Michael Hirst OBE has been elected as the new Chairman of the Tourism Alliance, the tourism industry’s umbrella body, representing over fifty organisations. He succeeds Brigid Simmonds OBE, Chief Executive of the British Beer & Pub Association.

Michael Hirst is Chairman of the Business Visits & Events Partnership and a former Chairman and Chief Executive of Hilton international. His career spans the broad range of tourism activities, including holiday and leisure centres, restaurants, pubs, and attractions.

The Purple Guide Grants Scheme celebrates a decade supporting 24 diverse outdoor event projects with £318,000 of funding, April 2025.

The UK’s only ranking of brand and corporate film producers returns at a time when social, fiscal, and messaging uncertainties are climbing into the creative roost.

The Events Industry Alliance (EIA), the secretariat platform for the three event industry bodies AEO, AEV and ESSA, has, today, published the ninth Size and Scale Index for Exhibitions (SASIE) report.

The Meetings Industry Association (MIA) has reacted to the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Spring Statement 2025, which was presented in the House of Commons yesterday.