Press Releases

Following its September board meeting, the Association of Event Venues (AEV) has announced three new appointments to the board, namely Max Bull of the Business Design Centre (BDC), Steve Sayer of The ...

The Association of Event Venues (AEV) HR Working Group held its annual meeting at Olympia London, on September 7th 2016, with Rachel Parker, AEV director, standing in as chair.  After thanking Susan C ...

The Association of Event Venues (AEV) has announced the publication of the Summer 2016 edition of the eGuide, which updates the current iteration with new guidance on connectivity, creches, children, ...

The Association of Event Venues has announced the successful completion of its annual salary survey and has now published the results to all the participants. The 2016 salary survey, launched in April ...

The Association of Event Venues (AEV) has appointed Dani Bull to the post of membership executive, supporting the association director, Rachel Parker, and association manager Kim Miles in their work w ...

The Association of Event Venues' Marketing and Communications working group convened for its second meeting of the year at Ricoh Arena on July 12, with Jazmin Beale of Olympia London in the chair. Bea ...

June witnessed the first conference for the Association of Event Venues (AEV), held at the Business Design Centre, London. It brought together over 120 delegates from member venues, and from a number ...

The AEV eGuide Working Group met for the first time this year at Olympia London, on Wednesday May 11 with Siân Richards of Olympia serving as temporary chair. With the meeting open, Rachel Parker, AEV ...

  The cross association Sustainability Working Group convened its first meeting of the year on Wednesday May 11 at Olympia London, with Katie Clarke of Manchester Central in the chair and a guest spea ...

  We recently partnered with Mediaplanet UK on the 2016 Events and Hospitality Campaign in The Guardian newspaper and online. Read below from outgoing AEV chair, Graham Stephenson.    After a period o ...

The Association of Event Venues (AEV) has announced that Graham Stephenson, chair of the board and chief operating officer at Business Design Centre (BDC), will be stepping down, with immediate effect ...

The Cross Association Technology Working Group had its first meeting of the year at the office of UBM, Blackfriars Road, London, on Thursday May 5th. The meeting opened with a welcome to new members a ...

The cross association Health and Safety working group, comprised of members of the AEV, ESSA and the AEO met for the first time this year at Ricoh Arena on April 26, with over 25 members in attendance ...

The Association of Event Venues Security Working Group had its first meeting of the year on April 20, at the VOX Conference Centre, Resorts World (NEC). The meeting included several new members from B ...

The cross association Technical Committee – Electrics convened its first meeting of the year on April 6th at Olympia London, and was well attended by members including Chris Morrison, director of faci ...

The Association of Event Venues (AEV) Catering Working Group held its first meeting of the year at the Royal Dublin Society (RDS), Dublin, Ireland, on 18 February 2016. The members of the group travel ...

The Association of Event Venues (AEV) has announced that Graeme Cumming, finance director and interim managing director of the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC), has joined the AEV boar ...

The Association of Event Venues (AEV) Event Managers Working Group's first meeting of 2016 took place at the NEC Birmingham on February 10 with Emma Chilton of ACC Liverpool in the chair. The well att ...

The Marketing & Comms Working Group met for their first time this year on 02 March 2016, at International Confex, Olympia London. Member venues were well represented at the meeting, and the group also ...

What differentiates the very best teams in the world from the rest? What do they do that others don't? What separates world class teams from great teams, and great teams from those who are good? The K ...