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Scotland has launched its refreshed national events strategy designed to provide strategic focus for all involved in the planning, securing, and delivery of events across Scotland. Scotland the Perfect Stage 2024-2035 aims to build on the event industry’s many achievements to date, as well as respond to the ongoing challenges faced by the sector. It also focuses on a range of national priority outcomes and critical success factors for the sector as it looks towards the next ten years. Pa...
Held for the first time in four years, the conference entitled ‘Resetting the Perfect Stage for Events’ covered a range of themes across the program including Scotland’s future events ambition and global status, international perspectives, responsible events, community engagement, workforce development, Artificial Intelligence (AI), measurement and evaluation including the importance of social impact, and much more. keynote address The day started with an insightful keynote...
Around 250 owners, organizers, and hosts of the world’s greatest events gathered in Glasgow, Scotland at Host City 2023 under the theme “Driving and Reacting to Change”. Artificial intelligence, climate change, and Generation Z were among the concerns addressed by representatives of Paris 2024, Milano-Cortina 2026, LA28, Cirque de Soleil, FIFA, and many more. 10th edition of Host City The 10th edition of Host City, the greatest meeting of cities and sports, business, an...
Host City 2023 conference and exhibition, the largest international meeting of cities and sports business events, returns to Glasgow, Scotland on 20-21 November. Taking place with the support of Global Presenting Partners and Hosts Glasgow Life and EventScotland, this year’s event will once again see hundreds of major event owners, organizers and hosts from all over the world gather at the Technology and Innovation Centre around the conference theme of Driving and Reacting to Chang...
Aggreko, the world’s renowned provider of mobile modular power, temperature control and energy solutions, has announced that they will be providing their industry-renowned temporary power modules to Cirque du Soleil for several of the entertainment company’s North American Big Top shows in 2023. The agreement continues Aggreko’s long-standing partnership with Cirque du Soleil, which began in 2012. Aggreko and Cirque du Soleil partnership Aggreko will coordinate 2,500 kW of r...
AIPH announces the AIPH International Expo Conference – featuring progress reports, and a guide to Expo master planning. Expo organisers from future AIPH-approved International Horticultural Expos will travel to the Portuguese Iberostar Selection Lisboa hotel in Lisbon, Portugal, to present their progress reports at the International Horticultural Expo Conference, which is scheduled to take place from 13 March, 2023. AIPH-Approved International Horticultural Expos AIPH-Approved Internat...
Copenhagen is preparing for an urban festival with street activities in the heart of the Danish capital when the FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup Qualifier and 3x3 Europe Cup 2025 take place. “We are really happy and proud of bringing the 3x3 Europe Cup to Denmark for the first time,” Kamil Novak, FIBA Europe Executive Director said. “Copenhagen and Denmark are perfect matches to 3x3 as one of the missions of this discipline are to bring basketball to the people and show that everyone ca...
Floriade Expo 2022 Amsterdam-Almere has closed its gates, after a lively final weekend marked by concerts, cultural shows and thematic events. Dozens of countries participated in the Horticultural Expo, which for six months showcased ideas solutions and innovations relating to the theme “Growing Green Cities”. Floriade Expo 2022 – the seventh Horticultural Expo to be hosted by the Netherlands – took place on a 60-hectare site situated on the south side of the Weerwater i...
Aggreko announces a new partnership with Host City, the magazine and conference organizers for cities, rights holders, organizers, venues, and suppliers of major international events. headline sponsor As part of the new partnership, Aggreko will become the headline sponsor of the flagship Host City 2021 Conference, as well as the Official Sustainability Partner of the Host City Americas Conference. The announcement is the latest in a long and successful partnership between the two organizatio...
Aggreko has announced a new partnership with Host City, the renowned magazine and conference organizers for cities, rights holders, organizers, venues, and suppliers of major international events. As part of the new partnership, Aggreko will become the headline sponsor of the flagship Host City 2021 Conference, as well as the Official Sustainability Partner of the Host City Americas Conference. Host City 2021 Conference sponsor The announcement is the latest in a long and successful partnersh...