Event Industry News Roundup
Budget or Bust: How new event budgeting tools can save the bottom line
Rob Vass ran his own event agency, 30 staff delivering up to 30 roadshows a month, and spent far too much time with spreadsheets. “Keeping an eye on the budget and exactly what your margin was at any time was a nightmare”. And Founding event planning software Joi is a product of that frustration.
Joining the podcast from Sydney, Australia, Rob Vass digs into Joi, a “productivity tool for events”, detailing its capacity for truly joined up thinking. He details how the system makes it easy to put an agenda together, sending a schedule to people via URL so any changes made are visible to all. Move a performer, their programme updates automatically. No more running around giving people update notes.
Evolution Dome Headlines Event Sustainability Live
Event Sustainability Live (ESL) has announced that Evolution Dome will be the headline sponsor for the show’s first edition, which will run alongside Event Tech Live (ETL) at ExCeL London on November 15-16, 2023.
The announcement follows Evolution Dome’s latest investments in the solar and storage capabilities of its SPB-6500 battery packs. The new battery packs allow Evolution Dome’s structures to be used entirely off-grid and without generators for up to 21 hours, resulting in significant reductions in carbon emissions, costs, and noise pollution when deployed.
Festival company launches ‘Advice Line’ for fresh talent joining the industry
A brand new careers line created by one of the festival production industry’s most prominent leaders will enable young people to seek advice from event industry professionals for free.
‘The Advice Line’, powered by festival production company?The Fair, will enable anybody looking to start their own festival or kickstart their career in events to book a 30-minute chat with an industry professional possessing years of experience in the field.
The Card Network launch new Sustainable Events Pass & Badge Range
The Card Network, a long-time provider of custom printed cards, has just launched their new sustainable range for the events industry.
The company is focused on offering more sustainable options to regular plastic and has just added Wood Name Badges and Wood Event Passes to their range, which already includes Paperboard and Biodegradable PVC.
GES establishes two new homes in the heart of the UK industry – Event delivery & sustainability behind moves
Global Experience Specialists, GES, has announced the opening of two new facilities, strategically placed to bring it closer to customers, improving response times, reduce road haulage and associated CO2 emissions and place the business at the very heart of the events community.
The UK team now has a presence, including office space, warehouses, on-site printing, and logistics at both the Birmingham NEC and at ExCeL London. Together, the two venues host more than 900 events per year, with the move allowing GES teams to deliver events directly from these venues, providing closer, on-site support to organisers and their exhibitors.
Humaid Al Dhaheri appointed Chair of ExCeL London
Humaid Al Dhaheri, Managing Director and Group CEO of ADNEC Group, has been appointed the next Chair of the ExCeL London Board, taking over from Kevin Murphy OBE who is stepping down from his ExCeL London position.
Having joined ADNEC Group in 2005, Humaid Al Dhaheri has contributed to strengthening the group’s position, by leading the Group transformation through seven clusters: Venues, Events, Hotels, Food & Beverage, Services, Tourism and Media. He enabled the group to become a key player in supporting Abu Dhabi and the UK’s economies, alongside enhancing the group’s businesses towards sustainable and innovative competitiveness, and currently is leading on the current expansion of ExCeL, which increases the venue’s total event space by 25%, approximately 25,000sqm.