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Welcome

Welcome to our new look newsletter - we hope that you like it!

We had a great meeting at the QEII Centre on the 23rd April, thanks so

much to everyone who presented, participated and so pro-actively engaged

in the discussions. There was a real professional buzz. We are just collating

some notes, and hope to be able to share them with the attendees very

soon. To read more about it please click here

News about our forthcoming events and new members can be seen below.

We have been formulating our latest engagement survey, which should now

be in your in-boxes, please do help us to keep ABPCO improving by

completing it for us. Thanks to Cvent for allowing us to use their survey

system.

It is that time of the year again when you need to start thinking about your

submissions for the ABPCO Excellence Awards - full details have been sent,

so please let us know if you haven't received the submission forms! Interest

is high already, so put the date in your diary.

Please make sure that you follow us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, we

keep them all up to date with relevant and interesting news.

I am glad to report that Professor Rhodri Thomas is progressing with

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North East businesses

SECC - Glasgow:

Delegates at the inaugural

European Stroke

Organisation (ESO)

Conference, which took

place at the SECC, were

among the first to benefit

from free bikes during the

event.

'ABPCO Research Connections' and is organising a meeting with other like-

minded academia on the 13th July at The Barbican. We have also invited

one of our University Student members, Noemi La Torre, to be co-opted onto

the ABPCO executive, her social media skills should be of great benefit to

us.

Have a good month

Heather Lishman

Association Director

New ABPCO members A warm welcome to Sarah Byrne from Mosaic Events, Lauren Clemow from

CIWEM (The Chartered Institution of Water & Environmental Management)

and Rachel Gofton from the Royal Society of Medicine. We have a few other

new faces, which we will show-case next month when we have got them up

and running on the web-site.

Sarah Byrne Lauren Clemow Rachel Gofton

ABPCO Events Lots coming up - please register your interest ASAP!

ABPCO Fam, 2-6th July, Berlin The team in Berlin are delighted to invite all PCO members of ABPCO to

register for Meeting Place Berlin 2015.

Reception at the Brandenburg Gate, Workshop on the banks of the river

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ABPCO Roundtable, 7th July, London Save the date! ABPCO will be jointly hosting a breakfast event on

compliance at One Wimpole Street, home of the Royal Society of Medicine.

Open to all ABPCO members.

Maximise your time in London Why not attend the Association Day on Monday 6th July at The Meetings

Show, then the ABPCO breakfast meeting mentioned above, followed

by a day of scheduled appointments at The Meetings Show. By being

hosted you can benefit from complementary travel and accommodation and

would not have the hassle of organising your attendance as the hosted buyer

team will do it for you. Please use this link and quote ABPCO as the group

code.

Best Practice Visit, 7-9 July, Manchester The next one is at the British Association of Dematologists Conference.

See more here

ABPCO Fam & Roundtable, 8-9 Sep, Liverpool ‘ABPCO Roundtable’ on Social media in parallel with an ‘ABPCO fam’ to

experience the brand new Exhibition Centre Liverpool & Visit to the North of

England’s Only MICE Expo. Click here for more information

ABPCO Fam, 17-18 Sep, Newcastle Gateshead Newcastle Gateshead Initiative are kindly hosting ABPCO, and will

showcase the brand new Crowne Plaza Newcastle Hotel as well as some of

their newest conferencing and events venues over the two days, including

The Core – a very exciting new concept building in Science Central which is

a collaboration between Newcastle University and Newcastle City Council.

More details here

ABPCO Roundtable, 23rd Sep, Oxford This event will be held at the prestigious Oxford Martin School. Full

details to follow soon, but it will be a business focused round-table on fees

and profit for all PCO's. Click here to register for the 23rd September event.

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professionals with less than three years industry

experience the opportunity to take advice and

guidance from a team of industry leaders.

The Barbican-led initiative will bring industry

advisors and rising talent together so they can

have informal and constructive conversations.

Each industry leader will host four 15-minute

sessions throughout the hour and will also be on

hand following the sessions to offer further

guidance.

