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Venues of Excellence announces collaboration with Institute of Hospitality

Consortium Venues of Excellence (VOE) has announced that it has become a strategic partner of the Institute of Hospitality (IOH). Executive director of the VOE, Mandy Jennings

The days of deals will soon be dead

CEO of DRPG, Dale Parmenter, on how Covid-19 will affect the market for event suppliers. A recent BVEP report has stated up to 60%

Make Events changes strategy but not its vision

Cheshire-based brand experience agency, Make Events has launched a post-pandemic business strategy, which CEO Holly Moore, says is: “Not a temporary pivot, it’s a

BVEP and Smyle Agency publish open letter to the live events industry

CEO of Smyle agency, Rick Stainton, and chairman of the Business Visits and Events Partnership (BVEP), Simon Hughes (pictured), have published an open letter to those

Mayor of Liverpool demands ‘urgent’ timeline for business events from Government

In a letter to the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, and secretary of state for Culture, Media and Sport, Oliver Dowden, the senior leaders call for

Online platform reports 32.5% growth in venue enquiries

The results came during the week 5-12 July

ICC Wales and Celtic Manor make 450 redundancies as Welsh MP criticises owner

It comes as a major blow to the £70bn events industry, for which £32bn comes from business events such as conferences and trade-shows

Chancellor unveils new measures to protect jobs

Addressing the House of Commons, 8 July, the chancellor unveiled a Jobs Retention Bonus, giving £1,000 to businesses who bring back employees from furlough

SEC confirms £168m worth of future conference business

Major international and UK conferences won since the end of last year will take place between 2021 and 2026 and range in size from

Wizme appoints new non-executive director

Wizme, a meetings and groups management platform, has appointed Trevor Elswood as non-executive director. Elswood has worked previously at Capita Travel and Events as chief commercial officer. In

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