Event Industry News Roundup
The Sustainable Event Buyer’s Guide 2023
We are pleased to bring you this fourth edition of the Sustainable Events Buyer’s Guide which looks at the latest innovations, tools, tactics and talent helping to make our industry more sustainable.
Packed with top suppliers, venues, associations, and agencies, this guide is a one-stop-shop for event and experience creators who are keen to get in the know.
With input from isla, Smyle, Shelton Fleming, Reset Connect, and many more, it’s a must-read for #eventprofs. Also a very exciting announcement from us too …
Introducing Event Sustainability Live
Event Tech Live (ETL) organiser Event Industry News (EIN) launches Event Sustainability Live, which it will run alongside ETL at ExCeL London on 15/16 November 2023.
Event Sustainability Live (ESL) is a product of EIN’s success with Sustainable Event Buyer’s Guide and the ensuing Sustainable Breakfast Briefing coupled with the magazine audience’s want for information about the latest in efficient, low impact designs and solutions.
Supported by independent trade body Isla and a whole host of experts from inside and outside the industry, ESL promises to follow Event Tech Live’s lauded mix of best-in-class content and invention on the show floor.
Vodafone and Glastonbury announce landmark new partnership
Vodafone has today announced a landmark multi-year partnership with Glastonbury, the largest?greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world. The deal adds a legendary name to Vodafone’s growing partnership portfolio.
As Official Connectivity Partner, Vodafone has exclusive rights to the?Festival and throughout the partnership will use its network to deliver innovative experiences using cutting-edge technology.
Tag Digital: New Model Marketing & the benefits of an integrated approach
Nicola Shaw, head of growth at Tag Digital, has been in/around digital marketing for most of her career.
In this episode, having detailed Tag’s mission – how it works exclusively with organisers around the world helping to grow their events – with host James Dickson putting the questions, Nicola looks at new model marketing.
Across an energised, educational 40 minutes, they talk data blindness, cookies, AI, the astonishing breadth of data capture, touchpoints, audience extension, digital packages, privacy laws, tracking, the trials of a marketing manager, the value of an integrated approach and Google advertising.
OnePlan announces strategic investment led by Elysian Park Ventures & Verance Capital
OnePlan, the world’s leading live event site and venue planning?platform, today announced it has raised $6M in a new strategic investment led by Elysian Park?Ventures and Verance Capital. The strategic relationship and investment will accelerate OnePlan’s commitment to supporting live event venues, with a focus on the sporting venue market.?
OnePlan provides proprietary groundbreaking 3D digital mapping tools that allow venue planners to expertly and seamlessly organise live events of all sizes – from marathons to music festivals,?cycling races, football games and triathlons. Founded in 2019, OnePlan’s technology has been?used to power over 25,000 of the world’s best live events at iconic venues in 107 countries, including Intuit Dome, home of the LA Clippers, Silverstone, as well as USA Triathlon. OnePlan?is the Official Supporter of GIS Mapping and Digital Twin Software for the Olympic and Paralympic?Games Paris 2024.
Harness the Power of Technology to Transform Your Tradeshow or Exhibition
In order to create an engaging and successful event experience, it’s important to understand the critical relationship between event design, integrity, and technology, not just buying an event tech platform because your boss said you need to.?
In this article, we’ll discuss how these three components interrelate and how to harness the power of event technology combined with event design and integrity to transform your tradeshow or exhibition.
You need more than just good technology to create a successful event experience.
Showsec appoints new Co-CEO’s
Showsec is delighted to announce the appointments of Simon Battersby and Mark Logan as Co-CEO’s with immediate effect
This follows the recent retirement of Mark Harding after twenty one years as Managing Director of the Company.
Battersby and Logan have been with the company since 1994 and 1991 respectively, working their way through the operational structure in numerous roles before joining the Board of Directors in 2007.?They have been jointly responsible for Operations within the business, alongside other directorial responsibilities. Both have been hugely influential in shaping the development of the company in the last twenty years and have been at the forefront of the company’s operational successes both domestically and internationally.
Sustainable marketing agency ‘We Are Brandnew Limited’ launches
Today sees the launch of something cmpletely brand-new in the event industry – the UK’s first sustainability-driven, environmentally friendly, marketing agency called…well, We Are Brandnew Limited!?
Created by Darren New, the founder of leading event management specialists DNEL Limited and working in partnership with The RSK Group, who are global leaders in the world-wide delivery of sustainable solutions; Brandnew is set to become a major force in the world of sustainability marketing.
Speaking about the new agency, Darren New said, ‘Brandnew will provide a complete in-house service which will allow us to deliver innovative, sustainable solutions for our clients’ marketing campaigns and events’’.