Chris Gothard, previously head of sales and marketing at Alexandra Palace, has joined The Hop Farm Country Park in Kent as CEO.
Cmpi claims International Confex 2007 will be ‘the biggest and best yet following considerable investment and a number of new initiatives designed to improve the visitor experience, increase visitor numbers and develop the show for the future making it a must attend ‘event’ rather than just another exhibition.'
Evolution Partners, the live event agency, has formed a new company, Evolution 24, following the acquisition of Audio Visual Solutions.
Weston Park won the Heart of England Award for Visitor Attractions at the Taste of Staffordshire Awards Dinner held in October.
Two of the industries leading technology brands have agreed a partnership designed to bring more efficiency in meeting and events procurement for venues.
Weston Park’s head gardener has been named Professional Gardener of the Year 2006 in a top national gardening award.
It was a busy summer for the Royal Horticultural Halls and Conference Centre with the completion of a £1.2m refurbishment.
Insurex Expo-Sure has launched a new insurance product onto the market in time for Bonfire Night and New Year’s Eve celebrations.
International Confex has decided to make paper press packs a thing of the past.
Brighton and Hove Council has granted planning permission for the Brighton i360 which, at 183 metres high and with the observation pod rising to 139 metres, will make it Britain’s highest observation tower, taller than the London Eye.