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How to navigate the new ETIA regulations as a MICE traveller
Ahead of the new ETIA regulations being implemented for European travel, here are 8 things you need to know to ensure your MICE trip runs smoothly.
Current industry trends affecting MICE travel
Is international MICE travel back to pre-pandemic levels? Are carbon budgets replacing financial budgets? Is ‘Bleisure’ the top industry swing for 2024? Here are the current European MICE travel trends for 2024 from Accor’s Business of Travel report.
Is the lack of clear communication costing the events industry millions?
Neil Warburton highlights the dwindling art of meaningful conversation and rising hidden costs in the events industry.
How to bring magic into your events
The need for a little magic in our lives — and at our events — feels more pressing than ever before.
Staffing Status
Navigating the industry recruitment crisis, H&E North speaks to some industry voices to find out the latest advice to build your resources. Crisis, Yes or No The recruitment crisis is the buzzword currently overshadowing the events industry, but what we don’t often acknowledge is how it hits each business differently. Richard Morris, Owner of Hospitality Staffing, says: “Attracting candidates to jobs within the hospitality industry has never been harder. A lot of people have left the industry post- pandemic to pursue careers in other industries, and more companies are putting a bigger emphasis on staff retention meaning hiring has never been so challenging.”
Disney’s immersive brand activation
Disney ran a one-day activation during the height of summer which hosted family and friends as well as influencers.
Incentive Inspiration: The Heavenly Spa at Westin London
Send delegates to cloud nine with a spa day and Germaine de Capuccini facial in the city centre.
Creativity, Consideration & Continuity: The 3 Cs of Sponsorship Activation
Jonathan Izzard, Strategy Director at Wonder, explores what it takes to create memorable and unique sponsorship activation experiences.
Ascot Racecourse releases sustainability report
Ascot Racecourse has released its ‘Racing To Zero’ report, demonstrating how it is aiming to halve emissions by 2030 and achieve net-zero by 2040.
Smart Group acquires Story Events
Event management and hospitality company Smart Group has acquired boutique London event management company Story Events.
RingCentral acquires Hopin product
The acquisition includes technology assets, customer relationships, and engineering, product, Hopin Events and Hopin Session
Around the world in venues – August
All the freshest business meetings and events venue updates from across the UK and the world…
Fear factory – don’t be scared of your data
There is an undercurrent of fear in the meetings and events world – rarely verbalised, even behind closed doors – of robustly measuring the performance of our events. A fear of collecting data that might put a spotlight on the flaws we didn’t even know existed. We’re scared that these insights might make our function more vulnerable to business criticism – or that knowing what’s not working is worse than knowing nothing at all. But in a world where corporate events teams are being cut and senior event leaders are facing redundancy, now is the time to combat those fears to leverage event performance data properly. How can we turn our insights from being the monster under the bed to a tool that secures the future of corporate event programmes?
Listen: ‘Give the industry a pound and it’ll give the government five pounds back’
Skills, equity and sustainability are becoming greater priorities for planners, according to The Business of Events’ recent 2023 International Planner Sentiment Report. M&IT editor Paul Harvey caught up with Martin Fullard, director of news and content at The Business of Events, to get a deeper dive on the report – and the general state of the sector.
Record visitor numbers as The Meetings Show 2023 celebrates connections
The Meetings Show 2023 welcomed a record 5,704 attendees through the doors of ExCeL, London in June. There were 28,070 connections made via the Swapcard app, both before and during the show (28-29 June), where buyers were welcomed to #TakeTheTime to learn, network and be inspired at the leading event for the meetings and events community.
LISTEN: “Business and sporting events are both catalysts for economic and social progress”
Listen as M&IT editor Paul Harvey catches up with Neil Brownlee, head of business events at Visit Scotland, about what sporting and business events can learn from one another. With Glasgow and Scotland currently hosting the UCI Cycling World Championships and with Glasgow having been named the European Capital of Sport, the first city to hold the accolade twice, Brownlee let us in on what all this sport means for the city, for Scotland as a whole, and specifically for business events.
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