#Blogs

Aug 8, 2012
2 min

Congratulations to Team GB

Congratulations to Team GB at the London 2012 Olympics The London 2012 Olympics had an almighty weekend dubbed Super Saturday and Smashing Sunday. Followed up by a superb Monday and Tuesday as the Gold Rush continues… From athletics events including ‘The only way is Ennis’- Jess Ennis winning gold in the heptathlon and Usain Bolt maintaining his title of fastest 100m runner in the world ever to success on horseback and bikes – the utter determination that we have seen from t

Aug 2, 2012
2 min

Education Panel demonstrates importance of learning opportunities at The Meetings Show UK

The Meetings Show UK’s Education Panel has been announced, clearly demonstrating Centaur Exhibition’s commitment to the creation of a show that is as focused on learning and development as it is about networking and exhibiting. The Education Panel, chaired by Sally Greenhill, Managing Director, The Right Solution will be instrumental in the selection and development of The Meetings Show UK’s education programme, bringing together a range of speakers and industry leaders from

Aug 2, 2012
2 min

MPI UK and Ireland Chapter members take up international roles

MPI UK and Ireland Chapter have taken up key roles on the organisation’s international boards and advisory councils which will see them shaping the future direction of MPI globally. Fiona Pelham, Managing Director of Sustainable Events Ltd, has been appointed onto the international board of directors, a post she will retain until 2015, and is also a member of the international CSR advisory board. In addition, several members have been appointed to MPI advisory councils which

Jul 26, 2012
2 min

Global leaders celebrate 5th anniversary of The Elders at the Barbican.

The Elders, an independent group of global leaders who use their collective experience and influence to promote peace, justice and human rights worldwide, celebrated its 5th anniversary at the Barbican. Chaired by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, The Elders were brought together in 2007 by Nelson Mandela. The event on 2nd July incorporated a panel debate – chaired by Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow – in front of a live audience of 2,000 people in the Barbican Hall. Using the latest

Jul 23, 2012
2 min

Laughter at lunch at Church House Conference Centre

Church House Conference Centre. At its most recent event, the special guest was Welsh comedian and singer Max Boyce, who is renowned for mixing his love of Rugby Union into his comedy. He entertained around 100 guests during the event which was organised to raise money for two charities supported by former Wales international Iestyn Thomas – Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre, and Tenovus cancer charity. During the afternoon, which was compered by former hockey player Roger D

Jul 23, 2012
2 min

MPI UK and Ireland Chapter’s Summer of Fun Series continues

MPI UK and Ireland Chapter is gearing up for the next events in its Summer of Fun Series. Taking place at Imbibe in Southwark on July 30 (6:30 – 9:30pm), MPI members are being invited to come and make the most of what the close knit professional community has to offer. Taking place in the venue’s beautiful gardens, the event will also link up with members attending MPI’s World Education Congress (WEC) in St Louis. A further networking event is also planned for August 31 (venu

Jul 23, 2012
1 min

Free Wi-Fi for Kyoto business visitors

Business visitors to Kyoto will now have free access to Wi-Fi throughout the city. The scheme, which is the largest municipal scheme in Japan, is being launched in a bid to satisfy the needs of smart phone and tablet computer users attending conference and meeting events. After a long period of planning and deployment, routers installed across Kyoto will provide 630 Wi-Fi hotspots and allow up to 3 hours of internet connection by delegates. If the scheme is successful, then a

Jul 18, 2012
3 min

An opportunity to learn

Last week Soaring Worldwide hosted our first ever work experience student. As part of her time with us we asked Annabel to create a blog of the experience… My name is Annabel Richardson and this week (9th – 13th July) I was at the Soaring Worldwide office on my work experience from Hardenhuish School to learn more about the world of PR and what the job contains. Monday After arriving at the office I met all of the team and although I had met Sarah and Adam before it was good

Jul 17, 2012
2 min

Soaring Worldwide wins Tourism Toronto PR campaign

PR and communication specialist Soaring Worldwide has been chosen by Tourism Toronto to promote its hotels and the city as an international conference, event and business tourism destination. In particular, the focus of the PR campaign, which will initially run for six months, is aimed at raising the profile of Toronto’s luxury collection of hotels – 13 premier properties offering incentive and conference visitors the highest possible levels of accommodation and meeting servi

Jul 12, 2012
2 min

LSO St Luke’s approved caterer Moving Venue introduces new Indian catering offering

LSO St Luke’s approved caterers, Moving Venue, has launched a new partnership which will see it offering a new Indian menu. The partnership between Moving Venue and Café Spice Namaste brings together the exemplary Indian cuisine for which Chef Patron Cyrus Todiwala is renowned with the logistical expertise of Moving Venue – experienced event caterers in London for more than 28 years. The collaboration will give private and corporate customers hosting events at LSO St Luke’s t

Jul 12, 2012
2 min

Magenta gives back to charity

In the last 12 months, leading security provider Magenta Security has raised thousands of pounds for charity. The company, which has operations in London, Birmingham, Kent, Middlesex, Swindon and Manchester, supports a wide variety of charitable causes in Africa, India and the UK. Managing Director Abbey Petkar explains: “Supporting charities, at home and abroad, is central to our corporate social responsibility strategy. Business is not just about being successful but also

Jul 12, 2012
2 min

New faces at Church House Conference Centre

A graduate from the University of Nottingham, Sian worked in retail for four and a half years as an assistant merchandiser for Tesco, the Arcadia Group and Debenhams. Before taking the position at Church House, Sian spent eight months as an intern at Fortnum and Mason, Oxfam and Liberty whilst she looked to move into an events industry role. Javier joined the venue’s in-house AV team in March. Before taking up the position, Javier completed a BA in Music with Sound Engineerin

Jul 5, 2012
2 min

UK Economic Impact Study underway

During his speech at the Britain For Events conference yesterday, Micheal Hirst announced the commencement of The UK Economic Impact Study (UKEIS). The study, which is being overseen by the MPI Foundation, will provide a coherent and precise overview of the meetings industry in the UK – its size, value and importance to the UK commercial landscape and economy. Following the selection of Leeds Metropolitan University as the research team for the project, the MPI Foundation has

Jul 5, 2012
2 min

Kyoto temple transformed into meeting events venue

Kanga-an, a former Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto has been transformed into a meeting events venue to meet the growing demand for host venues in the city, and is one of the latest venues to join the Kyoto Convention Bureau. Kanga-an, which dates back to the 17th century when the retired emperor Go Mizuno ordered its opening to enshrine the Holy Spirit of Residential Protection, has been renovated and converted into a restaurant to maintain the beauty and sublime peacefulness o

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