Welcome to our final e-newsletter of 2009, wishing you a very Merry Christmas and an Event-full New Year!

Highlights this issue: The Eventia Awards new date! Events in Action PLUS - Get Organised in the New Year, welcome to more new members, join our stand at Confex, check out the latest Research and news on the Eventia Yearbook.  Enjoy!

IN THIS ISSUE

Events
News
Membership
Business Briefing
Corporate Responsibility

Eventia Awards

The Eventia Awards will now be held in November 2010.  Categories and entry details are now available online, click here to enter.  Deadline for entries is Tuesday 3rd August 2010.  For the lowdown on the reason behind the date change catch up with Izania in her recent blog.
Izania’s blog
Press release

An Invitation to Celebrate with De Vere

De Vere are delighted to invite you and your teams to celebrate Christmas with them at De Vere Holborn Bars in London from 6pm-9pm on Thursday 17th December - the more the merrier!

Celebrate the past, enjoy the present and look to the future in style with Christmas fayre and drinks.  RSVP to aayling@deverevenues.co.uk by 14th December.

Events in Action PLUS

January 2010, DeVere Canary Wharf, London

Events in Action PLUS takes you that next step allowing you to turn theory into practice  by providing you with the practical, operation and business skills to make your events happen! Suitable for anybody with between 2 and 5 years industry experience the course focuses on sales and marketing, finance, communication and management skills.

More information and to book

Event and Hospitality Cup 2009

Eventsforce Solutions Ltd was delighted to sponsor the Eventia team at the recent Event and Hospitality Cup at the David Beckham Academy. The team included Jeremy King, Editor of Event Magazine, three members of the Eventsforce Sales Team and colleagues from the events industry. The team reached the quarter final stage of the competition.

Bill Blenkarn, Sales Director of Eventsforce, says “Eventsforce was very happy to sponsor the Eventia team at this event and a great night was had by all. It was good to see so many people connected with the event industry taking part.”

Corporate, Association and Public Sector Members Dinner Clubs

Eventia is delighted to announce it will be holding an exclusive Dinner Club following the opening of a new membership category for Live Marketing professionals within corporate and public sector companies.  The Dinner Club will be a quarterly programme which will engage this area of the sector with what's going on in the industry.

Very soon, the association will launch a range of support services developed and delivered specifically to Live Marketing professionals within these types of companies.

The first evening to be held on 17th December will begin with revealing the foundations of the service and will then invite comments and feedback to help shape the final package. This is a great opportunity to find out what this new category of membership need and want, and also for them to understand the services that will soon be available.  

UK Events Market Trends Survey 2009 and 2010

The UKEMTS, formerly known as the British Conference Venues Survey, is one of the key ways in which the value of the business events sector to the national economy is measured and provides a vital insight into the current state of the industry from a supply-side perspective. This report is available to purchase either visit www.eventia.org.uk, contact Sarah Malkin (sarah.malkin@eventia.org.uk) or telephone: tel: +44 (0) 121-212-1400 for more information and an order form. The cost of this report is £175.

Work on the UKEMTS 2010 survey is now starting - Tony Rogers (Conference & Event Services) has been contracted to project-manage this work on behalf of Eventia, with Richard Smith of TEAM again commissioned to undertake the data capture, analysis and report-writing. Tony will be writing shortly to all DMO and venue members of Eventia to seek your active participation and support in this project, with the aim of surpassing the record number of 512 reporting venues achieved in 2009.

A range of sponsorship opportunities will be available, from as little as £250 + VAT. Details of these from Tony Rogers and Sarah Malkin.

Please watch out for further details and give this vital project your full support.

New Survey on Conventions 2020 – the Future of Meetings, Conventions and Exhibitions

Rohit Talwar who was a keynote speaker at this year's Summer Eventia is conducting a survey for the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA). The first part of this study is a survey on what you as attendees will expect from live meetings, conventions and exhibitions in 2020. They have posed a number of scenarios regarding events in 2020 and would welcome your responses. Click here to go to the survey.
They would be grateful if you could share this link with your colleagues. Everyone who completes the survey and leaves their email address will get a copy of the final report.

