2020 has to be the year of ‘virtual’. We’ve mastered the art of social and business interaction from the comfort of our sofas with meetings, conferences, parties and more streaming straight into our living rooms. And now, we’re taking you on a virtual tour of London. London is full to bursting with brilliant, beautiful venues,…
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We’re back for the second instalment of the Events Industry Bulletin. Hold onto your hats because it’s a good one! The positive news has continued over the last few weeks, with the UK becoming the first country to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, and large business events returning in Tiers 1 & 2 in the…
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A question I have frequently been asked in 2020 is “why do businesses do events and can they live without them?” This is something we spend a lot of time discussing with prospective and existing customers, especially when, during the pandemic, it has not been possible to organise in-person events. While we’ve been sat at…
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Amber Staynings is CEO & Founder of Bums on Seats. In this guest post she discusses her optimism for the hospitality industry this Christmas and ways to create alternative revenue streams during difficult times. As we all know, expectations for Christmas in hospitality this year have been reduced to a state of almost collective despair…
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Virtual events go far beyond a simple video call. As the event industry has adapted to the challenges Covid-19 has thrown up, the creativity and technology surrounding virtual events has improved, rapidly. Over the last few months, we’ve worked closely with our clients to design and facilitate events that are engaging but also hit their…
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2020 has made sure we’re all much more familiar with virtual events than we were 12 months ago. Zoom quizzes, webinars and online conferences have become a mainstay in our lives, but swapping an in-person event for a virtual one can come with its own challenges. Here are 5 things to consider before planning your…
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Esther Hastings, our independent Research Director and founder of Good Egg Consulting discusses the key insights from the third session with the HeadBox Expert Research Panel. The HeadBox Expert Research Panel is an industry backed expert panel of up to eight senior stakeholders from all sides of the events industry, who meet for 75 minutes,…
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“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” In Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s book The Little Prince, the fox tells the prince it is only with your heart that you can see clearly as the…
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From the role of AI in event booking to getting creative with catering and assessing how we can return to in-person events safely, we tackled some of the important issues facing the industry at the moment. Here’s everything we’ve learnt.
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“Being a strong leader means that it’s not about you but much more about everyone around you and helping them to achieve, grow and develop.” Author, Yetunde Hofmann, interviewed me for her new book, Beyond Engagement – The Value of Love-Based Leadership in Organisations. I was interviewed, along with a number of CEOs, including the former…
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