The Meetings Industry Association (mia) hosts its first Destination Summit in Brighton, 5-6 February, designed to help UK convention bureaus and destinations attract more conferences and events.
The two-day event will be held at the Old Ship Hotel and will feature talks and workshops from leading experts including Tracy Halliwell, director of business tourism and major events at London and Partners and Kerrin MacPhie, the new head of Business Events at VisitBritain.
There will also be sessions focused on promoting and marketing destinations, growing audience, impact and reputation, as well as how to run a convention bureau and operational best practice.
Delegates will also benefit from insight into new business development including research.
The Brighton summit will be followed by the first of the mia’s Business Breakfasts on 12 February at the Congress Centre, London. It will feature a 90-minute workshop entitled ‘Writing Killer Award Entries’ delivered by PR agency Custard Communications.
On 21 February the mia is running an afternoon workshop on ‘Presentation Skills’ at the Park Crescent Conference Centre, London. Led by Richard Newman – an award-winning expert in communications – delegates will learn how to combine their own authentic communication style with success principles that are proven to give extra authority and influence in business as well as increase natural persuasiveness, personal impact and effectiveness.
The final event of the month is on 26 February is a ‘Self and Relationships’ workshop at the Anglo Educational Services, London. This session will be led by Tracey Powiesnik from Core Process who will use her experience in sales, people development, emotional intelligence and commercial skills to demonstrate how to transform individuals and dysfunctional groups into cohesive, high performing and confident teams.
