Global contemporary hotel brand Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts has been awarded No. 1 Mid-Sized Group at the VenueVerdict Awards for the third year running, achieving the highest overall score within its category (6-19 properties).


SATISFIED customers have helped put one of Sussex’s leading event venues in line for a major business award. Brighton’s Amex Stadium – home to Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club – is a finalist in the Place to Meet category in the prestigious Gatwick Diamond Business Awards, held annually to celebrate the achievements of world-class businesses in the region.

The chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for the Events Industry, James Heappey will return to Confex again next month, and will contribute to a show-opening discussion.
9th February 17, UK: Organisers of the internationally acclaimed Sustainable Event Summit will be leading on a special session reflecting some of the recent findings from the summit at International Confex this year. The session will take place as part of the conference programme at the exhibition which will see the biggest global gathering of event professionals in the UK.

International Confex has launched the first details of its conference programme, the biggest in the UK. The programme will bring together brands including Innocent, PlayStation and L’Oréal, as well as speakers from across the events industry, from Freeman XP to George P Johnson, drp, TRO, Big Cat and Smyle.

Tuesday 4th April 2017, First Direct Arena Leeds Visitor registration and hosted buyer applications for the Conference and Hospitality Show has now opened.

SOME of the UK’s most prestigious venues are giving corporate clients a good reason to perk up this new year. Sodexo Prestige Venues & Events is the catering partner at museums, sports stadia and visitor attractions across England and Scotland.

Woburn House, a central London meeting and events venue, has joined the Meetings Industry Association (MIA) – one of the fastest growing associations in the conference, meetings and events sector.

Here are some of the key MICE industry event dates, already announced, you may find useful for your 2017 diary.

13th November 16, UK: Alex Polizzi, also known as the Hotel Inspector, will be day one’s keynote speaker at International Confex, taking place at Olympia London, 1-2 March 2017. The highly respected hotel consultant and TV personality will deliver a talk on her experience working and advising the industry. There will then follow an exclusive ‘behind closed doors’ clinic for hotels and venues to spend time with Polizzi at the show.