Park Plaza hotels has prepared for the safe return of meetings, events and conference clients with the launch of its dedicated ‘Reassuring Meetings & Events’ programme: designed to enhance the robust safety measures already in place across its estate. With companies starting to look at how they can bring their teams back together again, and look to […]

A new regional convention bureau has launched to represent Bristol, Bath and the surrounding area. The Bureau’s key objectives are to proactively promote region for business events, working with local partners to secure new business for the region. Building on the success of the existing Meet Bristol Convention Bureau, this new partnership will benefit local […]

Venues of Excellence has leapt into 2021 with a new campaign to offer venues a six-month Introductory Membership, to gain an insight of all the benefits offered by full membership to the consortium. It will also give independent venues a springboard to engage with the conference and event sector as the industry reopens in the […]

Experience Oxfordshire Venues will be attending this year’s virtual MeetEngland event to promote Oxfordshire as a destination for business visits and events. Taking place on the 9th and 11th February 2021, MeetEngland Virtual is bringing together international buyers to connect online with destinations to discover the high-quality business events offer across England. MeetEngland Virtual is […]

Delegates have returned to Warwick Conferences thanks to strict new guidelines and advanced technological offerings. To ensure a safe return social distancing measures have been put in place along with virtual meetings and hybrid conferences. British Mensa, University of Warwick’s School of Engineering, Institute of Collaborative Working (ICW), Learning and Performance Institute (LPI) and Dan […]

Cheltenham has launched a new initiative to support the recovery and growth of the town’s vital and highly valuable business tourism market. The new Meet in Cheltenham initiative, which is led by the town’s marketing body, Marketing Cheltenham, has been developed to attract more conference, meeting and event business to Cheltenham and its surrounding areas. […]

Heritage venue Trinity House – also the working home of the General Lighthouse Authority – is now accepting bookings for conferences, small business meetings and corporate events in line with new Government guidelines in either of the two larger functions rooms. Further to the recent requirements, Trinity House has an NHS QR Code which should […]

At Firebird Events our aim is simple… to offer our customers truly memorable events. Well established within the industry since 2000, our core services include; conference and awards production, team building, family fun days and party services. Producing stand-out events requires specialist expertise and above all, a personable, caring and passionate team who can visualise […]

ABPCO is supporting members and partners facing hardship under the COVID-19 crisis by reducing membership fees by 40%. The reduction will be for the next membership year and it will be offered to all current members and partners. “ABPCO’s finances have gone from strength to strength over the past 6 years under the watchful eyes […]

By Claire Bowley, Managing Director of Dynamic Conferences & Events We are all too familiar with the buzzwords and phrases that have dominated communications in recent months – ‘unprecedented times’, ‘pivot to virtual’, ‘the new normal’ and ‘platform agnostic’. Whilst we are starting to tire from the overuse of such language, the truth is these […]

The Meetings Industry Association is calling for clarity on a reopening date for the business meetings and events sector as it launches its latest support. Jane Longhurst, chief executive of the mia, said: “We were extremely disappointed that yesterday’s announcement did not provide any clarity for our sector. Without a start date, the social distancing reduction to 1m is totally irrelevant and has […]

It is not too late to book your end-of-year conference or event at one of Butlin’s Conference & Events outstanding coastal resorts, with late availability dates still on offer. An end-of-year conference or event at Butlin’s is the perfect venue, to bring your teams together for reward and recognition and to inform your delegates of the […]

Imago Venues was asked to help organise and host the International Conference of Conversations Analysis(ICCA) at Loughborough University. This required planning a six day international conference, for 550 delegates from 32 different countries. Their experts have shared their top tips for organising a successful international conference… Get professional help and use the experts around you Explore […]

The pool, which will be unveiled in April 2019, will be able to accommodate up to 1,000 guests. Butlin’s is set to expand its Bognor Regis resort with the addition of a £40m pool for guests to enjoy. Slated to open in early April 2019, the pool will be able to accommodate up to 1,000 […]

Lime Venue Portfolio has welcomed new research predicting that individual sessions at conferences will reduce throughout 2019. The prediction is identified in MPI’s Outlook Report with international survey respondents predicting a continuation of this trend over the next 12-24 months. Lime Venue Portfolio has been quick to endorse the trends as ‘a good thing for […]