Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Lime Venue Portfolio has introduced its first-ever ‘E’ Guide on Environmental Event Planning, kicking off a new series of practical resources focused on ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) for event organisers. Over the next 12 months, Lime Venue Portfolio will release a guide dedicated to each aspect of ESG.

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Central London conference and events venue, The QEII Centre , has announced a spike in life sciences event bookings for the next six months, with 13 national and international conferences taking place by the end of March 2025.

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Many were unaware of the sectors challenges, such as trade friction, complex visa regulations, and a lack of recognition for business events, but were eager to explore how the government could support the industrys growth. We asked to be a platform for the Governments agenda to support their narrative while promoting ours.”

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 23, 2025

Run by B Lab , a non-profit organisation, which issues the certification, B Corps are evaluated across five impact areas: community, customers, environment, governance, and workers – and must meet a minimum verified score on the B Impact Assessment.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Virtual and augmented reality for event previews, AI-powered event apps, and seamless hybrid event solutions will differentiate successful venues. Customers expect venues and events to cater to their specific needs, whether through curated delegate journeys, personalised digital interactions, or bespoke on-site services.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 9, 2025

London Concours is part of Thorough Events luxury Concours series and – in keeping with the upscale nature of the events this summers event marks the 9th year theyve chosen the Citys HAC as host venue. London Concours hospitality offering has been created with environmental, social and governance in mind.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JUNE 2, 2025

-Record economic impact and delegate levels – VisitScotland Business Events has released the results of its annual Scottish Association Survey , revealing the association meeting sectors unprecedented economic contribution to the visitor economy of nearly 350 million, double the 2022/23 figure. For more information please see: [link]

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 8, 2025

Attendees included representatives from beam, the Scottish Event Campus (SEC), Togather, Event Hire Association, Experience Oxfordshire, Raccoon Media Group, Manchester Central, the Association for Event Venues (AEV) and the Meetings Industry Association (MIA). For more information on the APPG for Events, visit: www.appgevents.com

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 21, 2025

Avoid pitfalls and protect your event Contracts are the lifeblood and backbone of the meetings industry. Warner also advised using force majeure clauses to deal with any issues arising from government funding cuts. Ask the venue to provide a breakdown of all fees. Who is in charge of it? How long will attendee data be stored?

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 7, 2025

The Great Yorkshire Events Centre has appointed Manchester-based consultancy Catch the MICE as their UK Representation as part of its ambitious strategy to showcase and grow its meetings, incentives, conferences, and events (MICE) offering. Were thrilled to have Catch the MICE on board to help us take this prestigious venue to new markets.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 17, 2025

With major investments revitalising the city, Doncaster is becoming a destination of choice for forward-thinking enterprises, including artificial intelligence (AI) companies seeking a dynamic and well-connected base on track to become one of the UK Governments AI Growth Zones. We look forward to being a part of this exciting new chapter.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Smart Meetings’ October webinar, From Checkboxes to Strategy: Implementing and Leading Sustainable Event Practices , breaks it down. As planners learn more about practical best practices and work to implement them in their meetings, before they know it, the scope and scale of sustainability don’t seem nearly so daunting.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Two-thirds of meeting professionals have reported the recovery of the hospitality industry to more than half of 2019 levels and one-third reported having reached beyond recovery to 80% of 2019 levels, according to new research by IACC’s new report, Meeting Room of the Future Barometer Late—November 2022. Hybrid Is Down.

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BizBash

MAY 29, 2025

Concern about potential DEI investigations by the federal government is the primary reason brands are pulling back on Pride marketing, followed by potential backlash from conservative activists and consumers, the survey found. It’s not like big business and the government ushered us to a place of progress and then suddenly abandoned us.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Breaking down the company’s recent sustainability strategy International exhibition and convention center ExCel London is a carbon-neutral venue and an advocate for the path towards green meetings. soon to debut over 25,000 more—and hosting around 400 events and 4 million visitors per year, it is the largest event venue in London.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 25, 2023

As event managers, our goal at the end of a long-awaited event is to ensure meeting planners and their constituents are happy. 2 destination for meetings in North America, and one can imagine our event spaces and hotel services at JW Marriott Nashville see great demand being that we are in the heart of the happenings.

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The Global Policy Forum, now in its sixth year, will bring together more than 250 senior business events leaders, policymakers, politicians, government officials, media and industry stakeholders to discuss the continued development and implementation of a long-term Policy Agenda for the sector.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JUNE 2, 2025

Available across all of Searcys 30 plus corporate meeting and event venues, the innovative new menus celebrate the British summertime with a range of light and elegant dishes perfect for summer parties and corporate events and entertaining. Host al fresco events in marquees at The Inner Temple and Grays Inn.

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

As part of this mission, the venue has welcomed its first AV apprentice, Arron Montgomery, under the newly launched Level 5 Audiovisual Technician Apprenticeship Standard. Ben Pain says: Five or six years ago, there was no Government supported AV apprenticeship framework, making it difficult to bring new talent into the industry.

