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• ‘Six-figure’ profits cheer Ultimate Event Company
  
  A better-than expected bottom line means Ultimate are recruiting again
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:45:15 GMT
• TRO celebrates £1m of business wins in first quarter
  
  Experiential agency TRO is celebrating six new business wins worth in excess of £1m
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:12:26 GMT
• Registrations rising for Academic Venue Show
  
  Registrations are already ahead of last year for the 2010 Academic Venue Show
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:56:53 GMT
• MPI selects Düsseldorf for 2011
  
  Düsseldorf will be the next host of MPI's European Meetings and Events Conference in 2011
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:30:40 GMT
• South African Airways accused of World Cup monopoly scheme
  
  Shadow tourism minister has accused South African Airways of seeking to engineer a World Cup monopoly
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:35:42 GMT
• Banks Sadler recruiting again in 'more positive climate'
  
  Leading events agency Banks Sadler has begun recruiting again following a 20 per cent increase
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:14:31 GMT
• Vinopolis – the event organiser's flexible friend
  
  Vinopolis has launched a range of new conference packages following an industry survey requesting more flexibility
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:08:27 GMT
• London Aquarium owners still hoping to float
  
  Merlin Entertainments is eyeing the stock market once again following a 16.6 per cent jump in profits for 2009
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:39:05 GMT
• Battersea granted the power to party
  
  A spark of life has been breathed into London’s Battersea Power Station with the launch of a new venue
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:16:02 GMT
• Walk this way to raise funds for cancer research
  
  For the third year, members of the event industry are to take part in a fundraising walk
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:06:54 GMT
• London DMC launches consortium to champion independent venues
  
  Bill Prosser, MD, of UK DMC The Competitive Edge, has launched a new sales and marketing consortium
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:11:59 GMT
• Samurai and sustainability – Kyoto eyes UK meetings market
  
  Kyoto is hoping to become a popular meetings destination for Westerners
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:57:41 GMT
• Events industry stalwart Peter Rand 'hangs up his boots'
  
  Events industry stalwart Peter Rand has announced his retirement after 37 years in the business
  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:48:40 GMT
• London room rates expected to rise £10 in 2010
  
  More than £10 is expected to be added to average room rates in London, according to the Hotel Market Outlook
  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:32:42 GMT
• Italian show BTC moves again
  
  Italian meetings trade show BTC will move to Fiera di Rimini as Rimini's new Palacongressi will not be ready
  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:46:40 GMT
• Corporate Innovations restructures in bid to boost profits
  
  Corporate Innovations has been split into two distinct business units
  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:20:05 GMT
• Struggling Zap Event Hire back on track thanks to new TV show
  
  A struggling event hire company is on the road to recovery after receiving help from businesswoman Hilary Devey
  Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:48:53 GMT
• German Convention Bureau commits to sustainability
  
  The German Convention Bureau is to sign up to the new international standard for sustainable events
  Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:03:12 GMT
• ITM buyers call for strengthened supplier standards
  
  ITM members call for collaboration between suppliers and technology providers over changes to travel products
  Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:51:27 GMT
• Zibrant expands into Dublin and Paris
  
  More recruitment planned after Zibrant expands with 30 new staff in UK offices
  Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:46:11 GMT
• Top 10 worst business jargon phrases revealed
  
  ‘Face time’, ‘touch base’ and ‘out of the box’ have been named as some of the worst business jargon phrases
  Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:02:29 GMT
• No frills hotel brand to launch in London
  
  Asian budget hotel brand Tune Hotels will open 15 hotels across Greater London by 2017
  Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:46:12 GMT
• Profits and confidence slump in hospitality sector
  
  Confidence levels about business prospects for the next six months have fallen sharply for hospitality firms
  Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:43:46 GMT
• Toyota Auris launch among new wins for P&MM
  
  Leading events agency P&MM's Chris Clarke optimistic for 2010
  Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:38:50 GMT
• Developers sought for new convention centre in Cardiff
  
  Cardiff Council is inviting expressions of interest to build, fund and operate a 1,300 capacity convention centre
  Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:16:43 GMT