Analysis

April's industry news round-up brings important updates - from a formal inquiry into the UK business events sector to funding challenges and fresh research insights,...

This month's news round-up brings you industry and association news and views from March 2025, including meetings and event industry views on the Chancellor's Spring Statement, Events...

This month's news round-up brings you industry and association news and views from October 2024, including Martyn's Law latest, MIA new CEO, NOWIE 2.0, All-Party...

EDGE Venues, a leading force in the meeting and events industry, recently hosted its highly anticipated EDGE Venues Summer Party, bringing together an esteemed gathering...

Radisson Hotels UK Ltd has committed 26 of its UK&I properties to EDGE Venues, the online venue finding tool which supports corporates, associations and agency...

This Monday's Insights feature brings you the industry headlines you may have missed from the previous week. Headlines The counter-terror Protect Duty bill – otherwise...

This Monday's Insights feature brings you the industry headlines you may have missed from the previous week. Headlines The Buyers Networking Club's (BNC) salary survey...

This Monday's Insights feature brings you the industry headlines you may have missed from the previous week. Headlines European flights recover to 80 per cent...

This Monday's Insights feature brings you the industry headlines you may have missed from the previous week. Headlines The Association of British Professional Conference Organisers...

This Monday's Insights feature brings you the industry headlines you may have missed from the previous week. Headlines The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Events (APPG)...

This Monday's Insights feature brings you the industry headlines you may have missed from the previous week. Headlines The US B2B exhibition industry continues improvement...

This Monday's Insights feature brings you the industry headlines you may have missed from the last week. Headlines IATA's Director General, Willie Walsh, has confirmed...

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...

As part of ongoing investment in the services most needed by clients, BMA House’s expert technicians have created a range of hybrid and digital event...

Regional performance continues to deteriorate as London RevPAR growth is softening According to the Q4 2019 UK Hotel Market Tracker London recorded RevPAR growth of...

The impact of climate change and the potential final year of the Trump administration will be the two most important sources of travel risk in...

The volume of investment into London hotels could reach record levels in the first quarter of 2020, with approximately £1.5b expected to transact in the...

The number of corporate travel buyers forecasting bigger budgets for the year ahead is at a five-year high, according to annual research conducted by Business...

London hotels saw a 2.6 per cent increase in average room rate in November, according to the latest data from HotStats. Rates increased year-on-year in...

Room rates in London continued to rise during November, but occupancies were slightly down, according to the latest preliminary figures from data company STR. Average...

The Business Visits and Events Partnership (BVEP) has published a report ‘Events Deliver Growth, Jobs and Opportunities. A Manifesto for Britain’s Events Industry’, which illustrates...

STR have released preliminary performance figures suggesting that the Brexit day that never was saw a steep decline in occupancy and revenue per available room...

Competitive Index 2019 for global cities hosting meetings and events ranks them by features such as infrastructure and costs. Paris has retained the top spot...

A busy month for events resulted in record-breaking hotel rates during September, according to preliminary figures from data company STR. Average room rate and revenue...

Meetings in Europe are increasing in number, but becoming shorter and smaller, according to a new report by European Cities Marketing. The ninth edition of ECM...

Investment into UK hotels has reached £3.22b in the first three quarters of the year, with Asia-Pacific buyers particularly active. According to new research from...

Record-breaking revenue per available room rates for August were achieved by London hotels, according to preliminary figures released by data company STR. Alongside a 4.5%...

The London Convention Bureau says that 7,995 hotel rooms across 65 new hotels will open in 2020, adding to 158,956 existing rooms. This figure has...

More than £1.1b was invested in UK hotel development projects in 2018, driven by increased investor confidence and an appetite for long term secure income....

Mainland Europe hotels saw a 5 per cent decline in average room rate to €170.60 in July, according to data from HotStats. Gross operating profit...

Average spend per meeting has increased 8.8% to £2,144, according to the latest figures included in the HBAA Meetings Barometer. “It’s been a good first...

UKinbound has released its latest Business Barometer results, highlighting the measures tourism businesses are putting in place to reduce their impact on the environment. Results...

The ICC Cricket World Cup has boosted hotels’ performance in London but failed to stop the regions sliding. That is according to the UK Hotel...