“The whole idea of the session is to give young

professionals the opportunity to learn, educate

and share knowledge,” says Jackie Boughton

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“The chosen advisors are from differing areas of the industry but all

have a wealth of knowledge they are ready to share with the next

generation of professionals. We are all very excited about this event

and feel that IMEX is the perfect stage in which to host it,” she adds.

The industry leaders taking part in the event include:

Jackie Boughton, head of sales at Barbican Business Events

Sue Etherington, commercial director at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre

Paul Colston, Managing Editor of Mash Media’s Conference Division

Kerrin MacPhie, director of sales at ACC Liverpool & ICCA UK & Ireland Chapter chair

Adam Baggs, creative director & founder of Soaring Worldwide

Tracy Halliwell, director of business tourism and major events at London & Partners

Sue Burgess, senior director of operations at BCD M&I

Alistair Turner, PR director of Davies Tanner

Alan Newton, Co-founder and COO of Eventopedia

Jacqui Kavanagh, CEO of Trinity Event Solutions and HBAA chair

The event will take place in Seminar Room 2, Inspiration Hub, Stand

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Home News Venues & Events Open Day to provide a taste of Barbican’s newest auditorium space

Category: Venues & Events Created on Tuesday, 19 May 2015 10:50

Barbican is hosting an Open Day at Milton Court on Thursday 11 June (8am to 5.45pm) showcasing the venue’s state of the art facilities.

The Open Day will give attendees the opportunity to experience the latest addition to the Barbican’s portfolio at any time throughout the day. The event will

include breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea options, whilst the Barbican’s catering partner Searcys will also be providing samples from the new spring/summer

menu.

Personalised tours with a member of the Barbican’s business events team will also be available highlighting the benefits of running an event in the raked auditorium.

“Opening the doors to Milton Court will give us a great opportunity to show what an excellent venue it is,” comments Glenn Mainwaring, Business Development Manager of

Milton Court. “Those attending the event can see firsthand what Milton Court has to offer whilst experiencing the amazing menu Searcys has developed for spring and

summer. It’s going to be a relaxed event and we are really looking forward to sharing Milton Court with a wider audience.”

Milton Court, which opened at the end of 2013, is a £90million development for the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. The hall boasts a maximum seat capacity of 608,

world-class acoustic design and state-of-the-art technical capability. Perfect for AGMs, conferences or product launches.

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Open Day to provide a taste of Barbican’s newest auditorium space

Published on : Monday, May 18, 2015

Barbican is hosting an Open Day at Milton Court on Thursday 11

June (8am to 5.45pm) showcasing the venue’s state of the artfacilities.

The Open Day will give attendees the opportunity to experiencethe latest addition to the Barbican’s portfolio at any time

throughout the day. The event will include breakfast, lunch andafternoon tea options, whilst the Barbican’s catering partner

Searcys will also be providing samples from the newspring/summer menu.

Personalised tours with a member of the Barbican’s businessevents team will also be available highlighting the benefits of

running an event in the raked auditorium.“Opening the doors to Milton Court will give us a great opportunity to show what an excellent venue it is,”

comments Glenn Mainwaring, Business Development Manager of Milton Court. “Those attending the event cansee firsthand what Milton Court has to offer whilst experiencing the amazing menu Searcys has developed for

spring and summer. It’s going to be a relaxed event and we are really looking forward to sharing Milton Courtwith a wider audience.”

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Home News Agency Soaring Worldwide team up with Grass Roots Meetings & Events

Category: Agency & Association Created on Tuesday, 19 May 2015 16:30

Soaring Worldwide has won a new business contract with global event agency Grass Roots Meetings & Events.

Grass Roots is the world's leading provider of employee and customer engagement solutions and Soaring Worldwide will predominantly be working alongside

the meetings and events arm of the business.

“Soaring Worldwide’s knowledge of the industry make this an ideal partnership for us going forward,” comments Des Mclaughlin, Divisional Director of Grass Roots. “They

have a good reputation and they have a good track record with many major players within the industry but their focus on how to deliver results for Grass Roots really shone in

our initial discussions. We are looking forward to working alongside the Soaring Worldwide team over the forthcoming year.”

The strategic communications and PR agency, based in Cirencester, work with several major clients within the meetings and events industry such as The Meetings Show and

Meet Gateway South Wales.

