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Maya Gilbert Completes 2,700-Mile Coastal Walk For Hospitality Action
Maya Gilbert has completed her epic 2,700-mile fundraising journey that saw her walk the entire length of the England coast path in 120 days.
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Soundshape Aims To Solve Accessibility & Translation Challenges
A new plug-and-play solution has been launched to provide event organisers and AV professionals with a powerful and cost-effective tool for delivering real-time captioning.
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Celebrating Our 5 Year Journey With The Events Insight Podcast
Jack Saward of Saward Marketing Events and Karen Edwards from Bright Events came together to create the Event Insights Podcast. In this article, Jack shares the 5 year journey to over 100 episodes.
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From Teenage DJ To Portugal’s Largest Event Solutions Group
Pedro Magalhães shares his founder story. He started playing music at gigs which led to providing equipment to bands, producing events and on to DJing. It wasn’t long before he created Europalco.
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Insights Into Mental Health: Hospitality Action’s ‘Taking The Temperature’ Survey
Hospitality Action recently published a report based on it’s yearly industry-wide wellbeing survey. Jeremy Gibson⁠ from Hospitality Action and I discuss the insights and issues raised by the survey.
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This Week In Events For Friday 3rd October 2025
We take a look at the figures unveiled at the recent Labour Party Conference in ACC Liverpool, the Isle of Wight festival increased profits despite fall in attendance, and the launch of the Power Of Events Schools Engagement Program for London.
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World’s Biggest Capsule Hotel Launched In Central London
Zedwell is challenging the conventions of traditional hotels with the launch of the World’s largest Capsule Hotel in Piccadilly Circus, London.
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Allianz Stadium Unveils Meetings & Events Vision
Allianz Stadium, Twickenham, has announced a new vision for its meetings and events business with the unveiling of a bold, design-led proposition for event organisers. The announcement follows the imminent arrival of the onsite Radisson RED hotel brand.
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Convene Hospitality Group Announces New Special Events Venue at Historic Terminal Warehouse
Convene Hospitality Group (CHG), operator of a global portfolio of lifestyle brands focused on creating the places and experiences that bring people together, today announced a new independently branded venue at historic New York City landmark Terminal Warehouse: The Mallory.
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CHS Birmingham 2025: A Buyer Journey with Personality, Purpose and Plenty of Perks
CHS Birmingham is rolling out its trademark welcome for event professionals when it returns to ICC Birmingham, 28th October. The event is promising buyers a combination of business focus, with the personality and care that have become its hallmark.
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Tougher times ahead for incentive travel, says 2025 ITI
Incentive travel is set to see modest growth through 2027, tempered by mounting concerns around rising costs, global instability, and shrinking optimism, according to the 2025 Incentive Travel Index (ITI).
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Box office open for beam’s 2026 gala dinner at The Belfry
The box office is open for beam’s annual gala dinner, taking place on Friday 30 January 2026 in the newly opened Masters Suite at The Belfry.
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Reach announces University of Greenwich as 2026 university partner
The Reach (Race, Ethnicity And Cultural Heritage) Events Scholarship Initiative has confirmed the University of Greenwich as its 2026 university partner, aligning the programme with one of the UK’s most diverse student communities and a leading centre for events and hospitality education.
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Smyle Group to merge with Identity
Experiential creative agency Smyle Group is to be rebranded Identity and become part of the independent agency.
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Boomtown Fair to undergo radical redesign
Boomtown Fair co-founder Luke Mitchell has outlined plans to create ‘a new kind of Boomtown’ having secured a 20% increase in the event’s capacity.
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Greenbelt Festival organisers searching for a new site
Greenbelt Festival (cap. 20,000) has confirmed that 2026 will be its final year at Boughton House, the Northamptonshire estate that has hosted the event since 2013.
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