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World Trade Group Storms Sunday Times Fast Track

Thursday, July 15, 2010

World Trade Group Storms Sunday Times Fast Track

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, [...]

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Local Leaders in Tourism Call Businesses to Enter Influential Highlands Awards

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Local Leaders in Tourism Call Businesses to Enter Influential Highlands Awards

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 [...]

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CROWN GROUP SCOOPS GOLD ROSPA FOR A SECOND YEAR RUNNING

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

CROWN GROUP SCOOPS GOLD ROSPA FOR A SECOND YEAR RUNNING

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 [...]

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Finalists revealed for Scottish Event Awards 2010

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Finalists revealed for Scottish Event Awards 2010

Nominations for this year’s Scottish Event Awards have now been revealed. The Awards are the only annual scheme that reward and celebrate all areas of the thriving events industry in Scotland. Now in its third year, The Scottish Event Awards are going from strength-to-strength, with event organisers, promoters, in house-teams, venues and suppliers all entered the awards. [...]

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TVU lecturers awarded National Teaching Fellowships

Thursday, July 1, 2010

TVU lecturers awarded National Teaching Fellowships

Thames Valley University (TVU) Events Management lecturer Graham Berridge has been awarded the National Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy, one of the most prestigious awards for excellence in higher education teaching. 50 award winners were chosen from nearly 200 nominations submitted by higher education institutions across England and Northern Ireland, each winner receives [...]

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Echo Arena Liverpool awarded Performance Venue of the Year Award

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Echo Arena Liverpool awarded Performance Venue of the Year Award

The Mersey Partnership (TMP) Tourism Awards 2010 which took place last night (Thursday 10th June) saw Echo Arena Liverpool – part of ACC Liverpool – scoop the award for Performance Venue of the Year. Organised by the official tourist board for the Liverpool City Region, the awards recognise the very best in quality and excellence [...]

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Middle East Event award win for Arena LEA

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Middle East Event award win for Arena LEA

Arena Lea International and Farnborough International Limited (FIL) won a prestigious Middle East Event Award Madinat Jumeirah, in Dubai this May. The award for best ‘Outstanding event using a temporary venue / structure’ was judged by a panel of international event professionals, who commended the innovation and high standards achieved at the inaugural Bahrain International [...]

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Big Chill festival founder receives lifetime achievement award

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Big Chill festival founder receives lifetime achievement award

THE organiser of a Herefordshire festival has finished a troubled year on a high note. Big Chill co-founder Katrina Larkin received a lifetime achievement award at the 2009 UK Festival Awards. Judges praised her “vision and energy” during the ceremony at London’s O2 Arena last Thursday. Katrina started the festival in 1994 and has won [...]

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CROWD SAFTEY COMPANY AP Q’S UP AT THE FORUM

Monday, November 16, 2009

CROWD SAFTEY COMPANY AP Q’S UP AT THE FORUM

The annual Q Awards is one of the music industry’s most infamous events, renown for its celebrity shenanigans. This year it was held on 26th October at the Grosvenor House in Park Lane with Q Awards – The Gigs, this year held at north London venue the HMV Forum, providing a six-day run up of [...]

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ExCeL London wins its tenth major award

Thursday, November 12, 2009

ExCeL London wins its tenth major award

ExCeL London, Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company’s (ADNEC) exhibition centre in the UK capital has been named as London’s Business Venue of the Year for the second year running at the Visit London 2009 awards held on Thursday 5th November. The London venue also won the Best Corporate Event of the Year for its highly [...]

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Showsec Event Team wins Security Excellence Award

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Showsec Event Team wins Security Excellence Award

Showsec was recognised for achieving excellence in four award categories during this October’s Security Excellence Awards. Most notably, for the fourth consecutive year, the company won the highly acclaimed Event Security Team Of The Year award, collected by London Area Manager Paul Legge from presenter Ronnie Corbett. The company was nominated in three other categories [...]

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Wickerman Festival up for seven awards

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Wickerman Festival up for seven awards

KIRKCUDBRIGHT’S famous Wickerman Festival has been nominated for seven prizes at the 2009 UK Festival Awards. Commonly known as Scotland’s most family-friendly music event, The Wickerman could scoop awards from six categories following the success of the 2009 event which was held on July 24th and 25th at Dundrennan. Wickerman organiser Jamie Gilroy said of [...]

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Firefly Solar named ‘Event Supplier of the Year’

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Firefly Solar named ‘Event Supplier of the Year’

Firefly Solar have been awarded ‘Supplier of the Year’ at the 2009 Event Awards, held at the prestigious Park Lane Hilton, London on September 25th. The Event Awards is regarded as the event industry’s number one award ceremony, showcasing the best exhibitions, experiential campaigns and creative events. The panel of judges, hand-picked for their expertise, [...]

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SECC is crowned king of events at awards ceremony

Sunday, September 13, 2009

SECC is crowned king of events at awards ceremony

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 [...]

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Sunderlands Stadium of Light shortlisted for tourism award

Friday, August 21, 2009

Sunderlands Stadium of Light shortlisted for tourism award

SUNDERLAND’S Stadium of Light has been shortlisted for a tourism award after hosting nearly a quarter of a million guests in just eight weeks. The venue is in with a chance of winning the Business Tourism of the Year Award, part of the North East Tourism Awards. In addition to a number of corporate events [...]

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Creamfields festival scoops 2009 Tourism Event of the Year award

Friday, July 3, 2009

Creamfields festival scoops 2009 Tourism Event of the Year award

CREAMFIELDS festival has been named as Tourism Event Of The Year at The Mersey Partnership Tourism Awards 2009. The Daresbury dance event, to be held on August 29 and 30, fought off the British Open Golf Championships, Tate Liverpool, Klimt and Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. Cream CEO James Barton was proud to receive such lofty recognition. [...]

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Ricoh Arena short-listed for top venue title

Monday, May 18, 2009

Ricoh Arena short-listed for top venue title

COVENTRY’S Ricoh Arena has been short-listed for a prestigious national conference and exhibition award. The city’s £113 million multi-use development is among an impressive line-up of illustrious companies such as Wembley, The O2, ExCeL and Manchester United, all competing for the title of Venue of the Year. The highly competitive AEO Excellence Awards 2009, run [...]

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Scottish Events Awards judging panel begins to form

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Scottish Events Awards judging panel begins to form

The judging panel for this year’s Scottish Event Awards is starting to come together with four judges already in place. This year, David Sharpe, managing director of the London Eye and the recently appointed chairman of ‘Events 2012 and Beyond will be on the panel. Sharpe will head up the development group working with the [...]

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Mobo organisers confirm Glasgow as venue for this year’s Awards

Friday, April 17, 2009

Mobo organisers confirm Glasgow as venue for this year's Awards

SCOTLAND has been confirmed as the host of this year’s Mobo music awards. The Music of Black Origin Awards will take place at Glasgow’s SECC, taking the ceremony out of London for the first time since its inception in 1995. And a host of stars, including Rihanna, Beyonce, Alexandra Burke and X Factor finalists JLS [...]

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Isle of Wight Festival scoops international award

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Isle of Wight Festival scoops international award

THE Isle of Wight Festival has scooped another award, while comedy duo Matthew Horne and James Corden became the latest acts tipped for the Island and this summer’s festival. The festival, which recently revealed legend Neil Young and iconic rockers The Pixies as the closing acts for Sunday night, was recognised at the International Live [...]

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