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Jul 5, 2012
2 min

Meetings Show Team continues to grow to meet ongoing success.

Julie Mayeras takes on the role of Hosted Buyer Manager, helping to manage almost £1,000,000 of budget dedicated to delivering 1,500 top class qualified buyers from across the UK and Europe. Julie joins the Meetings Show team from Atout France – the French tourist board, where she spent six years dedicated to the meetings industry. In particular, Julie spent three of those years focused on and based in the UK and Irish markets. Sale Manager, Adam Garside will work alongside

Jul 2, 2012
2 min

Congress Rental Singapore delivers equipment for high profile event in three days.

Congress Rental Network (CRN), has delivered congress systems to a high profile economic meeting with three days notice. The meeting was organised by the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) – a forum for facilitating economic growth, co-operation, trade and investment in the Asia Pacific region – at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. The event was organised jointly by the Singapore Government, the APEC Secretariat based in Singapore and the Russian APEC member. The four

Jun 29, 2012
2 min

Technology is not a solution

Actually, before I upset a huge demographic I should perhaps clarify my sweeping generalisation in the headline. Technology is very often a solution; however we must not forget that machines, software and the myriad of technologies available to us as businesses and individuals are more often than not ways to more efficiently and effectively get something done. I am currently fairly obsessed with my iPad and have become a little more “app happy” than usual during the last cou

Jun 28, 2012
2 min

Barbican supports Apps for Good Awards

Barbican hosts first Apps for Good Awards presented by Tomorrow’s World presenter Maggie Philbin. The Barbican will host the inaugural Apps for Good Awards – an event which aims to inspire the next generation of young people to solve problems and create apps. Apps for Good (www.appsforgood.org) is the brainchild of non-profit organisation CDI Europe. Over the past 12 months 1,200 students from 40 schools have attended Apps for Good courses and from this, more than 200 teams h

Jun 27, 2012
2 min

Magenta Security decreases staff turnover

Magenta manages to maintain figures closer to 12%.” Magenta Security, one of the leading private security companies in the UK, with offices in London, Birmingham, Kent, Middlesex, Swindon and Manchester, has enhanced its reputation and stayed well ahead of the industry’s damming staff retention statistics through the provision of great staff benefits. The company has long been advocating for pensions for security guards, and taken measures which are seen as noteworthy in the

Jun 27, 2012
2 min

Is it possible to blame technology?

Now I am aware that the software involved doesn’t have the capacity to feel blame but I cannot help wondering if somewhere in RBS, there sits a few lines of ‘1’s and ‘0’s feeling slightly sorry for themselves and wondering how it can all be their fault. Technology is all around us, it runs our lives, and behind almost every piece of equipment there sits a bit of software. However, is it really the software’s fault when things go wrong? We tend to quickly blame our computers

Jun 27, 2012
2 min

ISM Going for Gold conference a success at LSO St Luke’s

LSO St Luke’s has been hailed a success by organisers. LSO St Luke’s, one of London’s most unique venues, was chosen to host the annual conference due to its association with musical performance but also because it is located in the centre of the Olympic Games host city and reflected the theme of this year’s event – aspiration and achievement. The ISM Conference provides an opportunity for music professionals to come together to discover, learn, and network. This year’s two d

Jun 26, 2012
2 min

Quality, environment and health and safety increasing in importance in civils sector

Certification International. More companies from the civil engineering and recycling sectors are achieving certification to internationally recognised quality, environmental and health and safety standards, according to Certification International. Since the beginning of the year Certification International, which provides assessment, analysis and certification services to companies of all sizes across a variety of standards, has seen increased demand for the ISO 9001:2008, I

Jun 26, 2012
2 min

Craft Guild of Chefs Awards dinner goes for Gold at Wembley Stadium

Wembley Stadium recently played host to the Craft Guild of Chefs annual awards dinner – the first time the event has been held at the venue. The Craft Guild of Chefs is the leading chef’s association in the UK and the awards recognise the leading talent working in kitchens across the industry. More than 690 guests attended the event in the Bobby Moore Room, which was dressed in line with the theme ‘Going for Gold’. The Bobby Moore Room is the ‘jewel in the crown’ at Wembley S

Jun 21, 2012
2 min

Church House Conference Centre hosts IAWJ conference

Church House Conference Centre has played host to another high profile international event, attracting delegates from all over the world. The International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ) chose the Westminster venue as the location for its 11th international conference when it was held in May. The biennial conference attracted 600 women judges from 50 countries around the world. The event, which was previously held in Seoul, South Korea in 2010, also included an evening re

