Events industry news
The Belfry says its meetings and events business has grown in the first year after its £85m redevelopment
The Belfry Hotel & Resort near Birmingham says its new 852 m² Masters Suite is 70% occupied so far this year and revenue per square metre is up 8%, one year after an £85m-plus redevelopment added 149 bedrooms and 43% more event space.
Analysis for event organisers
What an ISO 14001 certificate tells an event buyer
ICC Wales now holds ISO 14001 through its parent group. The certificate is good evidence of an environmental management system, but it is not a carbon figure for your event.
Association congresses are won by host teams, not venues alone
Glasgow, Liverpool, Aberdeen and Newport have each credited recent wins to partnerships that reach well beyond the venue.
Choose the venue around the event, not the headline capacity
A room that fits the audience on paper can still fail the programme.
The questions that make agency proposals comparable
Before choosing a creative concept, establish what the agency is responsible for, who delivers it, how it is paid and how success will be judged.
Venue assessments
Liverpool Experience Campus for a conference that needs the whole site
The Labour Party Conference shows the waterfront campus can run as one connected event. Most organisers will book part of it, which raises different questions.
ICC Wales Main Hall for a conference with an exhibition
The published hall specification and a recent world congress support a serious shortlist, but layout, acoustics and whole-event flow still need testing.
The QEII Centre for a Westminster business event
A central location, a self-contained large-event floor and a wide range of room sizes are useful starting points, not a complete conference plan.
Venues and event agencies
Find UK conference venues and event agencies that suit your event, searching by name, city or service, from delegate management to event production and brand experience. Each profile links to its official source and shows when we last checked it.
Recently added venues
Coombe Abbey Hotel
Keep a residential conference on one estate, with 11 meeting spaces, 121 bedrooms and day delegate packages from £45 per person plus VAT, in 500 acres of parkland near Coventry.
The Belfry Hotel & Resort
You can seat 920 theatre style or 648 for dinner in The Masters Suite, house delegates in 468 on-site bedrooms and park free, 1 mile from the M6, M6 Toll and M42.
Chicheley Hall
You can seat up to 104 delegates theatre style in a Grade I listed house on 80 acres, five minutes' drive from the M1, with free Wi-Fi and 48 bedrooms on site.
Bournemouth Pavilion
You can seat up to 1,432 delegates in a Grade II listed 1929 theatre and hold dinners for up to 500 in the ballroom behind it, with 185 car park spaces around the building.
Recently added agencies
Vision Events Glasgow
Glasgow event production and AV hire agency covering conferences, exhibitions, live events and virtual events across Scotland.
Panoptic Events
Glasgow-based agency offering Scotland destination management and global venue and destination sourcing for incentives and conferences.
Good Life Events
You get one agency for theme, set build, talent and AV, with published work including two sold-out Ben & Jerry's festivals and a 240-guest gala at Claridge's.
Imagineerium
Founder-led experiential studio in Bristol offering strategy, design, production and live management for brand activations and interiors.
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What each section covers
News
The latest reporting on venues, agencies, suppliers and the leaders making decisions across the sector. Each story sets out the practical consequence for event professionals, clients and attendees.
Analysis
Analysis looks beyond a launch headline or an attendance total: event management, audience needs, accessibility, environmental and sustainable-event claims, and what the evidence changes about your next meeting, conference or exhibition.
Assessments
Each assessment tests one venue against one kind of event, such as a conference with an exhibition, using its room layouts, access and published facilities, and says whether it rests on a visit, an interview or desk research.
Directory
Profiles of UK conference venues and event agencies, searchable by name, city and service, linked to the reporting that mentions them.