Britain is currently seeing a massive focus on its event industry due to the success of the Olympics and Paralympics, and the support for the Britain for Events campaign. With Britain’s brilliance in staging World class events now recognised, the events industry is sure to see a boost over the coming months and years.

Exhibitions.co.uk continually strives to be the UK’s leading online resource for the events industry. As such, we wanted to provide a little help and advice on ways to find event venues. Exhibitions.co.uk incorporated a venues category last year which lists event venue options. The venues can host anything from small meetings to large trade or consumer exhibitions. You can contact any of the venues directly by clicking on contact information, or you can submit a Quick Quote request and we can forward your enquiry to a number of venues for you, saving you time otherwise spent searching.

John Hooke-Tappin, Exhibitions Business Development Manager, explained the reason behind adding the category: 'Exhibitions is the leading online resource for all those involved in the exhibition and event sector. The site is currently the only place online where you will find a diary of forthcoming UK exhibitions alongside a directory of recommended and experienced exhibition and event suppliers. The new category listing some excellent UK event venues really complements the site and brings us one step closer to being the ultimate resource for the exhibitions industry.'

Once you have a few venues under consideration there is an excellent app out to help with your site visits. QuickMobile, a developer of fully branded mobile apps, and event industry thought leaders Corbin Ball and James Spellos recently launched Techspec, a free iPhone and Android app. The app enables event organisers to make site visits and comparisons easier and more efficient. The app allows organisers to quickly gather relevant information about venues' technology capabilities and amenities, as well as document general hotel information and capture venue pictures. Users can build detailed profiles, generate ratings and share their findings with others.

Corbin Ball commented: “Site selection is critical to the success of an event, and TechSpec will help meeting professionals more effectively and efficiently evaluate and compare venues. With the help of QuickMobile, we have taken everything that meeting planners would normally do on paper and put it on a mobile app. With TechSpec, meeting professionals not only have venue profiles and ratings at their fingertips, they can also share and compare their findings with their event teams and peers.”

TechSpec is available for free at QuickMobile.com.

Once you have your venue confirmed don’t forget that Exhibitions.co.uk has a directory of event and exhibition suppliers so that you can source everything you need for your event, whether it’s AV equipment, shell scheme stands, furniture or just a card machine.

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