Construction work has started in Hampshire on the huge structure required for the 2008 Farnborough International Airshow, taking place from 14-20 July. Being erected by De Boer Structures, this will be the biggest temporary venue ever built for the event, consisting of 92,000 square metres of floorspace.
Stanco Exhibitions has recently launched two new furniture ranges that allow companies increased flexibility, individuality and visual flair.
Image Creative Design (ICD) has recently been awarded ‘official supplier’ status by Emap Conferences, following work on the company’s Broadcast Technology Summit, which takes place at The British Academy of Film & Television Arts in London in June.
It’s two triumphs in two months for events supplier Staging Connections. Following victory in the Technical and Creative Production category at the New South Wales MEA awards in March, the company has won the same accolade Canberra.
Nexus Collections, Europe’s leading provider of conference bags and the first to launch an entirely sustainable version, has released figures that show enquiries for the green bags overtaking traditional ones for the first time.
One of the UK’s major horseracing tracks, Ascot, has entered a new three-year agreement with GL events Owen Brown to supply structures for the Royal Ascot race meeting, which takes place annually each June.
The mobile ticketing specialist Tixmob is growing its business dramatically in the festival market. In February alone, eight festivals confirmed they are to use the company’s ticketing system this summer on top of the companies existing three festival clients.
Fulfilling demand for a wider choice and higher calibre of furniture for events, a new contemporary collection– designed by leading British designer David Fox – has been recently launched by Thorns Group aimed at the corporate hospitality market.
YPL Exhibitions has confirmed that the Group Leisure Show taking place on 24-25 September 2008 at the NEC in Birmingham is to be expanded to include the travel industry, as well as its usual audience of leading leisure group organisers.
Leading UK crowd management and event security company, Showsec, has officially launched its managerial Academy, a unique, year-long programme offering employees the chance to develop the knowledge, skills and experience required to become an effective operational manager within the crowd management industry.
Far from being populated by teenagers with few social skills, virtual worlds like SecondLife are becoming home to a growing number of companies seeking to use the space for meetings and events. Pete Roythorne investigates……more
The Showsec managing director explains how education lies at the core of successful event security and crowd management…more
Fresh from MPI’s Middle East Meetings and Event Conference, chief
executive Bruce MacMillan talks to James Latham about the challenges
facing event planners in the region and beyond, how the association is
addressing these issues and how it is transforming itself from a
traditional trade body into a global community. 
Nicole Santiago from global nutritional supplement business Xango talks to Ian Whiteling about how events play a crucial role in motivating and educating the company’s disparate sales force.
With Passion 08 – a new exhibition created by women for women – due to start on 24 May at Earl’s Court, James Latham caught up with some of the women behind the event to find out how the exhibitions industry is finally capitalising on the power of women.
Ian Whiteling talks to Sodexho Prestige's Simon Bailey.
Ian Whiteling reports from the VisitLondon networking at this year's International Confex.
A study of the German meetings and events market has found that the industry in the country is growing significantly in terms of number of events held and delegate attendance levels.
In what is turning out to be an amazing 12 months for the Emirates Stadium, home of Arsenal Football club, April saw the venue officially named the best venue for meetings and events in England, winning Gold at the recent Meet England's Business Tourism Awards at a glittering ceremony held in St George's Hall, Liverpool.
A new event has been announced by Reed Exhibitions targeting the online marketing industry, which has put the company on a collision course with fellow show organiser CMPi.
Event Assured has launched the first multi-currency full cycle EDI exhibitor insurance website – www.exhibitor-insurance-online.com – directly responding to client need for a service that provides instant quotes and cover in three currencies.
Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) has announced that Phase 2 of the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, the most modern exhibition centre in the world, has entered its final phase of construction.
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