Venue selection
KBX, a new kitchen and bathroom trade show, will launch at the Business Design Centre in September 2027
KBX, a new trade show for kitchen and bathroom design and specification from the designerati team and The Assembly, will run at the Business Design Centre in Islington on 15-17 September 2027, selling 12-month programmes to a limited number of invited brands rather than stand space alone.
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.
ICC Wales wins two medical association conferences new to Wales and adds two sales managers
ICC Wales in Newport has won the AUGIS meeting in September 2027 (800 delegates) and the RCPCH Annual Conference in May 2029 (2,000 delegates), both new to Wales, and has appointed two sales managers for corporate and agency clients.
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.
The UK Government will put £6 million into the first phase of Destination SEC in Glasgow
The Autumn Budget confirmed £6 million for phase one of Destination SEC, which turns the car park in front of the OVO Hydro into a new outdoor events plaza.
Rosebank Distillery opens its Falkirk site for meetings and corporate events
Rosebank Distillery in Falkirk now hires its Academy, Lounge and whole site for business events, from 18-guest meetings to exclusive hire for 80.
Liverpool Experience Campus for a conference that needs the whole site
Desk-based assessment: 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.
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.
The QEII Centre for a Westminster business event
Desk-based assessment: 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.