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Withholding payments 'unacceptable', says HBAA

April 2, 2020Withholding payments 'unacceptable', says HBAAThe HBAA has branded venues withholding payments and commissions during the coronavirus crisis as "unacceptable" - and says the practice is a major threat to cashflow and future relationships.

Time to 'tap into emerging tech’, advises Jack Morton MD

April 1, 2020Time to 'tap into emerging tech’, advises Jack Morton MDMike Kunheim, managing director of Jack Morton, London reveals his game plan and enthusiasm for emerging tech in these fast-changing times.

Changing Times: ‘We are all in this together’, says ABPCO

March 30, 2020Changing Times: ‘We are all in this together’, says ABPCOWe caught up with Heather Lishman, association director of ABPCO (Association of British Professional Conference Organisers), as part of our Changing Times series of industry views on the unfolding coronavirus outbreak.

UK hotel chains throw lifeline to NHS staff by offering beds

March 24, 2020UK hotel chains throw lifeline to NHS staff by offering bedsUK hotel chains across the country are being converted into temporary hospitals to provide the NHS with emergency bed space as well as accommodation for medical staff.

Changing Times: ‘When this blows over we’ll have one hell of a party!’

March 23, 2020Changing Times: ‘When this blows over we’ll have one hell of a party!’In our series of Changing Times interviews with event organisers, we find out the ways in which the meetings industry is adapting and surviving in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Feedback questionnaires fail to cover the core issues

March 20, 2020Feedback questionnaires fail to cover the core issuesWe live in a world of feedback; every experience matters and it's a sad but true fact that many feedback questionnaires don't hit the mark when it comes to drilling down into the core issues.

Funds needed NOW to survive, says Meetings Industry Assocation

March 20, 2020Funds needed NOW to survive, says Meetings Industry AssocationThe Meetings Industry Association (mia) has written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson demanding businesses get immediate access to funds to avoid a staffing and economic crisis across the sector.

Digital solutions: real-time engagement via virtual meetings

March 19, 2020Digital solutions: real-time engagement via virtual meetingsArranging virtual and online meetings remotely for event organisers offer real-time engagement. Bradley Hill, audio-visual manager at Church House conference centre in Westminster explains more.

Postpone or cancel? Key takeaways from micebook coronavirus summit

March 17, 2020Postpone or cancel? Key takeaways from micebook coronavirus summitClients are currently preferring to postpone events rather than cancel according to the majority of those who attended micebook’s emergency event industry leaders’ summit on the coronavirus crisis.

Breakfast boom: two-thirds find morning meetings more beneficial

March 17, 2020Breakfast boom: two-thirds find morning meetings more beneficialAre you a morning person? When it comes to meetings, it turns out that increasingly the answer for many of us is a resounding yes.Show More