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Hotel is decorated in a vintage style, with \u201cBritish pathe\u201d clips from 1950s and 1960s on every floor and lots of brass details. Hotel was opened in November of 2017, after being in the making for three years.
\nAt the beginning of their stay, guests get filming equipment which can be used inside and outside of the hotel, with which they can create a film based on their London experience. And if you want a better inspiration, you can book a room with a view of the red carpet on which movie stars used to walk. At the end of the stay, guests choose best cadres, an in an hour get their own silent film.
\nThe post Be a Star of Your Film in London appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.
\n", "content_text": "If you\u2019ve always wanted to act or direct your own movie, we found a hotel for you! Victory House Hotel on Lester square, London, offers a special \u201cMovie maker\u201d package to the guests who want to become directors or stars of their own silent film.\nHotel is decorated in a vintage style, with \u201cBritish pathe\u201d clips from 1950s and 1960s on every floor and lots of brass details. Hotel was opened in November of 2017, after being in the making for three years.\nAt the beginning of their stay, guests get filming equipment which can be used inside and outside of the hotel, with which they can create a film based on their London experience. And if you want a better inspiration, you can book a room with a view of the red carpet on which movie stars used to walk. At the end of the stay, guests choose best cadres, an in an hour get their own silent film.\nThe post Be a Star of Your Film in London appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.", "date_published": "2017-12-25T13:45:02+01:00", "date_modified": "2017-12-25T13:45:02+01:00", "author": { "name": "Mirjana Novitovic", "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/author/officebs/", "avatar": "https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/slika-.jpg" }, "image": "https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/thames_london_black_white_ferris_wheel_river_hdr_13759_800x600.jpg", "tags": [ "hotel", "london", "movie", "OMG... Really?!" ] }, { "id": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/registration-opens-for-the-meetings-show-2015/", "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/registration-opens-for-the-meetings-show-2015/", "title": "Registration opens for The Meetings Show 2015", "content_html": "The Meetings Show is organized by meeting professionals for meeting professionals it is focused around a large exhibition, networking opportunities and professional education.
\nThe hosted buyer programme \u2013 the largest in the UK \u2013 will attract buyers from the corporate, association, agency and public sectors. The show will feature destinations from over 50 countries across 6 continents, venues, hotels and key providers of meetings products and services.
\nThe education programme will address issues faced by agencies, corporates, associations, PCOs, AMCs, PAs and key sectors such as healthcare and technology.\u00a0In addition to the dedicated Association Meetings Conference on 6th July, the education will include keynote sessions, seminars and Meet the Expert round tables throughout the three days of the show.
\nWith a growing exhibitor list, made up of more than 400 exhibiting companies, visitors will be able to meet with the UK\u2019s largest collection of meeting industry organisations under one roof including: major domestic and international destinations, venues, hotel groups, DMCs, trade associations and suppliers.
\nExhibitor highlights include Dubai Convention & Events Bureau, London & Partners, VisitScotland, Hilton Worldwide, Meet Birmingham, Accor Hotels and Tourism Ireland.
\nThe Meetings Show\u2019s Event Director Steve Knight says: \u201cThe Meetings Show is organised by meeting professionals, for meeting professionals, a fact that is demonstrated through both the calibre of our exhibitors and the quality of our education programme. If meetings are key to your business you will find the suppliers you want to see and education designed for your needs at our event.\u201d
\nApplications for The Meetings Show\u2019s hosted buyer programme are also open. Applicants will be reviewed by a team of expert qualifiers and benefit from scheduled meetings with organisations of their choosing, complimentary travel and accommodation, transportation to Olympia from host hotels and networking venues, as well as a choice of hosted buyer lounges complete with refreshments.
\nThe post Registration opens for The Meetings Show 2015 appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.
