The British Council for Shopping Centres is bringing its manager's Spring Conference and Exhibition to the BIC for the first time in 2010 with over 600 delegates expected to attend over the three day event.
The British Society of Echocardiography has confirmed its event for the end of 2010 and the Association of British Neurologists' Spring Conference is expecting 500 delegates over three days.
"Clients are definitely giving greater consideration to where to place their events, so lead times are definitely getting shorter," said conference and exhibition sales manager Lisa Ashurst.
"Clients are also increasingly looking at booking more than one event and returning in consecutive years, in order to secure better financial deal," said Ashurst. "Half of the bookings confirmed in January were brand new clients for us and our diary currently has 60-plus holding options, so we're feeling positive about the years ahead. With reduced budgets, event organisers may be forced to look at alternative venues and we could capitalise on this due to the incentives we offer to the association market."
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