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Wyboston Lakes Resort Offers Wellbeing Experiences At Begwary Brook Nature Reserve
Wyboston Lakes Resort are offering wellbeing activities at the Begwary Brook Nature Reserve, including nature walks and wild work days.
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Prismm Partners With Perfect Venue For Integrated Floor Planning & Event Management
Prismm has announced a new their new partnership with Perfect Venue. For clients of either company, accounts can be linked to provide access to the available tools and services.
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Meetings Industry Association Reveals miaList 2024 Finalists
The Meetings Industry Association miaList finalists for 2024 has been announced. They have received a record-breaking number of nominations for a third consecutive year.
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Tiree Music Festival TV
The beloved Scottish beachfront festival Tiree Music Festival, known fondly as TMF, is set to launch its new digital offering, TMF TV. This will bring an exclusive insight into the festival’s world-class performances, famous community atmosphere, and west coast craic.
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Get Ready To Unleash Your Fringe As The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 Begins
The official start of the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which will run until Monday 26 August. Artists from 58 countries will be represented at the Fringe this August, with 849 shows from Scotland and 608 from Edinburgh itself. With a vision to give anyone a stage and everyone a seat, at this year’s Fringe the average ticket price is less than £13. There are 456 free shows and another 686 using the ‘pay what you want’ or ‘pay what you can’ model, ensuring Fringe audiences can experience a variety of work at an accessible cost.
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The Business Of Events Publishes Policy Agenda – A Series Of Recommendations To Boost The UK Economy Through Events
As the UK General Election approaches its final stages, The Business of Events (TBOE) has published its Policy Agenda, featuring seven critical recommendations aimed at enhancing the UK’s economy and promoting advancements in knowledge exchange through events. This comprehensive agenda is designed to inform and influence the incoming administration and policymakers about the vast opportunities within the UK’s event ecosystem.
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The Business Of Events Publishes Latest International Planner Sentiment Report 2024
The Business of Events (TBOE) has today published its latest annual International Planner Sentiment Report for 2024, created in partnership with Meet in Ireland and IBTM World. The annual report, which was first published in 2020, uses desk-based research to track the sentiment of planners in ten specific areas to determine the key factors influencing their choice of destination. The audiences surveyed include planners from corporate, association, agency and incentive & reward across the UK, Europe and North America.
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Energy Management Solutions Powers On The Beach
An innovative event power solution was deployed by Energy Management Solutions to run the whole site from a large battery for the first time in the UK, reducing carbon emissions at Brighton’s series of On The Beach shows.
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Observatory Powers Electric Forest Visuals With Hippotizer
Michigan’s beloved multi-genre Electric Forest festival ramped up its AV offering this year, with the monumental Sherwood Court stage’s proscenium arch LED screen displaying content powered by tvONE’s Green Hippo brand of Hippotizer media servers.
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10TH Anniversary of Backup’s Village Fete Raises Record £56,300
For one glorious day on 11 July, the live events industry came together at the Backup Village Fete to raise much needed funds for supporting those working in the industry when they need it most. This year’s event smashed all expectations, raising a record breaking £56,300 on the day. Even the weather could not resist a day out, as un-forecast sunshine made a welcome appearance for the duration of the event. “The Parish of Backup has its own micro-climate,” laughed Vice Chair of Backup and Mayor of the Parish Fete, Lee Dennison.
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Emirates Old Trafford Wins Major Conference
Destination Emirates Old Trafford has secured the Hospital and Specialty Optometrists Conference, organised by the Association of Optometrists, a leading UK membership organisation for professionals in the optical sector.
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New Jobs in UK Hospitality Sector ‘Non Existent’
Paul Gilley says he has never seen so few new jobs in the UK hospitality sector – across restaurants, bars and hotels.
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The Venues Collection Showcase Sustainability
The Venues Collection (TVC) is the first UK venue chain to remove dairy ingredients from all dessert menus across all its five venues.
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Broadwick Group Launches Charity To Enhance Community Engagement
Venue operator Broadwick Group has unveiled its new charity, 9.8, aimed at enhancing community engagement and accessibility at its venues, including the largest, Drumsheds. Since opening the 15,000-capacity North London venue in September 2023, the charity has distributed 5,000 free event tickets and partnered with local charities to offer subsidised space. Named after the Earth’s average gravitational pull of 9.8 meters per second squared, the charity aspires to create “centres of cultural gravity” where diverse groups can experience music, art, and culture.
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DHP Family To Take Over Nottingham Venue With 100-Year History
One of Nottingham’s most cherished venues, with a history spanning nearly 100 years, is set to reopen this September under the ownership of DHP Family. The 2,500-capacity venue, which recently operated as a Pryzm nightclub, will return to its original name, The Palais, just in time to celebrate its centenary in 2025. Local promoter and venue owner DHP Family is leading a rejuvenation project to restore the space on Lower Parliament Street. The refurbishments include a new stage and PA system.
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The Loop Launches Drug Checking Online Training Courses
Drug checking service The Loop has unveiled a series of online training courses aimed at delivering more in-depth knowledge of the drug market, drug use, and harm reduction. The upcoming courses cover a range of topics, including the latest trends in the UK drug market, responses to drug use at music festivals and outdoor events, and deep dives into substances such as MDMA and ketamine. Specific courses also focus on drink spiking, drug-facilitated sexual assault, harm reduction theories and chemsex.
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