinary masters to their food and beverage team. Born and raised in Seattle, he has spent his over 30-year career at luxury hotels and Michelin-starred restaurants around the world.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Meet the union of historic charm and innovative futures From iconic buildings transformed into hotels with immense character to new builds ready to deliver the best of the best, these new and renovated hotels are ready to offer up an unforgettable venue for the meeting of a lifetime. It brings 199 guest rooms and over 8,289 sq.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Major brands are set to debut highly-anticipated hotels in the coming year 2024 brings a wave of highly anticipated hotel openings in some of hospitality’s biggest brands. Discover the most anticipated openings throughout 2024 at Marriott , Hilton and IHG Hotels & Resorts. The 976-room hotel offers over 100,000 sq.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Let’s take the skill of hotel contract negotiations ; novice planners tend to feel overwhelmed by the nitty-gritty details of hotel contracts and often learn as they go. To prevent them from signing a bad contract, we’ve put together five tips to help them navigate the surprisingly complex world of hotel contracts.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Alex Hernandez Alex Hernandez, Hotel Bennett Hernandez joins Hotel Bennett as director of food and beverage. He will plan, develop and execute all food and beverage operations across the property. Throughout his 20-year career, he has held numerous leadership roles at hotels and restaurants.

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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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Master the Event

DECEMBER 12, 2023

If you’re planning an event, do you keep it on-site (say the hotel ballroom, for example) or do you take a group off-site for a unique venue? Most often the reason a meeting planner wants to use an off-site venue for an event is because there’s something unique, or special, about the particular venue. Transportation.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 10, 2024

These new and renovated venues offer the perfect canvas for the meeting planner’s creative mind. Maybe you seek a design-forward boutique hotel in the big city; or a historic seaside inn in a small village. Along with the redesign comes new culinary offerings, from reception-style food stations to a build-your-own poke bar.

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GEVME

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Knowing how to prepare a venue for an event is one of the key points in event planning. Choosing a venue for an event is also one of the first negotiation points as well. The rest of the preparation process will depend on the decision made about the venue. If you’re lucky, the event market will offer a variety of good venues.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 12, 2021

One hotel exec’s advice for keeping an eye on the health of a conference venue. With travel at a virtual standstill over the past year, hotel properties are going through tough times. Judy Wilbur, director of sales at Dunes Manor Hotel, Court & Suites in Ocean City, Md., Consider the hotel's core business.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

You read it right – we’re finally tackling the topic of hybrid venues! And this, of course, includes venues! All across the country, we’re seeing an increasing number of convention centers and hotels tackling this new challenge whilst simultaneously attempting to reduce the damage made by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Eventmobi

OCTOBER 6, 2022

In this post, we’ll explore the keys to a successful pop-up event: The Right Venue. In fact, the right venue, decor, event technology, and the element of surprise can create excitement for any product category. The Right Venue. At one time, hotels were concerned that pop-up events might compete with their offerings.

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Coterie Spark

APRIL 22, 2022

Want to find the perfect hotel for your next event or conference? Venue availability, room capacity, and nightly rates might seem like the only boxes you need to check off, but it’s the smaller, less obvious details that can become massive headaches. Once you finish searching for hotels, you also have to: Contact the venues.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

His philosophy is that “Genuine hospitality is the way a restaurant makes you feel before you even take a bite of food. It blows my mind that in brand-new hotels, they just aren’t functional. Read More: 2023 Hotel Design Trends And, because this is a foodie brand, the catering will match the richness of the dining room.

