If you’ve ever thought of becoming a fully remote event planner, here are the top ten ‘work from anywhere’ destinations where you can relocate to become a virtual event professional.

One of Scotland’s most experienced major events professionals, has joined the SEC as Director of Operations. Colin Hartley (47) from Glasgow, joined the city’s event campus in early June to oversee the running of the SEC’s hundreds of exhibitions, conferences and live entertainment shows. With more than 20 years’ experience, Colin has been part of some of Scotland’s biggest and most exciting events. He was a key part of the team for the Glasgow 2018 European Championships, responsible for over 700 paid staff, 27 venues, 4000 volunteers and a cultural programme involving three live sites. He was also Championships Director for the 2015 FIG World Gymnastics Championships, hosted at the OVO Hydro and was Head of Festival Operations for Glasgow 2014, Commonwealth Games.

In every episode of C&IT’s podcast, RSVP, editors Calum Di Lieto and Charlotte Flach read out listeners’ industry confessions live on air. Submit yours here…

Entries are now open to nominate your company as C&IT’s Best Place to Work 2023…

Artificial Intelligence has had a phenomenal impact on all industries, but what does it mean for events?

With over one billion users, TikTok has become the leading social media platform for travel inspiration. So, here are the most popular cities for MICE trips according to TikTok views.

Cvent have recently announced the top destinations and hotels for meetings in Europe for 2023…

With hundreds of companies beginning to surrender to the four day working week, is it time the events industry caught up?

The ninth edition of the Off to Work Event Photography Awards saw an intimate wedding shot take home the top prize. This year’s awards, which saw a record number of entries, culminated in a gallery viewing and awards ceremony at RIBA at 66 Portland Place in London on Monday 5 June. Check out some of the winning shots…

TURING Fest has announced CodeClan and Baillie Gifford as Diversity Partners for this year’s conference, which runs on 28th-29th June at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC). The Turing Fest Diversity Programme has run since 2018, aimed at helping more underrepresented or disadvantaged people get into tech, or help their career progression.

This summer, more than 800 leading academic minds in religion and theology from across the globe are set to visit St Andrews for what will be one of the largest academic conferences ever held in the town. The 2023 Annual Conference of the European Academy of Religion (EuARe), which runs from Monday 19 to Friday 23 June, is organised by the St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology within the University of St Andrews and hosted in partnership with Australian Catholic University. It will also be the first time the European Academy of Religion conference has been held in the United Kingdom.

A newly released report has revealed the Year of Stories 2022 delivered significant benefits to Scotland and its communities. Collated by VisitScotland, highlights from the evaluation report, which features independent research and partner feedback, include: • Over 1.4 million people attended 201 funded events designed to share and celebrate Scotland’s stories. • Every part of Scotland was engaged with 354 funded and partner events delivered across all 32 local authorities. • At a time of recovery, 6,620 new artist opportunities were created, with 91% of open fund events commissioning new original work from artists or storytellers.

Whilst some may like the anchor of hotel bed sheets, other delegates irritably ask time again: why is hotel bedding so tightly tucked?

In honour of Pride Month, C&IT looks at how many travel programmes actually support LGBTQIA+ MICE travellers.

The venue for this year’s C&IT awards has been revealed. For a chance to be one of the first delegates to experience it, read on.

Talent retention has been an issue within the events industry since the pandemic, but is it still as detrimental to agencies as it once was? Here are Kristina McCoobery’s top tips.