Events budgets defied the trend for total marketing budgets during the second quarter of 2019, registering solid growth and extending the upturn which has been...

Event planners want their employers to do more to make their work less stressful, according to a new survey. A survey sent to attendees of De-Stress...

Despite the uncertainty surrounding Brexit, a new report by GlobalData, a data and analytics company, has revealed UK departures to Europe are set to grow...

Italy has seen a jump in the number of international events, which have a significant proportion of overseas participants, increase from 7.9 per cent in...

A new study commissioned by Drayton Manor Park has found that out of 1,000 surveyed office workers, half of them dread-all day meetings. The survey also identified...

New research into the UK’s conference and meetings sector, the ‘UK Conference and Meeting Survey 2019’ (UKCAMS), reveals a robust and buoyant industry. There was...

The Global Destination Sustainability Index’s Whitepaper highlights trends and strategies undertaken by 47 leading cities to become regenerative hubs for economic, social and environmental development....

New hotel openings resulted in a slight decline in hotel occupancy rates in London during May, according to new figures from data company STR. The...

Hotels in the UK saw an 11 per cent year-on-year decrease in average room rate to £102.35 in April. And there was also a 1.6...

Keith Prowse, providers of sports hospitality to events such as the Wimbledon Championships, the Ashes and more, have released a new white paper titled ‘People...

Prospects for the UK’s meetings and events venues remain good for 2019 despite trading against a backdrop of ongoing political and economic uncertainty, says the...

The UK now serves more European and international destinations than any other European city, according to new research commissioned by the London Convention Bureau. London...

Scotland is bucking the trend with the number of major association events held in 2018 up 5% from 2017, despite the UK dropping two places...

At the inaugural EDGE Venues Marketing Masterclass, held at the May Fair Hotel London on 12th April, EDGE Venues shared its first set of marketing...

Paris has reclaimed the top spot in the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) city rankings for 2018, as the number of global meetings recorded...

STR’s preliminary April 2019 data for London hotels reported an increase in Average daily rate (ADR) of 1.4% to £143.01. According to the report, year-over-year,...

Advantage Travel Partnership, the UK’s largest independent travel agent and travel management company (TMC) consortium, revealed the findings of its 2018 Hotels Market Report which...

Guest ratings and price are more influential than brand reputation when travellers book hotels, according to a new report – ‘The Big Decision: How travellers...

Preliminary March data shows demand outpaced supply among hotels in London, leading to a 2.1% occupancy increase. Based on daily data from the month, London...

According to the latest data tracked by HotStats, the UK hotel industry has had a rough start to 2019, with rising costs biting into profits....

According to PwC’s latest UK Hotels Forecast Update, the outlook for hotel deals in the UK this year remains flat as a surge in room...

Nearly 77% of London City venues, according to a recent survey, are expecting an increase in revenue in the next 12 months, in spite of...

Profit per room at hotels in mainland Europe fell by 9 per cent year-on-year in January – the largest margin of decline in this measure...

The global pipeline for new hotels is being dominated by four groups, according to a new report by Lodging Econometrics (LE). At the end of...

Investment in the UK hotels industry hit £7.4b in 2018, a £1.7b increase year-on-year, a rise of 29% and 102% above the 12-year average. That...

Edinburgh is still the top location for hotel investment in the UK, with Belfast second and Liverpool third, thanks to strong performance and low building...

HBAA chair Angie Mason hailed the findings of the report, saying that “promising trends provide good reasons for a positive outlook on 2019”. The report,...

Hotel values across Europe registered another strong year in 2018 showing 3% growth and reaching new highs, according to the annual European Hotel Valuation Index (HVI),...

New research reveals that many companies are failing to carry out proper risk assessments for every meeting despite the fact that 62 per cent of...

According to new research, seven in ten European corporate travel buyers anticipate an increase in travel budgets this year, with 16 per cent expecting significant...

Travel buyers are yet to be convinced by next generation technology, according to new Business Travel Show research. More than half of the 134 European...

The strong levels of cross-border investment into the European hotel market – which reached $4.9b (£3.8b) in 2018 – will continue in 2019. The JLL’s...