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StraussCA

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Stepping into the role of a Board chair and hosting your first association Annual General Meeting (AGM) can be a daunting task. Recognizing the AGM’s multifaceted importance is the first step in preparing for a successful meeting. It’s a moment for transparency, accountability, and member engagement.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 24, 2021

Meeting profs across the United States are being tasked with increasingly difficult decisions about requiring and enforcing mask wearing after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suddenly updated guidance for face coverings and physical distancing in Mid-May. Big Challenges.

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The MICE

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In this blog post, I’ll showcase the unique opportunities Stuttgart offers for your event, from hotels and venues to experiences, all with sustainability woven into the event planning process. Venues and experiences linked with world changing corporate history and the sense of pioneer spirit await delegates.

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Event Marketer

MAY 16, 2022

By connecting events industry players around the globe, from venues and organizers, to exhibitors and suppliers, the effort aims at achieving solutions to the climate crisis and reaching net zero (balance between man-made greenhouse gas emissions and their removal from the atmosphere) by 2050. VENUE PERSPECTIVES.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 30, 2025

Thinking about planning your next meeting or incentive at sea? For meeting and event professionals organizing programs in Paris or other French cities, the updated advisory is a timely reminder to help attendees stay informed and safe. Celebrity Cruises just revealed a fleet-wide refresh thats worth a look. Annual renewal is required.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 30, 2019

Real meetings are all about content,” he says. You can skip just about any other part of a meeting—a venue, a meal, even a speaker and still be productive, but if there isn’t relevant content, then it isn’t a meeting.”. “You The power of meetings depends on the human dynamics they are capable of unleashing. “The

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. SM Your guide addresses a wide variety of topics in meetings like DEI. How and why are they connected?

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 11, 2024

IMEX America 2024 ended today with a final count of 15,500 attendees (5,500 buyers and 86,000 pre-scheduled meetings) walking through the doors at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. The program aims to inspire the next generation of professionals by educating students on career opportunities within the meetings and events industry.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 4, 2023

Force Majeure clause and employment classifications changes coming for MPs The legal nuances of meeting planning can be a bit overwhelming even for the seasoned planners. To offer some helpful insight in what areas to be on the lookout for, Smart Meetings sat down with Ty M. Force Majeure. Independent Contractors vs Employees The U.S.

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Her previous posts include Asset Manager for L+R Hotels, whose venues include Chewton Glen, Cliveden House and Fairmont Monte Carlo, and Group Commercial Director for Ralph Trustees Ltd, whose hotels include Londons Athenaeum and The Grove in Hertfordshire. joint venture between Celtic Manor and Welsh Government.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Hargrove sets an example for planning events that go off without a hitch through their government shutdown contingency plan After the venue booking, event design, attendee lists, emails, emails and more emails, your event is all ready to go—finally! government may face a shutdown on Oct 1, the final day of the festival.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 4, 2024

Catherine Chaulet “Meeting planners can actually appreciate the organizational strengths of the Olympic Games, seeing how everything is organized in a way that ensures security measures are in place,” says Catherine Chaulet, president and CEO of Global DMO Partners , based in Washington, D.C., appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 25, 2021

WFH and Zoom meetings have become the ‘norm’ over the last 14 months, but with the Government now easing restrictions around a return to the office and attending events, 65 Queen’s Gate in South Kensington has revamped its Kingfisher Room to gives businesses the option of a less formal atmosphere for meetings and get-togethers.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Meeting planning always seems to have another trick up its sleeve no matter how prepared you thought you were. With this and ever-changing rules and regulations about Covid-19 safety, what is a meeting professional to do? How Concerned with Safety Is the Venue? What are the venue’s safety standards?

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BizBash

MAY 19, 2025

These unexpected venues do more than just hold a crowd; they ignite curiosity, spark conversation, and leave a lasting impression long after the final toast. Unique venues create standout memories. Non-traditional venues may offer more flexible pricing or allow planners to redirect the budget into more meaningful guest experiences.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 18, 2025

It is also a finalist in two categories Innovative Product / Service and Meeting / Events Venue of the renowned Greengage Sustainability Awards 2025. The Bedfordshire hotel, conference and training centre has been nominated as Hospitality and Leisure Company of the Year in the highly reputed British HR Awards 2025.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

So, what happens when there aren’t specific government restrictions to trigger a force majeure event to postpone or terminate an event? Government Action vs. Fear of Variants. The likely answer is that would not be sufficient or meet the threshold of impossibility or impracticability to equate to a force majeure event.

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BizBash

JUNE 9, 2025

Photo: Courtesy of The Wall Street Journal NEW YORK — On May 28 and 29, The Wall Street Journal ’s Future of Everything, one of publication’s signature live events, took place at a new venue, The Glasshouse in New York City.

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