“It’s an exciting time as we begin work with Grass Roots and another sign of continued growth for us as a business,” comments creative director and founder of Soaring

Worldwide, Adam Baggs. “We have built a very strong reputation within the meetings and events industry for our work with clients such as the Barbican and The Meetings

Show so we are excited to begin working with Grass Roots over the coming weeks.”

As well as this new business win, Soaring Worldwide has also renewed its partnership with Europe’s largest combined arts & conference centre, the Barbican for a ninth

consecutive year. The continued partnership means that the Barbican is Soaring Worldwide’s longest standing client.

Soaring Worldwide is a Cirencester-based strategic communications and PR agency which specialises in the security and events industry with key clients including the

Barbican, The Meetings Show, Church House Conference Centre and Magenta Security.

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Soaring Worldwide team up with Grass Roots Meetings & Events

Published on : Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Soaring Worldwide has won a new business contract with global

event agency Grass Roots Meetings & Events.

Grass Roots is the world’s leading provider of employee and

customer engagement solutions and Soaring Worldwide will

predominantly be working alongside the meetings and events

arm of the business.

“Soaring Worldwide’s knowledge of the industry make this an

ideal partnership for us going forward,” comments Des Mclaughlin, Divisional Director of Grass Roots. “They

have a good reputation and they have a good track record with many major players within the industry but their

focus on how to deliver results for Grass Roots really shone in our initial discussions. We are looking forward to

working alongside the Soaring Worldwide team over the forthcoming year.”

The strategic communications and PR agency, based in Cirencester, work with several major clients within the

meetings and events industry such as The Meetings Show and Meet Gateway South Wales.

“It’s an exciting time as we begin work with Grass Roots and another sign of continued growth for us as a

business,” comments creative director and founder of Soaring Worldwide, Adam Baggs. “We have built a very

strong reputation within the meetings and events industry for our work with clients such as the Barbican and

The Meetings Show so we are excited to begin working with Grass Roots over the coming weeks.”

As well as this new business win, Soaring Worldwide has also renewed its partnership with Europe’s largest

combined arts & conference centre, the Barbican for a ninth consecutive year. The continued partnership means

that the Barbican is Soaring Worldwide’s longest standing client.

Soaring Worldwide is a Cirencester-based strategic communications and PR agency which specialises in the

security and events industry with key clients including the Barbican, The Meetings Show, Church House

Conference Centre and Magenta Security.

Source:- Soaring Worldwide

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Milton Court Set For Open Day

Barbican is hosting an Open Day at Milton Court on Thursday 11 June (8am to 5.45pm) showcasing

the venue’s state of the art facilities.

The Open Day will give attendees the opportunity to experience the latest addition to the Barbican’s

portfolio at any time throughout the day. The event will include breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea

options, whilst the Barbican’s catering partner Searcys will also be providing samples from the new

spring/summer menu.

Personalised tours with a member of the Barbican’s business events team will also be available

highlighting the benefits of running an event in the raked auditorium.

“Opening the doors to Milton Court will give us a great opportunity to show what an excellent venue

it is,” comments Glenn Mainwaring, Business Development Manager of Milton Court. “Those

attending the event can see firsthand what Milton Court has to offer whilst experiencing the amazing

menu Searcys has developed for spring and summer. It’s going to be a relaxed event and we are

really looking forward to sharing Milton Court with a wider audience.”

Milton Court, which opened at the end of 2013, is a £90million development for the Guildhall School

of Music & Drama. The hall boasts a maximum seat capacity of 608, world-class acoustic design

and state-of-the-art technical capability. Perfect for AGMs, conferences or product launches. To

learn more about Milton Court visit www.barbican.org.uk/conferences

Further information on events at the Barbican including the Open Day can be acquired by

contacting the Business Events Team: +44 (0)20 3822 392 | [email protected].

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Home News Agency Agents under the spotlight enlightened venues at MIA Agents Day

Category: Agency & Association Created on Tuesday, 26 May 2015 13:30

As part of the association’s 25th Anniversary celebrations, the mia held its first Agents Day at Center Parcs Woburn Forest on Thursday 21st May.

