The Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) have agreed a partnership with International Confex to provide senior, leadership level content for the show’s visitors this year.
Congratulations to CEME Conference Centre for making the final shortlist of the Business Destinations Travel Awards!
The National Motorcycle Museum, based in Solihull, has reported a successful year compared with its 2012 turnover. The museum has seen an approximate 7.5% rise in turnover from their events which include conferences, weddings and dinners. This November and December have been a particularly successful period, with a 20% increase in turnover, compared to the same months last year.
The chefs behind five of Scotland’s top dining venues have been slicing, chopping and boiling their way through this festive season preparing more than 15,000 meals for hungry party-goers.
The findings from the first ever All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) Inquiry into the international competitiveness of the UK events industry have been released. The report calls on Government to play its part in growing the sector’s value from its present £36bn to a projected £48.4bn by 2020.
According to a recent poll of London City Selection's venue members events business in the City of London has increased compared with bookings in 2012. 75% of members reported increased bookings compared with 2012, with 30% seeing more business from the IT and technology sector and 24% reporting a rise in events business from the financial sector.
VisitBritain has welcomed the introduction of a new visa free scheme for visitors to the UK from the Gulf.
Prestige Venues and Events, the hospitality and catering experts behind some of Scotland's best known venues are promising a New Year sale to thrill Conference and Event bookers across the country.
Attendees at the Conference Summit in London's Dexter House, which took place on 6th December, cast their votes to the question: 'How do you see the events industry evolving in 2014?' at a stand run by event app manufacturers Slido.
De Vere Venues is reportedly close to agreeing a £230m sale of its conference venues, which is decidedly less than the £300m it was expected to fetch when it went on sale in April of this year.
