News

BMA House, a stunning Grade II listed building located in fashionable Bloomsbury, central London, has appointed Rowan Bennett to its events team as Sales and Marketing Manager. 

The Cardiff Hoteliers’ Association has appointed the Vale Resort's Managing Director, Stephen Leeke, as the new chair for 2014 to continue its work of attracting tourism and business travel into the Welsh capital.

The fifth annual British Meetings and Events Industry Survey (BMEIS) has ranked Birmingham as the most popular destination outside London for meetings, conferences and events.

Meet Telford & Shropshire, part of Telford & Wrekin Council, have unveiled ambitious plans to become a leading venue for outdoor events, festivals, concerts and teambuilding.

Glasgow event venue and Scotland's National Stadium Hampden Park has revealed a new five-year high in the number of confirmed Christmas party bookings providing another clear signal that the nation is easing its way out of recession.

UK-based company Xavy has launched a B2B video platform that allows conference organisers to publish or monetise their video content. 

International Confex received the Best Use of Social Media award at the recent Event Technology Awards. The award highlights the show’s expanding use of digital technology to connect both buyer and supplier.

Share a Positive Impact campaign has been launched today (15th November). The campaign is designed to create a global collaborative vision for a more sustainable events industry and calls upon anyone working within events to share examples they’ve seen of sustainability in action online.

Delegate and supplier registration has now opened for the EXECSec Summit.

Councilor Gordon Matheson, Leader of Glasgow City Council opened the Business Tourism Scotland Conference 2013, held on 11th November at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre. Addressing over 300 business tourism professionals from across Scotland he praised Glasgow’s business tourism industry: “In the last eight years, 2,200 conferences have taken place in Glasgow generating more than £1bn for the local economy.”