Monday Insights – March 14th

This Monday’s Insights feature brings you the industry headlines you may have missed from the previous week.

Headlines

Conference News has shared the winners of the 2022 London Tourism Awards, which were announced at the Old Library, Guildhall on March 10.

Hosted by London & Partners, the live awards event hosted 10 categories, including ‘Unsung Hero’ and ‘Resilience and Innovation’.

You can read the full list of winners here, and see the wonderful story behind Hilton London Metropole’s Neeshal Jeewon’s ‘Unsung Hero’ award. 

Manchester Central has opened submissions for its Incubator programme, aimed at nurturing the next generation of event experiences.

Designed to discover and develop the cutting-edge event concepts of the future, the programme is open to organisations and businesses, of all sizes and sectors, who have a unique event concept and need help in bringing it to life.

Successful applicants will be offered the opportunity to embark on an exciting collaborative partnership with Team Manchester Central, to transform their big idea into a reality at the iconic venue.

Find out more here.

EDGE Venues’ CEO, Jacqui Kavanagh, has joined other inspiring industry leaders as part of micebook.com’s first Power 50 publication. The Power 50 is dedicated to shining the spotlight on 50 inspiring female agency leaders in the UK events industry. Its launch was timed to coincide with International Women’s Day 2022 on 8 March and was held at ME London.

Over 100 female event profs gathered, including most of micebook’s Power 50 along with aspiring leaders from within their businesses, for an afternoon of thought-provoking content sessions, including a panel exploring the key pathways to leadership, workshops, and a keynote session with Tara Ruttley, NASA chief scientist and keynote speaker.

Read more about the event and download the publication, below.

Double take

EDGE Venues has launched a silent auction to support the Disasters Emergency Committee’s (DEC) Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. The auction has an initial target of £5,000 and all money raised will go to support Ukrainians in urgent need of financial aid. Read the full story on M&IT magazine.