Thursday, September 2, 2010
Many event organisers are waiting until the last-minute to book events, with cost considered as the deciding factor in the final venue choice by more than half of event organisers, according to new findings released today.Filed Under: Technology 3 Comments
Friday, July 23, 2010
The event creator Collective Minds delivered a stunning Grand Ball for the ultimate watchmaker Patek Philippe and the jewellers Mappin & Webb and Watches of Switzerland. London-based Collective Minds transformed the capital’s Victoria House in Bloomsbury Square for an evening of fabulous food and the finest timepieces in the world. More than 150 VIP guests [...]
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Hartlepool Borough Council estimates it has spent £3,701,000 in direct connection to hosting the Tall Ships event, which takes place in August. But as the council has received sponsorship and grants towards the event, the net cost to the council will be £800,000 over four years. An itemised summary of total costs incurred by the [...]
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Cvent, the world’s largest provider of online event management, meeting site selection and web survey solutions, recently released significant upgrades to the Cvent Supplier Network (CSN) that make event venue selection faster and easier than ever. What’s more, these enhancements are now at the fingertips of Event Industry News readers, as we recently partnered with [...]
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
REM seamlessly managed the Hyundai Fan Park event in Bristol’s historic Queen’s Square for the month long duration of the tournament. Bristol City Council engaged REM, who also managed the interest and expectation of sponsor Hyundai, and local police and licensing authorities, to create the Fan Park during the 2010 World Cup. Fans of all [...]
Monday, July 19, 2010
At this point I’m sure that you are well aware of one of the main reasons why attendees come to your events: to interact face-to-face with other like-minded people. However, I’ve been to too many conferences where the organisers assumed that delegates would naturally talk to each other, or underestimated all the opportunities available. What [...]
Monday, July 19, 2010
AN Olympic events village could operate in Weymouth during 2011 as well as 2012. The idea was suggested by Councillor Roger Allen whose Weymouth and Portland management committee colleagues agreed to consider it after approving the principle of developing an events village on the Pavilion peninsula. Special projects spokesman Councillor Howard Legg said the area [...]
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Every experienced planner knows that choosing the right venue and location can make or break the success of an event. Site selection is often the most challenging part of the event planning process, since even a small oversight can cause major setbacks for attendees. Researching meeting destinations and negotiating with venues can be time-consuming, and [...]
Saturday, July 17, 2010
With 3 months to go before the 2010 Oxjam Festival, a record 2600 volunteers have already signed up to stage their own fund raising events. Held in towns and cities across the UK, Oxjam encourages promoters and music fans to stage a club night or gig to raise funds for Oxfam. Helping Oxjam reach that [...]
Thursday, July 15, 2010
World Trade Group (WTG), a leading corporate events and media company, has leapt into The Sunday Times International Track 100 ranking 22nd in the top 100 list of Britain’s private companies with the fastest growing international sales. Founded in 1997, WTG specialise in business to business events, webinars and training courses across sectors including energy, [...]
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Q Magazine is the UK’s biggest selling music magazine, with music news, reviews and features. Q Magazine is published monthly. 20 lucky readers of Q Magazine Q288, found golden winning tickets inside their copy. Each golden ticket entitled the winner to a pair of Q’s Golden Glastonbury tickets, celebrating 40 years of Glastonbury Festival from [...]
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Dear Event professionals, This is my first contribution in EIN. I’m really excited about this opportunity to help move forward the events industry by sharing with you news and ideas. I hope you’ll find my articles informative, useful and above all, enjoyable! In this article I’d like to address the challenge of reaching the appropriate [...]
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
A record breaking 35,681 spectators attended the Koning Boudewijn Stadium, on the 8th of July. Stageco built the 1,300m² floor construction for the tennis court where Kim Clijsters and Serena Williams played game, watched by the world’s largest tennis audience. The event was supported by several prominent Belgian companies, including Stageco and was the finale [...]
Saturday, July 10, 2010
A man has collapsed and died at the end of the first night of the T in the Park music festival. The man, 24, from Stonehaven, near Aberdeen, collapsed at around midnight at the festival, in Balado, near Kinross, as he made his way from the main area towards the campsite. He was pronounced dead [...]
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Central Hall Westminster proudly walked away from the annual Hospitality Assured awards with the Team of the Year award in hand. In house caterer Kudos Hospitality forms an integral part of the hospitality team providing catering services for over 2K events per annum. The awards ceremony was held at The Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington and [...]
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Glastonbury, 23rd – 28th June 2010, saw the lowest accident statistics and best medical records at its 40th birthday bash. Dick Tee, Glastonbury Festival Production Manager: “The ongoing proactive approach to health and safety TESS have encouraged throughout the Glastonbury Festival community has made for an ever safer site” TESS has worked with Glastonbury since [...]
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Jamie Oliver’s Fabulous Feasts catering team made its debut into the festival food market this weekend at Cornbury Festival, bringing Jamie’s passion for fresh, simple, tasty food to a festival audience for the first time since the company’s launch in May. The Fabulous Feasts menu, designed specifically to suit the family-oriented Oxfordshire audience, was freshly [...]
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
International staging company Stageco engineered a spectacular skyscraper stage, helping Muse and their design team wow fans on the 2010 European Tour. The band appeared to be playing in the basement of an imposing building, with screens for windows and viewed by the audience from one corner. Stageco project director Dirk de Decker and creative [...]
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
The Highlands and Islands Tourism Awards (HITA), now in its fifth year has launched the 2010 event to identify the region’s shining stars of tourism and has widened its reach to include areas within the Cairngorms National Park. This exciting development comes as the Cairngorms National Park Authority join HITA as a sponsor of the [...]
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Crown Group UK Ltd has won the Royal Society of Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Gold Award for occupational Health & Safety, for the second consecutive year. Karl Wilkinson, Crown’s safety & assurance manager, delighted with the win said: “Our dedication to health and safety is paramount and we work hard to ensure our high standards [...]
Sunday, July 4, 2010
So here we are: we have an opening for a regular contributor on event industry news, and if you have something you’d like to say, maybe you can join us! As a contributor to the site, you’ll have a great deal of freedom to make the role your own, expressing your own personal style and [...]
