Friday, August 20, 2010
Event managers and company directors are risking prosecution and heavy fines because they do not allow for their many liabilities when organising an event warns Alison McDougall, managing director of Relevant Risk.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, June 30, 2010
Chartridge Conference Company has launched ‘Out of the Box’, a new package of business-focussed breakout and team building events which will be available at all five of their Home Counties and Midlands based conference venues. “Team building is one of those terms that is often perceived as a ‘jolly day out’ paid for by the [...]
Friday, June 25, 2010
The 22nd of June saw the events industry launch party for Marvel Super Heroes 4D, the biggest new experience to be launched at the world famous Madame Tussauds since the re-development of the Chamber of Horrors over seven years ago. A film of the party can be viewed here: www.youtube.com/merlinevents. The party wowed over 200 [...]
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Business leaders from across the globe will take part in a unique mixed-reality debate exploring how distance should not be a barrier to business communication on Tuesday 27 April 2010. Corporation Pop is designing and managing Death of Distance, which will take place between 6pm and 7pm at Vision + Media’s offices in Manchester’s MediaCityUK. [...]
Friday, April 9, 2010
EDINBURGH’S tourism industry has received a boost after new figures revealed a hike in the number of conferences and exhibitions secured for the capital in the face of the economic downturn. Some 257 events, worth £74.2million, were secured in the year to the end of March, an increase of 57 compared with the previous 12 [...]
Thursday, January 28, 2010
The BBC’s governing body was under fire tonight for lavishing thousands of pounds on hospitality and expenses. Despite the painful economic climate, BBC Trust officials spent £11,000 on lunches with MPs and hosting boxes at the Proms over a six-month period. This came even though a number of them also received Proms hospitality from other [...]
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Thursday 21st January 2010 lat week saw the Premiere of this year’s hottest and most awaited Event Documentary hitting the London Noir Twitter Streets! Adrian Silas, Creative Director of Masquerade Events brought the Industry his special and unique fun offering MASQUERADE RELOADED in full Feature Film format for a special Screening for one night only [...]
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
The arctic weather that has gripped the nation over the past couple of weeks has led to a rise in claims for the cancellation of trade fairs and conferences, says specialist event insurer Hiscox. As many as 1 in 10* people may have missed work last week, as much of Britain was blanketed in thick [...]
Thursday, January 7, 2010
A year round governmental campaign, ‘Keep Britain Talking’, aims to raise the profile of the UK meetings and events industry to encourage business in the UK to keep communicating through such means. As part of this initiative, Rose McDonald from Wyboston Lakes conference and training centres recently spoke at Thames Valley University to help promote [...]
Monday, January 4, 2010
DR M aka Adrian Silas of Masquerade UK joined twitter towards the end of 2009 and he admits he was a little sceptical about it all. Adrian explains to Event Industry News how it has helped him engage the events industry on a larger scale than he could imagine and the impact its had on [...]
Saturday, December 12, 2009
The idea of charging a fee for video and audio from conferences and events is old, and comes from the days of charging for tapes of presentations as a way of boosting revenue from live events. Those days are over. Today, sitting in little old South River, Ontario, Canada I’m watching the live streaming event [...]
Friday, November 27, 2009
PSCo has added the brand new 85” Panasonic plasma screen to its rental fleet ready for the new season of events in 2010. The 85” fits the gap perfectly between the 65” and 103” screens, ideal for events, exhibitions and conferences. Benefiting from Panasonic’s plasma technology and coupled with PSCo’s vast range of input boards, [...]
Friday, October 23, 2009
By Rohit Talwar, CEO of Fast Future The event industry has been hit hard by the current recession but, while it is not expected to return to strenght soon, all is not lost. The following are my top ten key developments I expect the industry to undergo next year: 1. New Product Explosion – We will see [...]
Monday, September 28, 2009
Pumphouse has been asked to provide audio visual production for the third annual Macmillan De’Longhi Art Auction taking place on 29th September 2009 at the Avenue in St. Jame’s London. The auction has been a huge success and has raised over £200,000 over the last two years. Last year’s event was hosted by Lisa B, [...]
Monday, September 28, 2009
The value of 0141 Design’s pro bono work for The Prince’s Trust was brought home at last week’s Scottish Event Awards, when The Black and White Ball won the Best Cause Related Award. Based in Glasgow, digital agency 0141 Design has provided its services for free to a number of events held in aid of [...]
Friday, September 18, 2009
A number of agencies have joined forces this month to promote one of the UK’s biggest cities as a great destination for team building corporate events. The Liverpool Convention Bureau has been created in a partnership between regeneration agency the Mersey Partnership (TMP), ACC Liverpool, the Kings Dock, BT Convention Centre and a number of [...]
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Some of Scotland’s most innovative and cutting-edge events organisers were honoured on friday night at an awards ceremony in Glasgow. The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) scooped the Grand Prix for Event Services in recognition of its work at the forefront of Scotland’s international events industry. Ben Goedegebuure, director of sales for the Glasgow [...]
Friday, September 11, 2009
Saville Audio Visual provided the AV facilities for a unique charity event staged by the Chartered Institute of Housing North East at Ramside Hall Hotel in Durham, involving two of the stars from Strictly Come Dancing. Featuring a spectacular display of ballroom dancing by Anton Du Beke and Erin Boag, ‘Housing Goes Dancing’ was compered [...]
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Conference organisers staging events at the Harrogate International Centre (HIC) will benefit from improved services at Leeds Bradford airport, according to the venue’s director. Stuart Quin, chief at the HIC, said that Ryanair’s recent announcement that it is to add 14 new routes and 63 additional flights every week at the travel hub will boost [...]
Friday, August 14, 2009
By holding a team building corporate event or similar in a different location each month or year, businesses will be able to keep things fresh, it has been asserted. Gillian Hibberd, the corporate director of people and policy at Buckinghamshire County Council as well as the president of the Public Sector People Manager’s Association (PPMA), [...]