\n", "content_text": "The Meetings Show is the premier event for the UK inbound and outbound meetings industry, organised by Centaur Exhibitions and taking place from 7th to 9th July 2015 at Olympia, London.\nThe Meetings Show is organized by meeting professionals for meeting professionals it is focused around a large exhibition, networking opportunities and professional education.\nThe hosted buyer programme \u2013 the largest in the UK \u2013 will attract buyers from the corporate, association, agency and public sectors. The show will feature destinations from over 50 countries across 6 continents, venues, hotels and key providers of meetings products and services.\nThe education programme will address issues faced by agencies, corporates, associations, PCOs, AMCs, PAs and key sectors such as healthcare and technology.\u00a0In addition to the dedicated Association Meetings Conference on 6th July, the education will include keynote sessions, seminars and Meet the Expert round tables throughout the three days of the show.\nWith a growing exhibitor list, made up of more than 400 exhibiting companies, visitors will be able to meet with the UK\u2019s largest collection of meeting industry organisations under one roof including: major domestic and international destinations, venues, hotel groups, DMCs, trade associations and suppliers.\nExhibitor highlights include Dubai Convention & Events Bureau, London & Partners, VisitScotland, Hilton Worldwide, Meet Birmingham, Accor Hotels and Tourism Ireland.\nThe Meetings Show\u2019s Event Director Steve Knight says: \u201cThe Meetings Show is organised by meeting professionals, for meeting professionals, a fact that is demonstrated through both the calibre of our exhibitors and the quality of our education programme. If meetings are key to your business you will find the suppliers you want to see and education designed for your needs at our event.\u201d\nMeetings Show UK\nApplications for The Meetings Show\u2019s hosted buyer programme are also open. Applicants will be reviewed by a team of expert qualifiers and benefit from scheduled meetings with organisations of their choosing, complimentary travel and accommodation, transportation to Olympia from host hotels and networking venues, as well as a choice of hosted buyer lounges complete with refreshments.\nThe post Registration opens for The Meetings Show 2015 appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.", "date_published": "2015-04-01T14:51:20+02:00", "date_modified": "2017-03-22T11:01:29+01:00", "author": { "name": "Mirjana Novitovic", "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/author/officebs/", "avatar": "https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/slika-.jpg" }, "image": "https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Meetings-1199.jpg", "tags": [ "fair", "hosted buyer", "london", "meetings industry", "meetings show", "News and events" ] }, { "id": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/events-continued-to-take-place-in-london-after-the-incidents/", "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/events-continued-to-take-place-in-london-after-the-incidents/", "title": "Events continued to take place in London after the incidents", "content_html": "\n![\"Queen](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/London.jpg\" "\\"Queen")
What echoed as a worldwide news are riots and violence that exploded in the streets of London, the city which otherwise does not have an image of insecure and problematic city across the world.
The violence wave started after the peaceful protestation due to the murder of a young man by the police which escalated into violence, with the participants burning, destroying and robbing everything they could reach. The police, as it turned out, were incapable of stopping violence and vandalism. The similar story had taken place in Athens, Greece, a couple of years ago.
\nAll world media, whether electronic, printed, radio or television, followed this event and reported on it.
\nTourism, especially meeting industry, largely depends on safety of a destination, more precisely of the perception of the meeting organizers and participants regarding the safety of that destination. This perception largely depends on public opinion created by world media. Very often the media show certain events exaggerating in relation to real state of things.
\nThe countries in region know that fact too well. It is possible that the incident in London was again shown as more extensive and scary than it actually was. But it indisputably affected the current image of London and set the task before the representatives of the official tourism organizations from London and Great Britain to unite and work with joined efforts on keeping positive and undisturbed global image of London, especially for the coming 2012 Olympics hosted by this beautiful city.
\n\u201cAt the moment feedback from our key partners and contacts is that cancellations have been minimal especially within the business tourism area when July/August is not a key time for business events.
\n![\"London](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/London-Trafalgar.jpg\" "\\"London")
The vast majority of the city remained unaffected and in particular key business destinations such as Canary Wharf, the City of London and the West end. London was open for business and operating as usual\u201d, said from London & Partners, the Official Promotional Agency for London.
The IOC (International Olympic Committee) has also made it clear that they have complete confidence over safety in London over the 2012 period.
\n\u201cLondon & Partners are united with other UK tourism bodies to ensure that both Britain\u2019s and London reputation remains positive and strong.
\nWe believe there will be little long-term impact on demand for London and the rest of Britain as a tourist and business destination. The trade bodies ETOA and UK inbound have both reported that in the aftermath of the riots that there were minimal numbers of cancellations to bookings from overseas.
\nIt\u2019s also worth highlighting that a large number of international events continued to take place during the short period that the London incidents took place.
\nThis included the beach volleyball Olympic test event at Horse Guards Parade in the heart of central London, the London 10km Marathon Swimming International in the idyllic Hyde Park, the London-Surrey Cycle Classic, and the test match between England and India in Birmingham. It also saw the start of season for the world\u2019s top club football competition, the Barclays Premier League, with games played in Liverpool, London Manchester and the West Midlands.\u201d
\nLondon & Partners have a great opportunity over the twelve months to showcase London to the world and to ensure that business and leisure visitors to come and experience London for themselves.
