Press Releases

We are delighted to report that on June 28, 2018, at ExCeL London, we enjoyed a 62% increase in the number of delegates attending our annual conference, with 71% of all member venues represented. 2018 ...

We are happy to announce the appointment of Cheryl Busby (Clarion Events) and Rajeshree Pragji (QEII Centre) as the chair and vice-chair of the Event Industry HR Group. The cross-association group was ...

  With our 2018 annual conference fast approaching, we have just announced that Glisser has agreed to partner with AEV to support the event, at ExCeL London on June 28. Michael Piddock, CEO of Glisser ...

                      GES, the leading, full service provider for live events in EMEA, has announced it will partner with us at our 2018 conference at ExCeL London on Thursday! Blitz, a GES company, w ...

We are happy to announce that Sandown Park Racecourse has joined the association as our newest member. Since opening in Esher, Surrey, in 1875 as one of Britain's first purpose-built racecourses and l ...

ExCeL London hosted our 4th Cross Association Working Group meeting of the year in their CentrEd meeting facility, chaired by Olympia London's Chris Morrison. Association collaboration on competency r ...

                      We are happy to welcome another landmark venue to the association as a full member. The Science Museum, founded more than 160 years ago, is a globally recognised attraction recei ...

Solid attendance from across the Associations ensured that the H&S Working Group’s first meeting of 2018 encouraged active discussions focusing on welfare, fire legislation and venue accident reportin ...

Ricoh Arena hosted our first Catering Working Group meeting of 2018, providing an appetising lunch and an insightful tour of their Stadium to the appreciation of those in attendance. The morning’s mee ...

We are pleased to announce that the full-service brand experience company, Freeman and event software company Ungerboeck Software have agreed to be headline sponsors for our 2018 Conference, to be hel ...

After what has seemed a long winter, the sun shone on the East of England Arena and Event Centre (EEAEC) on 21st March. The AEV/AEO/ESSA Cross Association Sustainability and AEV eGuide Working Group m ...

We are proud to announce that our 2018 conference will be held on Thursday 28 June at ExCeL London. Our Conference remains the first and only event dedicated to venues and we have focused our third co ...

The NAEC Stoneleigh has today released an Invitation to Tender (ITT) to help identify a range of preferred suppliers. With over 21,000sqm of indoor exhibition space and 800 acres of outdoor space as w ...

The first Security Working Group meeting of 2018 took place at Olympia London in their prestigious Apex Room. Refreshments and a fantastic lunch was provided by Levy UK. Two invited guests presented. ...

The freezing temperatures and snowfall didn’t prevent 15 members of the group attending their first meeting of 2018 during International Confex - hosted by Olympia - London. The group welcomed new rep ...

Our initial Cross Association Working Group of 2018 was The Event Industry HR Group who met at the QEII Centre, a first for the venue as attendee and as host. There was strong attendance by members fr ...

The Association of Event Venues (AEV) has announced that Landsec, the UK's largest commercial property development and investment company, has the joined the association. Landsec manages over twenty-s ...

The Association of Event Venues (AEV) has released a selection of key findings from the annual Size And Scale index of Events (SASiE) report for 2016, published this month by the AEV, Association of E ...

Tom Revell, sustainability manager at GES EMEA, has been appointed as Chair of the cross-association Sustainability Working Group, which meets twice a year to discuss and resolve sustainability issues ...