ONE of the UK’s fastest-growing paid media advertising agencies, Tag Digital, has achieved record revenue fuelled by investment in AI technology, major contract renewals, and work on some of the biggest events in North America and the Middle East.

Gilmerton House, is delighted to become part of a new European collection of 20 luxury properties launched by the fastest-growing property management company in Europe, ALTIDO. ALTIDO manages over 2,500 properties across Europe, with a diverse portfolio of apartments, townhouses, aparthotels, and serviced apartments. The new curated ‘Luxe Collection’, which includes GILMERTON HOUSE, has been designed to appeal to discerning travelers looking for standout and luxurious places to stay in key European destinations.

Registration for the 2023 M&IT Agency Challenge is now open. M&IT is inviting you to unlock your potential and celebrate the Agency Challenge’s 10th anniversary on 3-4 October 2023 at an all-new venue. Attendees will enjoy a two-day networking extravaganza at the Park Regis Birmingham, where they’ll experience an exciting line up of brand new challenges, educational sessions and excellent hospitality.

“It’s an awful lot harder to make money in this industry nowadays.” High-end experiential agency Noble Events has appointed a new managing director, as founder and current MD Penny Noble moves into a newly-created CEO role. Sarah Cox, the current deputy MD, moves up to take on the MD role, leading the business across both strategic office locations in the UK and Dubai. M&IT editor Paul Harvey caught up with Noble and Cox to discover what the changes mean for Noble Events, how the company will be evolving, and just how Penny Noble sees the state of the sector at the moment, after having been – in her own words – “launching cars for 35 years”.

Show organisers are promising “a few surprises” at the show, which takes place on 23-25 May at Messe Frankfurt.

We Invented the Weekend, a brand new festival, based in Salford, with a bold claim within its name and, as co-founder Wayne Hemingway MBE points out “If you’re going to claim that a place invented the weekend, you better get it right”.

For the first time this year, Pro Integration Future Asia (PIFA) will include a UK Pavilion, to showcase products and services from UK-based companies. Furthermore, to help reduce exhibition costs, 6-square-meter stands in the UK Pavilion are now available for only £1,500 (originally £2,550).

The global live touring industry once again descends on Evolution London for a record-breaking year for the sector’s favourite annual night out. It only seems like yesterday when Team TPi was rocking-up to Evolution London for the 2022 edition of the TPi Awards – truth be told, it hadn’t quite been 12 months since the previous year’s Awards were postponed to May due to COVID-19. However, if you were to think that the shortened gap between the two events would quell the flames of excitement for our annual soirée, you’d be sadly mistaken. With our new headline sponsor, Rock-it Global, the TPi Awards 2023 welcomed a staggering 1,736 people from the multifaceted live touring industry to celebrate the entire global events community.

As the Bank of England announces a rise in interest rates, we hear from Lionel Benjamin, Co-Founder at AGO Hotels, about the effect on the events industry.

An AV technology business specialising in outdoor cinema screens, sold out of flat screen TVs in anticipation of King Charles III’s coronation.

Following on from the international industry-wide survey conducted in November 2022, PLASA and #WeMakeEvents have now published the full report, which is now available to download for free.

PlugFest returned to Lille France from 7-9 March, bringing together lighting professionals from across Europe to test products and learn about the latest protocols and standards.

Germany-based titans of the live music industry CTS Eventim and Deutsche Entertainment AG (DEAG) have posted record-breaking financial results for 2022.

Providence Equity Partners has agreed a deal to acquire nternational exhibition organiser Hyve Group for approximately £481m.

ExCeL London has appointed Roger Hooker to the role of chief operating officer in a move that strengthens the venue’s executive leadership team. Hooker, whose father was also a prominent figure within the events industry, brings with him more than 25 years’ experience – garnered both in the UK and abroad – from leading organisations including Ascot Racecourse, the former Wembley Stadium Ltd and the Baku European Games.

The Association of Event Venues (AEV) has appointed Olympia London CEO Julie Driscoll to its board. Driscoll, who has previously served on the boards of the Association of Event Organisers (AEO) and the Event Industry Alliance (EIA), was appointed as CEO of Olympia in November last year.