The findings from the first ever All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) Inquiry into the international competitiveness of the UK events industry have been released. The report calls on Government to play its part in growing the sector’s value from its present £36bn to a projected £48.4bn by 2020.
According to a recent poll of London City Selection's venue members events business in the City of London has increased compared with bookings in 2012. 75% of members reported increased bookings compared with 2012, with 30% seeing more business from the IT and technology sector and 24% reporting a rise in events business from the financial sector.
VisitBritain has welcomed the introduction of a new visa free scheme for visitors to the UK from the Gulf.
Prestige Venues and Events, the hospitality and catering experts behind some of Scotland's best known venues are promising a New Year sale to thrill Conference and Event bookers across the country.
Attendees at the Conference Summit in London's Dexter House, which took place on 6th December, cast their votes to the question: 'How do you see the events industry evolving in 2014?' at a stand run by event app manufacturers Slido.
De Vere Venues is reportedly close to agreeing a £230m sale of its conference venues, which is decidedly less than the £300m it was expected to fetch when it went on sale in April of this year.
The Congress Centre team had stars in their eyes when record producer, Pete Waterman, visited the venue on 28th November. Alas, he hadn't come to launch their new pop careers; he was attending a rail industry conference held at the central London venue. Pete is evidently chair of the London and North Western Heritage Railway Company. They can but dream!
Burleigh Court, a 4 star accredited residential conference centre and hotel in Loughborough, has been awarded Gold in the Hotel of the Year category at the Leicester and Leicestershire Excellence in Tourism Awards. Burleigh Court, which is part of Imago's Loughborough University conference offering, will now go forward to the VisitEngland Awards for Excellence in the Large Hotel category.
The Britain for Events campaign has created two new member groups as part of a programme to develop the campaign as it builds up to the launch of the All Party Parliamentary Group Inquiry (APPGI) report, and forward into 2014.
Westminster venue, Church House Conference Centre, is to welcome Three Wine Men during December for the closing event of their national tour.
