Events to play major role in Tourism Sector Deal as it advances to next stage
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- Wednesday, 28 November 2018
The government has signalled its intention to agree a landmark Tourism Sector Deal for the UK tourism industry in a bid to attract more domestic and overseas visitors and help drive major economic growth.
The UK events sector, which is worth more than £42.3bn a year to the economy, is set to play a major role in the delivery of the plan, that will focus on boosting productivity by better utilisation of existing capacities, extending the season and attracting more business visitors and event attendees to all parts of the UK.
VisitBritain welcomes Eurostar and Virgin Trains partnership to drive international business events to the UK
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- Tuesday, 27 November 2018
VisitBritain welcomes Eurostar and Virgin Trains partnership to drive international business events to the UK
VisitBritain today welcomes a new Eurostar and Virgin Trains partnership to offer a united travel service for the meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) market, to drive growth in international business events to the UK.
New Events Apprenticeship Website Launches
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- Thursday, 08 November 2018
The ongoing growth of the Event Management Apprenticeship programme marks a new milestone with the launch of its new web portal. At the same time a new name is applied to the programme, now known as Get into Events, and can be seen here www.getintoevents.org.uk.
This new hub of information will be further developed in the coming months, providing a central resource of information for employers, apprentices, and industry stakeholders.
AEO - UK Events Industry an Export Success Story
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- Tuesday, 06 November 2018
The Association of Event Organisers has launched its annual Global Events Study, sponsored by GES, which tracks international market trends of UK organisers.
The results for the 2017/18 period show a staggering like-for-like increase in overseas turnover of 36% with £2.1bn generated by those UK businesses that took part in the research project. According to the latest ONS figures*, this places the UK events industry in the top ten UK service exports.
The Business of Events London Programme Celebrates 3,788 Years of Industry Experience
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- Friday, 26 October 2018
The Business of Events Senior Leadership Forum today celebrated a wealth of shared knowledge with attendees having a combined 3,788 years, 9 months and five days experience in the events industry.
Today’s event welcomed more than 100 senior leaders from the events industry, government officials and Members of Parliament.
Economic Value of Events (report) - Survey
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- Friday, 26 October 2018
Bournemouth University is seeking support in gaining valuable information on the contribution of outdoor events in the UK. This is something relevant to all Industry Associations, whether for economic, community, cultural, sporting or licensing reasons.
The Value of Events project aims to establish the economic and socio-cultural value of outdoor events and therefore support from industry associations is necessary to ensure the majority of the industry are represented fairly and have the opportunity of being part of the research. The project findings will provide both event organisers and local authorities with greater knowledge of the contribution of outdoor events which can be used when making decisions on supporting and staging events.
VisitBritain/VisitEngland reports on year of tourism growth
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- Tuesday, 09 October 2018
Visitors spent more than £1 billion in Britain last year as a result of activity by national tourism agency VisitBritain/VisitEngland latest figures show.
This means that for every pound invested in the agency, visitors spent £25 in Britain. As well as the UK Government investment, the agency had attracted £13 million of investment in cash and in-kind from commercial partners and delivered £2 million profit from its online shop – money which is reinvested into its activities to grow the value of tourism.
Best of UK’s business events industry on show to Chinese meeting and incentive planners
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- Thursday, 27 September 2018
VisitBritain is this week showcasing to the Chinese business events market why the UK should be its destination of choice for meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE).
The national tourism agency’s inaugural ‘MeetGB China’ event, being held in Edinburgh on Friday 28 September, is bringing together 27 meeting and incentives suppliers from across the UK with Chinese buyers to do business.
APPG Evidence Session - 'Give us more support', industry tells MPs
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- Wednesday, 12 September 2018
First published by Meetings and Incentive Travel on 11/09/2018.
London venues told MPs that they need more support from government to help grow the industry in an evidence session in Parliament.
VisitBritain - Tradeshow Excellence leads as the first workshop for Your Partner in Business Events programme
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- Monday, 30 July 2018
VisitBritain has this week held its inaugural workshop designed to support the development and competitiveness of business events to the UK.
The Tradeshow Excellence workshop, hosted at CentrEd at the ExCeL London, saw 20 attendees learn how to maximise their investment and presence at international business event tradeshows.
Tourism Alliance re-elects BVEP representative to its Board of Directors
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- Monday, 23 July 2018
At its Annual General Meeting held today (Monday, 23rd July 2018), Michael Hirst OBE, Chairman of the Business Visits and Events Partnership (BVEP), was reappointed for a three-year term to the board of the Tourism Alliance, the body that represents over fifty organisations covering the diverse sectors making up Britain’s visitor economy.
Hirst has been a Tourism Alliance board member for the past fifteen years, was Chairman of the Alliance in 2013 and has also served as Treasurer and on the Executive Committee.
Nick de Bois quits EIB as he joins Raab’s Brexit team
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- Thursday, 19 July 2018
First published in Conference News on 17th July 2018.
Events Industry Board chairman, leading Brexiteer and former Conservative MP Nick de Bois, is stepping down from the EIB role as he takes up the post of chief of staff to Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab.
Grant applications open for programme to boost international business events across UK
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- Thursday, 12 July 2018
Applications for grants are being called for VisitBritain’s programme to secure new international business events for the UK and to grow the value of existing events, boosting the economy.
VisitBritain’s Business Events Growth Programme* provides support to the UK’s business events sector with two funding strands. The ‘Bid Enhancement and Support’ strand supports UK cities in their bids for international events. The ‘International Delegate Growth’ strand supports existing business events to boost their events international attendance and profile.