SHINE AWARDS 2010: submit your entry to be a winner!

Nominations are now open for the Shine Awards 2010 – the only UK awards for female talent in travel, tourism and hospitality. They were launched on 14th October in collaboration with People 1st, the sector skills council, who has pledged support for the next three years. Eventia is also proud to be an industry partner of the Awards, supporting the call for nominations and providing a judge for the event.

Nominations are online and the application process is simple. You can nominate yourself or a woman you know. Just click on: www.shineawards.com

Vacancies

Global Sales Co-ordinator, Meetings & Incentives
Fairmont-Raffles-Swissôtel
Salary is between £21k - £24k. For further information click here or to apply please send a CV and covering letter explaining why you would be a good fit for the company to Meenaz Lilani, Executive Director Global Sales – EMEA by email meenaz.lilani@frhi.com by Friday 11th December 2009.

Project Manager, Financial Services Client
First Protocol Event Management
First Protocol is seeking an experienced Project Manager with strong conference management skills to work within an expanding team for one of our key Financial Services clients. A minimum of 3 years experience within the corporate sector is essential together with excellent organisational and communication skills.
Salary level based on experience. For further information and to apply please send a CV and covering email to jessie.mlinaric@firstprotocol.com.

Your Board Needs You!

The following Board Members of Eventia have been nominated for the C&IT’s power 50  which is great PR for Eventia: Aileen Reuter, Andrew Latta, Cath Couzens, Hamish Reid, Izania Downie, Leigh Jagger, Mark Saxby, Mark Taylor, Rob Allen.

You get 3 votes so all we need is for you to click on the link below and vote!

http://www.citmagazine.com/go/power50/

Thanks for your support.

Eventia Technology Requirements

As part of Eventia’s drive to promote the highest standards of professionalism and best practice in the industry, we are also looking to appoint a technology partner to fully/part sponsor our communication and events programmes any members interested in pitching please click here to view the full brief (you will need your login details).  Interested parties should contact Tracy Johnson on 0121-212-1400 or email tracy.johnson@eventia.org.uk and written tenders should be submitted no later than 22nd January 2010.

Reminder of 'Member Only' Benefits

Participation at major industry tradeshows

International Confex is the market leading show for the UK MICE market and remains the largest and best attended exhibition in Europe.  With 14,786 Total Attendees, this opportunity brings you face to face with top level, decision making UK outbound MICE buyers.  

Once again Confex and Eventia are joining forces in order to provide a dedicated Eventia Pavilion to Eventia members. You are able to choose your own stand and you will benefit from having a dedicated branded space in the Eventia Pavilion.

You can book a stand in the Eventia Pavilion for £539 per sq m.  For more information on how to secure your stand, please contact: Caroline Gourlay. Tel: +44 207 921 8172 e-mail: caroline.gourlay@ubm.com

The Return on Investment of US Business Travel

'The Return on Investment of U.S. Business Travel' is a new study by Oxford Economics, available free of charge as a download. It makes a powerful case for ‘face to face meetings’ and is packed full of statistics.  To read a copy click here

Tourism in a competitive World

Click here (you will need to log in) to view a copy of the long-awaited report by John Lewis on tourism that was launched at the Conservative Conference recently. While it must be emphasised that this is NOT the Conservative’s Tourism Strategy, it does give a pretty good indication of where their thinking is going. The Conservative’s idea will be to put this independent report into the public arena, judge the reaction and accept/decline the recommendations accordingly in their Tourism Strategy which will probably come out late this year/early next year.

The emphasis is on putting greater effort and emphasis on tourism within DCMS and Government and gaining greater effectiveness and efficiency with existing public funding by removing duplication and increasing co-ordination in the public agencies and NDPBs.

Interestingly, – aviation issues like APD and airport expansion are not mentioned in the report indicating a clash between tourism and central party policies.