It’s been a difficult year for venues and hospitality. But it hasn’t all been doom and gloom, some venues have bucked the trend and opened during tough times. So, with venues welcoming people back in tiers 1 and 2 for business events (with social distancing and capacity restrictions in place, of course), we’re celebrating brilliant…
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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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What’s black and white and re(a)d all over? It’s the HeadBox Events Industry Bulletin, a bi-weekly look at the events industry designed to share our expertise, provide key industry insights and keep you in the know.
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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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Dee Sturgess is an Associate Consultant for Bums on Seats and specialises in training with over 20 years working in the hospitality industry. Here she discusses how the industry has adapted over the last few months.
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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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The events industry has been hit hard by COVID-19, we’ve all had to change, adapt and pivot quickly in very uncertain times. HeadBox has been working hard to create a Hybrid solution that blends elements of a physical event in an engaging virtual environment. Here’s how it works.
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