Hosted
buyer registration is now open for The Meetings Show 2024.
The UK’s leading event that brings together the world’s meetings
and events community returns to ExCeL London on 19 and 20 June, introducing
buyers to hundreds of global event suppliers and a wealth of educational and
networking opportunities.
Hosted buyers can unlock a host of benefits designed to maximise
their time at the show, including access to a dedicated appointments diary to
book pre-scheduled meetings with exhibitors.
This year’s show will host a number of exciting new suppliers,
including Hyatt Hotels, Visit Detroit, Sodexo and Ponant Luxury Cruises, alongside
popular regular exhibitors, providing more scope for event planners.
Other benefits of attending The Meetings Show as a hosted buyer,
include support with travel and accommodation and refreshments during the show while
there are also invites to attend a bespoke educational experience and an exclusive
evening reception on 18 June.
There
are also opportunities to take part in pre-and post-show fam trips to
destinations around the UK. The tours highlight the best hotels, venues and
attractions and give buyers valuable first-hand experience of the destinations
for future event proposals.
“Applications are welcome from both domestic and European event planners who
are keen to hold valuable meetings with the show’s diverse list of exhibitors.
The programme is flexible – attendance can be for just one, or all three days –
and buyers can select who they wish to meet.
“Our carefully curated
education programme, which we will announce soon, will also provide busy event
professionals with inspiration and information to help them make better
decisions and help guide them towards future success.”
Charlotte Lilleyman,
PwC Meetings Services account manager and hosted buyer in 2023, said The
Meetings Show had ‘reinvigorated’ her love for events.
She
added: “I learned a great deal from the education sessions, which gave me an
alternative perspective and lots of food for thought. It was good to be out of
the office with nothing else to distract me and I was able to reconnect with
existing suppliers and learn about new properties.”
All hosted buyers at The Meetings Show,
including associations, agencies, PCOs, corporates, incentive houses,
venue-finding agencies and charities, are pre-qualified to participate based on
the number and scale of events organised, budgets held and decision-making
power.
To apply from 12 March 2024, visit themeetingsshow.com/hosted-buyer-programme
