Events industry news
Clarion Events signs new deals to keep four of its shows at Olympia London until 2028
Clarion Events has signed multi-year agreements keeping The Baby Show, the Spirit of Christmas Fair with The Luxury Travel Fair, Destinations and Top Drawer at Olympia London through to 2028. Olympia says the four shows draw more than 150,000 attendees a year.
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.
Turn venue accessibility claims into a usable event plan
An accessibility page may describe the website, not the building.
Attendance is a count, not the whole result
Visitor totals, registrations and economic-impact estimates measure different things.
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.
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.
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.
Venues and event agencies
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Recently added venues
Event Exeter
You can run a 1,433 seat plenary, an exhibition of 46 stands and dozens of breakouts on one Exeter campus, a 15 minute walk from St David's station.
Royal Bath Hotel
Run a 250-seat theatre-style conference, a 200-cover dinner and breakouts in one seafront hotel with 208 bedrooms, ten minutes' walk from Bournemouth station, with day delegate rates from £32.95.
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.
Recently added agencies
Vision Events Glasgow
You get one Glasgow team for sound, lighting, screens, power and on-the-day crew, with 24-hour on-call AV support and live streaming for hybrid events, across Scotland and the UK.
Panoptic Events
You get one Glasgow team for venue sourcing, delegate transfers, catering and event builds across Scotland, backed by more than 3,000 events the agency says it has run since 2014.
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
You get one founder-led team for strategy, design, build and live running of brand activations and stands, paid by consultancy, open-book budget or fixed fee.
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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.