Following the regional win for NTU Events and Conferencing at the annual Nottinghamshire Hospitality Awards in October 2019, where it scooped Gold in the ‘Best Business Events Venue of the Year’ category, the venue has now been named a Bronze Winner at the recent Visit England Awards for Excellence 2020. The awards, which were held […]

Stadium Experience has welcomed Blackburn Rovers Football Club as the latest venue to join the stadium marketing collaboration. Ewood Park, home of Blackburn Rovers FC, is a unique and versatile stadium providing the perfect location for small business meetings to large corporate dinners & events. The venue boasts 15 executive boxes ideal for small meetings, […]

On Tuesday, September 22nd 2020 we teamed with Academic Venue Solutions to host an online panel session: What’s Next for Events? Chaired by PA Life’s Charlotte Russell, the panel of expert discussion participants included: Julie France – Space Meeting & Events Nicola Davison – Brewin Gail Tomlinson Short – Warwick Conferences Marie Heinsen – Sagittarius […]

Venues of Excellence is one of the UK’s largest sales and marketing consortium of specialist conference, meeting and training spaces. With the impact COVID-19 on the conference and events industry and, as venues continue to open their doors, Mandy Jennings, Executive Director of Venues of Excellence (VoE) has launched a ‘Stronger Together’ campaign targeted specifically […]

Clearcut Venues launched in September 2017, a long term dream of Aimee Nicholas who previously held hospitality roles within the event industry. A career spanning 22 years. Clearcut venues started with a passion to form solid professional long standing relationships with corporate bookers to negotiate, source and confirm venues UK wide for all shapes and […]

Stadium Experience has appointed Ravin Pankhania to the voluntary group to assist with the management of the not-for-profit association, which currently works with over 50 football, rugby and cricket clubs across the UK and Ireland. Ravin is the Venue Sales Manager at Kingsholm Stadium, home of Gloucester Rugby Club, and joins a Leadership Team that meets regularly […]

The Royal Horticultural Halls team has revealed that it has implemented COVID-safe measures that go beyond industry standards. The operations team has been working tirelessly to implement and supercede the Covid-19 industry standard practices suggested by the Government and can now also host hybrid events in a variety of formats, having doubled wi-fi capability. Venue […]

UVM EXPO 2020, the annual hybrid exhibition and conference for the events industry, has announced its programme of speakers ahead of October 1st, when it is set to be held virtually and physically, in Manchester. The UVM Expo 2020 organisers have now released their official event programme, featuring keynote speaker Martin Fullard, editor of Conference […]

A new exciting virtual event will run across two days next week, providing learning and networking opportunities for thousands of event buyers across the UK. Venues + Events Live Digital will take place on September 23rd and 24th and you can register your place here. Highlighting her decision to support Venues + Events Live Digital, […]

The organisers of CHS Birmingham have announced that the show will be moved to spring 2021, following discussions with exhibitors, stakeholders, the event’s venue and its Advisory Board. The exhibition will now take place on April 20th 2021, however the organisers will also be running a series of smaller ‘buyer meetings’ in October to support […]

Following the recent news that the events industry can reopen from 1st October, UVM EXPO 2020launches its third industry exhibition – this time in hybrid format, on 1st October 2020. Brought to you by Unique Venues of Manchester and a number of incredible partners, UVM EXPO 2020 will be a conference and exhibition style event, […]

By Inception Events Inception Events organises corporate events from Inception to Completion. Our services include venue finding, full event management and on-site support in the UK and around the globe.  We work closely with our clients to create and deliver unforgettable events. We are committed to understanding our clients’ business, products and customer base so […]

Register for the next PA Life Virtual Meet Up, taking place on Monday, September 14th with special guest speaker KB02 giving you insight into its spaces and how events will run post-lockdown. Monday, September 14th 2020 3:00pm KB02 isa venue focussed on providing optimal team building events for corporate clients. Picture Adult Soft Play, Live DJs, […]

As part of its sixth birthday celebrations Hello Hospitality is giving PA Life readers the chance to win some great prizes in its September Pick ‘n’ Six prize draw. All you need to do is click here to enter – there are four prizes up for grabs, including: An overnight bed & breakfast stay for […]

Luxury Travel Intelligence has revealed its much-anticipated World’s Best Luxury Hotel Brands list for 2020, with Six Senses (pictured) taking top spot for the first time. LTI says it has taken the past 12 months to apply the perfect assessment process, comprising a ‘rigorously defined algorithm’ that measures the performance and values of luxury hotel brands. The algorithm includes 123 […]

Make Venues has launched a new report that delves into the need for – and nuances of customer service. The white paper, ‘Understanding Excellence’, provides detailed discussion about the meaning of service in business and what the event industry can learn from leading brands. In particular, it looks at how household brands such as Warby […]

Lime Venue Portfolio has announced that venues across its group are opening their doors once again to meetings and events.  Government guidelines now allow meetings of under 30 to take place across venues, stadia and cultural attractions as long as they adhere to social distancing and COVID-safety measures. The industry will be using this period […]

The team at Conference Oxford can’t wait to start welcoming people through its doors again. The 68 University and college venues are busy working to ensure that the correct measures and processes are in place to allow for the safe return of students, staff and, of course, clients. Contact Conference Oxford and you can start […]