In a new guest post, Emily Woods at Stream7 shares her guide to maximising engagement and reach for your virtual events.

In this hospitality roundup, Avani Ratchada Bangkok opens, Rixos Hotels opens its thirteenth hotel & Avani Hotels & Resorts to launch in Singapore.

Multi-award-winning video production and streaming specialist First Sight Media provided their services for the British Thoracic Oncology Group annual conference.

Building on our in-depth exploration of counterfeiting in the live events industry, Christian Hertel shares insights on how MADRIX is tackling this challenge and shares plans to raise public awareness on the issue moving forward.

15Hatfields general manager, Warren Campbell, is calling for more research and action as microplastics have been discovered in human brains.

Imagine Events founder Peter Ralph is stepping down after more than four decades, leaving his children to take over the reins.

The Aspiring Leaders Diploma for the hospitality industry has been awarded the Princess Royal Training Award for the third time in a row.

Exhibit 3Sixty has expanded it’s team and moved in to new premises. To celebrate, they invited the Ops Squad to experience a day in the life of a full-service contractor.

Europalco brings the ‘wow-factor’ to the Deloitte IRGAwards with their dancing and piano playing robots.

Hospitality Action has shared some really helpful info for Octobers Walk For Wellbeing. They are encouraging those taking part to be well prepared.

Event Footprints has launched their new four-part smart badge accreditation programme, a first for the UK event industry.

L-Acoustics speaks to TPi about the damage these fake products can cause – not just on profit margins but on the safety of audiences at shows. Photo: Zack Whitman

The Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) has disclosed its carbon emissions record for the last decade in its inaugural Impact Report – revealing a 60 percent reduction in carbon emissions Scope 1 and 2 since 2013, a 41 per-cent reduction in both electricity and waste production, and a 46 percent reduction in water usage.

Over 100k visits were made to Edinburgh International Book Festival’s new home at the newly opened Edinburgh Futures Institute from 10-25 August 2024, with ticket and book sales significantly up on previous years, and thousands of curious passers-by exploring and enjoying the new site, amongst the heart of Edinburgh’s festival action.  

The Showman’s Show, Qdos Event Hire, and the National Outdoor Event Association (NOEA) have partnered to launch the Event 100 Club. The collaboration, borne out of the combined ages of the organisations, as they each celebrate significant anniversaries, will see the launch of an experiential events exhibition at The Showman’s Show this autumn, and the creation of a networking club for industry professionals.

Scotland’s proposed 25p charge on disposable plastic cups aims to change behavior and encourage sustainability. But is the charge to low to work?