Jun 14, 2012
2 min

China Telecom (Europe) choose LSO St Luke’s for launch of new service

LSO St Luke’s was chosen as the host venue for the launch of a new mobile service CTExcelbiz from China Telecom (Europe). The event to celebrate CTExcelbiz was attended by a host of Chinese and UK dignitaries who took in the splendour of Jerwood Hall during a high tech launch party. The event saw the venue transformed, with individual pods around the side of the hall and LED panels around the balcony, to stage the official launch of CTExcelbiz MVNO (mobile virtual network ope

Jun 14, 2012
2 min

Kyoto to bring business success to AIBTM

Kyoto Convention Bureau’s stand at AIBTM (Baltimore, USA) next week will be presented with an amulet from Kurumazaki shrine to help them be more successful in their business. One experience that defines meeting events in Kyoto is the complete immersion in Japanese heritage. There are nearly 2,000 Shinto shrines in Kyoto, and many of them support business coming to the city and are available for corporate events. Shinto is the indigenous set of beliefs that has guided Japanese

Jun 11, 2012
2 min

Kyoto Convention Bureau sees 11% increase in membership.

Kyoto Convention Bureau sees significant increase in membership as incoming meeting, incentive and conference business grows. Kyoto Convention Bureau has seen an 11% increase in membership as the conference, events and incentive markets continues to grow. The city is becoming a popular centre for global events and conferences which has resulted in increased demand for venues, services and infrastructure. Since March 2012, the number of members has grown from 244 to 270. Estab

Jun 7, 2012
2 min

Jubilee celebrated in style at Church House Conference Centre

Church House Conference Centre – one of Westminster’s most sophisticated venues – invited clients and staff to a Diamond Jubilee High Tea on Friday, June 1st. The celebration party saw over 100 guests take in an afternoon of sumptuous food and drink – provided by the venue’s award winning in-house event caterer Kudos, and entertainment provided by musical duo The Cash Cows, giving guests a chance to see the stunning venue in all its glory. The party was also an opportunity fo

Jun 6, 2012
2 min

The Oysters sign an exclusive partnership with The Meetings Show UK

The Meetings Show UK. The partnership will see the two organisations working together on mutually beneficial business development activity within the UK throughout the coming year. Marie Anne Barthet Brown, Senior Manager M.I.C.E. UK & Ireland, Malta Tourism Authority said: “We are delighted to be partnering with The Meetings Show UK and see the partnership as a very effective way for us to reach senior buyers. We strongly believe that the UK needs a fully hosted show and we

Jun 6, 2012
2 min

CRN member supplies congress systems to United Nations conference

Congress Rental Network (CRN), recently supplied congress systems to the thirteenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD XIII). The conference – convened for the first time in an Arab country – was held at the Qatar National Convention Centre in Doha. UNCTAD XIII was attended by a host of world leaders and senior ministers of finance and trade. Established in 1964, UNCTAD promotes the development-friendly integration of developing countrie

May 30, 2012
4 min

Things you didn’t know about the Barbican

Barbican – Europe’s largest combined conference and arts venue. Barbican was built as part of London’s Barbican development and was officially opened in March 1982 by HM Queen Elizabeth. Unlike many other venues, it was specifically built with the dual purpose of holding conferences and arts events and this ensures it remains one of the world’s most creative venues. The Barbican offers business clients a variety of spaces for their event which are capable of holding meetings

May 24, 2012
2 min

CRN makes strong start with new business

Congress Rental Network (CRN), a global network of top quality event industry suppliers, has had a strong first quarter in 2012, winning new business and increasing its membership in new regions. Most recently, CRN’s member from Mexico – Van Der Corp S.A. de C.V – provided a range of congress equipment for an internal meeting between G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in Mexico City ahead of the main G20 meeting which takes place in the country in June. Van Der

May 24, 2012
3 min

CSR Turned Upside Down – Why Kyoto’ temples want to give back to the meetings industry

Kyoto, Japan are seeking to give back to the business community through involvement with events. With more UNESCO world heritage sites than any other city in the world, Kyoto is home to more than 2,000 temples and shrines – many of which have become available for corporate events over the last few years. In fact, the one experience that defines meeting events in Kyoto is the complete immersion in Japanese heritage via a reception or dinner at a Buddhist temple. Kyoto Conventi

May 24, 2012
2 min

Meetings Brain Food Supplement Launched

Meetings Mindset® Brain Food was unveiled today at IMEX Frankfurt by Meetings Mindset® Founder and CEO, Jonathan Bradshaw. The supplement, which is based on omega-3 fatty acids is the latest offering from Meetings Mindset®, a company specialising in the improvement of delegate and attendee performance. The launch of the Brain Food product complements the existing face to face, online and on-site performance solutions that the company offers and is the first of what is hoped