\n![\"Olympic](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Olympic-Stadium.jpg\" "\\"Olympic")
Deborah Griffin, director of Deloitte’s leisure corporate finance advisory team, said the global coverage will have a negative impact on the UK’s \u00a3100bn tourism industry, but any slow down would not be as bad as in the aftermath of the 7 July terrorist attacks in 2005. “It’s certainly not good. All of it has been flashed around the world and that will put people off, but normally people’s memories are quite short-term so it should not have a long-term impact.”, said Guardian.
It turns out that social networks played an important role in initiating and coordinating\u00a0 the participants of the incident in London. The UK government has convened a meeting with representatives of large social networks, in order to discuss this issue.
\nTwitter, Facebook and BlackBerry-maker RIM confirmed their participation in the meeting with UK Home Secretary Theresa May and other UK officials about the role social media played in riots earlier in London.
\nAfter it became clear that some rioters were using social media and BlackBerry messenger to coordinate violence, UK Prime Minister David Cameron told Parliament that the government was examining whether to ban suspected troublemakers in the riot from using social media and other digital communication tools.
\n\u201cWhen people are using social media for violence we need to stop them,\u201d said\u00a0 Prime Minister, to the chagrin of many free speech activists. \u201cSo we are working with the police, the intelligence services and industry to look at whether it would be right to stop people communicating via these websites and services when we know they are plotting violence, disorder and criminality.\u201d
\nNow there is a question: Should governments have the right to shut down social networks in times of crisis?
\nThe post Events continued to take place in London after the incidents appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.
\n", "content_text": "Tourism, especially meeting industry, largely depends on safety of a destination, more precisely of the perception of the meeting organizers and participants regarding the safety of that destination. This perception largely depends on public opinion created by world media.\n\nWhat echoed as a worldwide news are riots and violence that exploded in the streets of London, the city which otherwise does not have an image of insecure and problematic city across the world.\nThe violence wave started after the peaceful protestation due to the murder of a young man by the police which escalated into violence, with the participants burning, destroying and robbing everything they could reach. The police, as it turned out, were incapable of stopping violence and vandalism. The similar story had taken place in Athens, Greece, a couple of years ago.\nAll world media, whether electronic, printed, radio or television, followed this event and reported on it.\nTourism, especially meeting industry, largely depends on safety of a destination, more precisely of the perception of the meeting organizers and participants regarding the safety of that destination. This perception largely depends on public opinion created by world media. Very often the media show certain events exaggerating in relation to real state of things.\nThe countries in region know that fact too well. It is possible that the incident in London was again shown as more extensive and scary than it actually was. But it indisputably affected the current image of London and set the task before the representatives of the official tourism organizations from London and Great Britain to unite and work with joined efforts on keeping positive and undisturbed global image of London, especially for the coming 2012 Olympics hosted by this beautiful city.\n\u201cAt the moment feedback from our key partners and contacts is that cancellations have been minimal especially within the business tourism area when July/August is not a key time for business events.\nThe vast majority of the city remained unaffected and in particular key business destinations such as Canary Wharf, the City of London and the West end. London was open for business and operating as usual\u201d, said from London & Partners, the Official Promotional Agency for London.\nThe IOC (International Olympic Committee) has also made it clear that they have complete confidence over safety in London over the 2012 period.\n\u201cLondon & Partners are united with other UK tourism bodies to ensure that both Britain\u2019s and London reputation remains positive and strong.\nWe believe there will be little long-term impact on demand for London and the rest of Britain as a tourist and business destination. The trade bodies ETOA and UK inbound have both reported that in the aftermath of the riots that there were minimal numbers of cancellations to bookings from overseas.\nIt\u2019s also worth highlighting that a large number of international events continued to take place during the short period that the London incidents took place.\nThis included the beach volleyball Olympic test event at Horse Guards Parade in the heart of central London, the London 10km Marathon Swimming International in the idyllic Hyde Park, the London-Surrey Cycle Classic, and the test match between England and India in Birmingham. It also saw the start of season for the world\u2019s top club football competition, the Barclays Premier League, with games played in Liverpool, London Manchester and the West Midlands.\u201d\nLondon & Partners have a great opportunity over the twelve months to showcase London to the world and to ensure that business and leisure visitors to come and experience London for themselves.