The day brought together some of the UK’s top booking agents including, ArrangeMy Group, Hospitality Guaranteed, Ellis Salsby, Capita Travel and Events,

Eventful Limited, Banks Sadler, Inntel, tobook Ltd. and Bien Venue Ltd.

The day commenced with an ‘Agents in the Spotlight’ session, where Petra Clayton, managing director of Custard Communications – the PR agency for the mia, put agents

on the spot with questions collected from venues prior to the event. Despite the pressure of a mastermind style set up, the agent’s messages were loud and clear, reiterating

the importance of transparency of costs, building relationships, investing in people and encouraging venues to promote the substance behind accreditation.

After a three-course lunch, each agent led a team to take part in ‘Mission International’ across the stunning village at Center Parcs, providing delegates with an opportunity to

see the range of activities available and take part in problem solving activities.

During the day delegates were asked to embrace the concept of ‘stop and think’ which is the theme for this year’s mia conference by staging a pose for the camera to sum

up ‘stop and think’. Jane Longhurst, chief executive, mia judged the winning team which was led by Sian Sayward and Jenna Lee from Inntel.

“The mia is keen to champion ‘stop and think’ beyond the conference. We are encouraging venues, agents, suppliers and the industry as a whole to really stop and think

about their business. The Agents Day was just one initiative to bring people together who normally don’t get the opportunity to ask candid questions and to give people the

time and space to think in a different environment. We came away with lots of answers which will impact the way venues think about their approach to agents and we have

already received an overwhelming response encouraging us to host more events throughout the year.”

Many of the teams took to social media to share their experiences and Glen Mainwaring from the Barbican was crowned king of the tweeters with his regular updates and

sharing throughout the event.

The day concluded with a celebratory drinks reception where the mia will presented the award to the winning team, led by Chris Nagle from tobook Ltd. who received two

tickets to the mia conference taking place on 12th June at BMA House.

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Home News Venues & Events London climbs higher in world’s business tourism rankings

Category: Venues & Events Created on Monday, 11 May 2015 16:20

Figures released today by the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) confirm that London is once again climbing the world rankings as

one of the most popular destinations for international conventions and conferences.

The capital has welcomed a huge number of global business events which have elevated the city’s status up to 6th place in 2014, one up from 7th place in

2013. The annual ICCA results show that the capital is once again ahead of other major cities such as Singapore, Amsterdam, Beijing, Hong Kong, Chicago

and Sydney.

Congress highlights from 2014 include the International Liver Congress™ run by the European Association for the Study of the Liver, which saw over 10,000 join their event

in London, representing their highest ever attendance, the European Society of Pathology’s congress which enjoyed a 23 per cent increase in attendance compared to 2013

and the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology’s annual congress which hosted 7,000 delegates in the city. London also welcomed

the largest ever gathering of eye specialists with events including ESCRS, EURETINA and EuCornea, while Wikipedia’s annual conference, Wikimania, held at the Barbican

saw over 2,000 delegates take part.

Commenting on today’s announcement, Gordon Innes, CEO London & Partners said: “London is a world-class destination for meetings and events and these results are a

great boost for the capital’s associations industry, which is a crucial driver of investment into the city, as well as supporting and creating jobs across the capital.

“London's connectivity and ease of access combined with its rich culture and heritage makes the city an exciting proposition for meeting organisers. London also continues

to reap the rewards of hosting the 2012 Olympics, which enhanced the city’s infrastructure and also attracted a new selection of landmark hotels and inspirational event

spaces.”

2015 will be ExCeL London’s best ever year for congresses, with more ICCA rated events than ever before. This includes the European Society of Cardiology, which will be

coming to London this summer. The ESC Congress is the largest association meeting held in Europe, with around 35,000 medical professionals expected in the capital for

the 5 day event from 29 August – 2 September 2015.

Looking forward to 2016 and beyond, the European Respiratory Society and Euroanaesthesia have both chosen to host their association events in London next year while

EULAR (The European League Against Rheumatism) will return to ExCeL London following a successful event in 2011. The Alzheimer’s Association will also host its annual

conference in the capital for the first time in 2017.

London & Partners’ Associations team will be at IMEX Frankfurt on stand F400 from Tuesday 19 – Thursday 21 May 2015.

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