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GEVME

JUNE 27, 2018

Your ideal picture of a conference venue shouldn’t be tied to a nice, accessible locale only. The choice of venue has to be based on the clear requirements that your event sets in terms of size, lighting, network capabilities, etc. When to start looking for a venue. The best tips for selecting a conference venue.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 28, 2021

With Salamander Hotels & Resorts , a luxury resort management company founded by Sheila Johnson , a Smart Women in Meetings Hall of Fame winner. We’ve specifically had a lot of interest in outdoor settings surrounding our four golf courses, including our PGA TOUR venue—the Copperhead Course.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

You might want to take a second look at big city venues, where the access is convenient, amenities are abundant and hotel partners are eager to welcome you back. We are currently seeing mostly small corporate and association groups using the hotel with a primary goal of reconnecting with either customers or their own associates.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 28, 2024

He has worked in both large- and small-scale operations from restaurants to hotels, and most recently served as corporate chef at Heritage Hotels & Resorts. He will oversee the 72-acre property’s 17 onsite food and beverage outlets, from its premium steakhouse, Prime 787, to its sea-side food truck, Picalo Gallo.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 5, 2024

Grand openings and major renovations refresh meeting space in famous international cities All across the world, in some of the most sought-after international cities, come new and renovated hotels and meeting spaces, leaving the stage set for outstanding gatherings, wherever your attendees may be traveling from to get there.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 18, 2024

The award-winning venue was selected to host the event due to its shared outlooks and policies with the event organiser around the environmental, economic, and social impacts of in-person events. The event also enabled practical experience for a team from the company’s nominated hospitality charity, London’s Hotel School.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Across the hospitality industry, meetings and large-scale events play a significant role in the success of hotels, restaurants, clubs—really any venue. To help offset some of the planning, it’s important to work closely with event experts and the venue to streamline the experience.

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Event Industry News

JULY 2, 2019

The hospitality and event sector has to transform its thinking about food and beverage (F&B) to adapt to the way the latest generation fit eating and drinking into their lives. Street/festival-style food works well for them. by Louisa Watson, director of marketing, Wyboston Lakes Resort.

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GEVME

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Knowing how to prepare a venue for an event is one of the key points in event planning. Choosing a venue for an event is also one of the first negotiation points as well. The rest of the preparation process will depend on the decision made about the venue. If you’re lucky, the event market will offer a variety of good venues.

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SevenEvents

DECEMBER 19, 2022

when hosting an event, it is important to find the perfect venue. we understand that sometimes finding a venue is overwhelming and can be tricky. as corporate event planners, we have come up with 5 steps for successful event venue sourcing. . when hosting an event, it is important to find the perfect venue. venue layout

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Prestige Events Magazine

JUNE 12, 2024

Venues of Excellence (VOE), the UK’s leading consortium for independent venues, specialising in conference and events, has announced outstanding success in its key business objectives over the past year. Communication – key to the success of an organisation is its ability to communicate to all levels at our member venues.

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Credit: iStock Event organizers are feeling the pinch as industry suppliers, venues and transportation companies rebound from the pandemic. Event venues are raising rates for basic services like electrical, internet, trash management and catering. in group hotel rates, with a 7.8% increase in group air rates, in North America.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 28, 2024

Live it Up in London Virgin Hotels London-Shoreditch Virgin Hotels opens its first London location with Virgin Hotels London-Shoreditch. The industrial exposed brick building the hotel occupies fits right in. In total, the hotel offers 117 guest rooms, including 38 suites, and a total of 3,309 sq.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

It’s clear that our food systems will need to change — and change radically — if we are to safeguard the planet and feed a growing population. The good news is that new approaches, new partnerships, and new resolve — spurred on by the urgent threat food waste poses to the planet — are changing that. (Painting by Dennis Wojtkiewicz).

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 8, 2024

Neil, who has a wealth of industry knowledge and understanding of the events landscape, started his career in food and beverage in Manchester 23 years ago and has held senior catering roles in London since 2011. James, The Rooftop and Director of Food & Beverage at IHG Hotels & Resorts.

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Event Marketer

MAY 5, 2021

For Freeform’s “Cruel Summer” premiere event on April 15, the network booked 80 hotel rooms at the Beverly Hilton hotel and invited talent, executive producers, press and influencers to watch the show on a giant screen from their balconies. The hottest event space is no longer the ballroom, it’s the balcony.

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