\nDeborah Griffin, director of Deloitte’s leisure corporate finance advisory team, said the global coverage will have a negative impact on the UK’s \u00a3100bn tourism industry, but any slow down would not be as bad as in the aftermath of the 7 July terrorist attacks in 2005. “It’s certainly not good. All of it has been flashed around the world and that will put people off, but normally people’s memories are quite short-term so it should not have a long-term impact.”, said Guardian.\nIt turns out that social networks played an important role in initiating and coordinating\u00a0 the participants of the incident in London. The UK government has convened a meeting with representatives of large social networks, in order to discuss this issue.\nTwitter, Facebook and BlackBerry-maker RIM confirmed their participation in the meeting with UK Home Secretary Theresa May and other UK officials about the role social media played in riots earlier in London.\nAfter it became clear that some rioters were using social media and BlackBerry messenger to coordinate violence, UK Prime Minister David Cameron told Parliament that the government was examining whether to ban suspected troublemakers in the riot from using social media and other digital communication tools.\n\u201cWhen people are using social media for violence we need to stop them,\u201d said\u00a0 Prime Minister, to the chagrin of many free speech activists. \u201cSo we are working with the police, the intelligence services and industry to look at whether it would be right to stop people communicating via these websites and services when we know they are plotting violence, disorder and criminality.\u201d\nNow there is a question: Should governments have the right to shut down social networks in times of crisis?\nThe post Events continued to take place in London after the incidents appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.", "date_published": "2011-10-01T10:31:15+02:00", "date_modified": "2016-12-06T16:16:59+01:00", "author": { "name": "Miona Milic", "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/author/miona/", "avatar": "https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG-20240224-WA0003-e1728981138373.jpg" }, "image": "https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Olympic-Stadium.jpg", "tags": [ "london", "tourism", "Hot topics" ] }, { "id": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/new-years-eve-in-london/", "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/new-years-eve-in-london/", "title": "New Year\u2019s Eve in London", "content_html": "![\"Chloe](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Chloe-Couchman-Senior-Communications-Manager-for-Business-Major-Events-at-Visit-London-agency.jpg\" "\\"Chloe")
Visit London is the official visitor organisation for London. A leader in best practice destination marketing, Visit London promotes the UK capital internationally, throughout Britain and to Londoners, targeting leisure and business visitors. Visit London works in partnership with the Mayor of London, the London Development Agency, London Councils and the tourism industry.
\nIn order to present organization of such a great event such as New Year’s Eve in London, we contacted with Chloe Couchman. Chloe Couchman is the Senior Communications Manager for Business & Major Events at the official tourism agency Visit London. With more than 12 years’ of experience in PR industry, she has worked with some of the biggest events and sport brands who have come to the UK capital including Red Bull, Cadbury, ATP, NBA and NFL.
\n1. London has always left an unforgettable impression of the New Year’s Eve. Could you tell us something about previous years, what was the most interesting New Year’s Eve in London?
\nEach New Year’s Eve has its own character and, as many people going to watch the fireworks are doing it for the first time, it will be a unique and exhilarating experience. We are delighted with the fact that the last display was so well-received \u2013 many people said they thought it was the best one so far.
\nAccording to our statistics, every day London sees on average more than 500,000 visitors from all over the world. But we believe the figures jump significantly when it comes to the New Year\u2019s Eve.
\n2. What is the approximate budget for the organization of the open-air New Year\u2019s Eve celebration and how many people are involved in the organization?
\nThe budget for the last display was around \u00a3400,000 for the fireworks, with infrastructure and cleaning costs, including stewarding and barriers taking the overall costs to \u00a31.8 million.
\n3. How these events contribute to the profit of the city?
\nThe New Year’s Eve fireworks have acquired a reputation that puts the event on a par with celebrations in Sydney, Paris, New York, as well as Edinburgh. As well as 250,000 people gathered along the banks of the River Thames to watch the spectacle, 11 million people watched it on the BBC TV and millions more saw it around the world.
\n4. What are the main activities that attract visitors during Christmas time in London?
\nThe fireworks are a part of a dazzling range of attractions all across the capital during the festive season \u2013 and indeed throughout the year. For visitors as well as Londoners, there is something for everyone, from Christmas trees and sparkling lights, to carol concerts and ice-skating at iconic locations. The display has already established itself as a must see event, and we are keen to ensure that visitors are also aware of what else is happening \u2013 for example, the New Year’s Day Parade.
