Tag: AEV

Events for Namuwongo confirmed as international charity for “In The Rough”

December 21, 2012 | By | Reply More
Events for Namuwongo confirmed as international charity for “In The Rough”

The event industry charity golf day “In The Rough”, supported by the AEO, AEV and ESSA, has announced that for the second year it will be supporting Events for Namuwongo as its international charity partner for the 2013 event. In The Rough 2013 will take place on 23 July at Forest of Arden, Warwickshire. Trevor [...]

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Nick Marshall takes over as Chair of ESSA

December 18, 2012 | By | Reply More
Nick Marshall takes over as Chair of ESSA

CEO of Melville GES, Nick Marshall will take over officially as chair of ESSA from Jan 1 2013 after outgoing chair, Aztec’s John Robson handed over the reigns of the association at the last ESSA Board Meeting of 2012 on 13th December. Marshall said: “I am delighted to be taking over as chair from John. [...]

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ESSA, AEV and AEO support the Sustainable Events Summit

December 10, 2012 | By | Reply More
ESSA, AEV and AEO support the Sustainable Events Summit

ESSA and its sister organisations AEV and AEO are supporting the Sustainable Events Summit in January, securing discounted delegate packages for their members.  ESSA has also arranged for Emma Wellman, the chair of the ESSA/AEV/AEO cross association working group on sustainability, to represent the associations on a panel of experts at the event. ESSA’s support [...]

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Sustainable Events Summit confirms first brands

November 23, 2012 | By | Reply More
Sustainable Events Summit confirms first brands

The recently launched Sustainable Events Summit has confirmed the first brands supporting its live summit taking place on Thursday 24th January 2013 at The Crystal in east London, Siemens’s pioneering new landmark on the sustainability map of London. New Speaker & Supporter announcements – The first brands to confirm their support were announced this week, [...]

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AEV unveils its AGM with a plus

August 8, 2012 | By | Reply More
AEV unveils its AGM with a plus

This year, the AEV (Association of Event Venues) AGM, to be held at the NEC on 19 September, is evolving. Rather than just being the domain of senior figures in the industry and association, the meeting, dubbed the AEV AGM+, will welcome people from all levels of AEV member companies. This change is designed to [...]

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AEV’s eGuide gets bigger and better

June 14, 2012 | By | Reply More
AEV’s eGuide gets bigger and better

The latest edition of the Association of Event Venues’ (AEV) eGuide, the online resource for the events, meetings and exhibitions industry, will be launched during July. The revised ‘July 2012′ edition will have updates to more than 25 sections, including the final version of the new electrics rules, that have been developed by the ESSA/AEV/AEO [...]

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Events get sustainable

March 12, 2012 | By | 1 Reply More
Events get sustainable

Members of the Association of Event Venues (AEV), Association of Event Organisers (AEO), and Event Supplier and Services Association (ESSA), met collectively for the first time on 23rd March for the inaugural cross-association sustainability working group meeting. The group evolved from one initially created by the AEV, which has been addressing sustainability issues for over [...]

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Joint association Connectivity Technical Committee move the debate forward

February 3, 2012 | By | Reply More
Joint association Connectivity Technical Committee move the debate forward

The ESSA/AEV/AEO technical committee met during the Event Production Show where each of the three associations reported back on the research projects undertaken following the inaugural meeting last year. The AEV had surveyed member venues to ascertain the current provision, management process and an indication of intent to upgrade systems. ESSA presented a number of [...]

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3,500 qualified event buyers will visit UK Venue Show

January 27, 2012 | By | Reply More
3,500 qualified event buyers will visit UK Venue Show

With less than a week remaining, anticipation is building for the inaugural UK Venue Show, taking place from 1st –2nd February at Olympia. Opening the trade show season for the live event sector, the UK Venue Show will centre on the Great British venue with exhibitors from both the capital and the counties already lined [...]

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Kathryn James elected chair of the AEV at AGM

September 19, 2011 | By | Reply More
Kathryn James elected chair of the AEV at AGM

The Association of Event Venues (AEV) held its AGM yesterday at Farnborough International Venue and Events (FIVE), where Kathryn James of the NEC was elected Chair of the association for the next two years. Kathryn James commented: “I am delighted to be taking over as Chair of the AEV from Graham whom I would like [...]

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AEV Announces date and venue for 2011 AGM

August 3, 2011 | By | Reply More
AEV Announces date and venue for 2011 AGM

The Association of Event Venues has announced the date for its 2011 AGM, it will be held on Thursday 15th September at FIVE, Farnborough with an agenda that begins with a networking lunch at 12noon with official proceedings of the AGM starting at 1pm sharp and concluded with feedback from the association’s Working Groups at [...]

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AEV’s eGuide is flying!

June 1, 2011 | By | Reply More
AEV’s eGuide is flying!

The Association of Event Venues’ eGuide, designed to create standards across the event & exhibition industry, has been adopted by FIVE (Farnborough International Venue & Events), the permanent event venue site run by Farnborough International Ltd. For many years, exhibitors have had to deal with different sets of guidelines and standards at different venues, sometimes [...]

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AEV Board to meet at the SECC

March 15, 2011 | By | Reply More
AEV Board to meet at the SECC

The Association of Event Venues will be holding their board meeting at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC), Glasgow on 30th March 2011. After which AEV Director Chris Skeith will be presenting to the various teams at the SECC, after which he will be staying Scotland to visit other member venues in the region. [...]

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Toyota Material Handling UK hosts ESSA members drop in day.

February 15, 2011 | By | Reply More
Toyota Material Handling UK hosts ESSA members drop in day.

Toyota Material Handling UK, a member of the Event Supplier and Services Association (ESSA) will be holding a regional drop in session for fellow members at their Leicester Business Centre on 24th February 2011, which will be the first session of a series planned by ESSA for 2011. ESSA is a trade association representing contractors [...]

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