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Authors, Ritzo ten Cate, Ronald Mulder, Lykle de Vries and Merijn Goris of De Ondernemers BV have published a blue paper which is freely available and is designed to be valuable for those publicising meetings and events.

London has officially been awarded host city by the IAAF for the 2017 IAAF World Athletics Championships after triumphing against a rival bid from Doha in Qatar.

Stoke Mandeville Stadium’s Olympic Lodge is to undergo a series of refurbishment works, in a bid to improve the hotel accommodation and develop its outstanding service to teams that use the venue as a training camp.

Momentum continues to gather for this year’s Britain for Events campaign. Following its launch last month, the UK events industry has already secured major wins this week (w/c 2.11.11) from senior government representatives.

Central Hall Westminster is the largest conference centre in central London with 30 meeting rooms, an exhibition area and an auditorium which can hold over 2,000 people. Paul Southern has been brought in to make Central Hall Westminster more commercial in all areas and to introduce it to the corporate world.

Andre Rhone, commis chef at the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington has been named ‘Young Apprentice Chef of the Year’ in the Academy of Food and Wine’s annual awards.

Almost 40 of the country’s top event organisers will gather in Birmingham this week to experience the cream of the city’s venues, accommodation, travel and event support services.

Yu Spa has opened in the 4 star luxury Apex Waterloo Place Hotel in Edinburgh. It is the sister spa of Yu Spa in Dundee which is Scotlands first Green Spa and shares many of the same environmental initiatives.

There are many reasons to choose Wembley Stadium as an event venue. But visitors to EIBTM can discover the 12 best reasons to host an event in 2012 at the world’s most modern stadium when they visit stand G200.

Sodexo Prestige, which caters to a wide range of tourism, leisure and public sector organisations across Scotland, has been named the best employer among Scotland’s group contract caterers for the second year running.