\nThe New Year\u2019s Day Parade \u2013 London has evolved in to one of the world\u2019s great street spectacles with up to 10,000 performers from all the continent, hundreds of thousands of spectators on the streets \u2013 and a live television audience of tens of millions.
\nThis year, the 25th Anniversary of the New Year’s Day Parade, smashed all records.
\nwww.londonparade.co.uk
5. Can you tell us something about the biggest organizational issues of this kind of events?
\nThe organisation of the display is a massive undertaking, which involves many agencies. As well as the Mayor’s Office and the producers Jack Morton Worldwide, it includes the police, Transport for London, London Ambulance Service, British Transport Police, the local councils and many others. Without such input, knowledge and cooperation it would not be possible to deliver an event on this scale, one which is enjoyable, but also safe and within the budget.
\nThe post New Year’s Eve in London appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.
\n", "content_text": "According to our statistics, every day London sees on average more than 500,000 visitors from all over the world. But we believe the figures jump significantly when it comes to the New Year\u2019s Eve.\nChloe Couchman, Senior Communications Manager for Business & Major Events at Visit London agency\nVisit London is the official visitor organisation for London. A leader in best practice destination marketing, Visit London promotes the UK capital internationally, throughout Britain and to Londoners, targeting leisure and business visitors. Visit London works in partnership with the Mayor of London, the London Development Agency, London Councils and the tourism industry.\nIn order to present organization of such a great event such as New Year’s Eve in London, we contacted with Chloe Couchman. Chloe Couchman is the Senior Communications Manager for Business & Major Events at the official tourism agency Visit London. With more than 12 years’ of experience in PR industry, she has worked with some of the biggest events and sport brands who have come to the UK capital including Red Bull, Cadbury, ATP, NBA and NFL.\n1. London has always left an unforgettable impression of the New Year’s Eve. Could you tell us something about previous years, what was the most interesting New Year’s Eve in London?\nEach New Year’s Eve has its own character and, as many people going to watch the fireworks are doing it for the first time, it will be a unique and exhilarating experience. We are delighted with the fact that the last display was so well-received \u2013 many people said they thought it was the best one so far.\nAccording to our statistics, every day London sees on average more than 500,000 visitors from all over the world. But we believe the figures jump significantly when it comes to the New Year\u2019s Eve.\n2. What is the approximate budget for the organization of the open-air New Year\u2019s Eve celebration and how many people are involved in the organization?\nThe budget for the last display was around \u00a3400,000 for the fireworks, with infrastructure and cleaning costs, including stewarding and barriers taking the overall costs to \u00a31.8 million.\n3. How these events contribute to the profit of the city?\nThe New Year’s Eve fireworks have acquired a reputation that puts the event on a par with celebrations in Sydney, Paris, New York, as well as Edinburgh. As well as 250,000 people gathered along the banks of the River Thames to watch the spectacle, 11 million people watched it on the BBC TV and millions more saw it around the world.\n4. What are the main activities that attract visitors during Christmas time in London?\nThe fireworks are a part of a dazzling range of attractions all across the capital during the festive season \u2013 and indeed throughout the year. For visitors as well as Londoners, there is something for everyone, from Christmas trees and sparkling lights, to carol concerts and ice-skating at iconic locations. The display has already established itself as a must see event, and we are keen to ensure that visitors are also aware of what else is happening \u2013 for example, the New Year’s Day Parade.\nThe New Year\u2019s Day Parade \u2013 London has evolved in to one of the world\u2019s great street spectacles with up to 10,000 performers from all the continent, hundreds of thousands of spectators on the streets \u2013 and a live television audience of tens of millions.\nThis year, the 25th Anniversary of the New Year’s Day Parade, smashed all records.\nwww.londonparade.co.uk\n5. Can you tell us something about the biggest organizational issues of this kind of events? \nThe organisation of the display is a massive undertaking, which involves many agencies. As well as the Mayor’s Office and the producers Jack Morton Worldwide, it includes the police, Transport for London, London Ambulance Service, British Transport Police, the local councils and many others. Without such input, knowledge and cooperation it would not be possible to deliver an event on this scale, one which is enjoyable, but also safe and within the budget.\nThe post New Year’s Eve in London appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.", "date_published": "2011-07-15T11:00:13+02:00", "date_modified": "2016-12-08T10:06:09+01:00", "author": { "name": "Svetlana Gavric", "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/author/ceca/", "avatar": "https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Ceca.jpg" }, "image": "https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/big_ben.jpg", "tags": [ "london", "new year", "Events from practice", "Interviews" ] } ] }