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A Fake Biotech Conference Used a Real Boston Hotel: Is Your Event Easy to Verify?
Conference IndustryEvent Security

A Fake Biotech Conference Used a Real Boston Hotel: Is Your Event Easy to Verify?

BioTold 2026 never existed, yet it had a hotel, a speaker list and prices. How to make your real event easy for invitees to check.

Henrique B.
Grace Hopper Cancelled Two Weeks Out: What Your Registration Numbers Were Trying to Tell You
Conference IndustryEvent Registration

Grace Hopper Cancelled Two Weeks Out: What Your Registration Numbers Were Trying to Tell You

Grace Hopper 2026 was cancelled after registrations and sponsorships fell short. How to build a go/no-go calendar before the bills harden.

Henrique B.
Ticketmaster Brazil Confirms a Breach Through an Analytics Tool: Where Is Your Attendee Data Hiding?
Event RegistrationEvent Security

Ticketmaster Brazil Confirms a Breach Through an Analytics Tool: Where Is Your Attendee Data Hiding?

Ticketmaster Brazil blames a third-party analytics tool for a data breach. What it means for the attendee data you collect and the copies you forget.

Henrique B.
93% of Planners Are Optimistic for 2027, and Cost Per Attendee Is Rising Anyway
Event Industry TrendsIndustry News

93% of Planners Are Optimistic for 2027, and Cost per Attendee Is Rising Anyway

Amex GBT's 2027 forecast: planners are upbeat, costs per attendee are not. Why that lands on your registration page and your software bill.

Henrique B.
'Late' Registration Doesn't Exist: Your Attendees Decided Weeks Ago, Says Freeman
Event RegistrationIndustry News

'Late' Registration Doesn't Exist: Your Attendees Decided Weeks Ago, Says Freeman

Freeman's new report says late registration is really late decision-making. What that means for your registration page and your launch calendar.

Henrique B.
Informa Buys Clarion for £2.24 Billion: What Bigger Event Groups Mean for Everyone Else
Conference IndustryExhibitions & Trade Shows

Informa Buys Clarion for £2.24 Billion: What Bigger Event Groups Mean for Everyone Else

Informa is buying Clarion Events. Here is what a bigger buyer in B2B events does to supplier pricing for everyone who is not a giant.

Henrique B.
Record Rain Hit Las Vegas as IMEX America Opened: Why Every Organiser Needs a Plan B
Conference IndustryEvent Risk & Insurance

Record Rain Hit Las Vegas as IMEX America Opened: Why Every Organiser Needs a Plan B

A daily rainfall record landed on IMEX America's arrival weekend. Cue indoor backups, padded schedules and a fresh look at your own weather plan.

Henrique B.
Seventy-Five Cents and a Dream: A San Diego Festival Built Its Own Ticketing Platform to Escape a $56 Fee
Industry NewsPricing & Transparency

Seventy-Five Cents and a Dream: A San Diego Festival Built Its Own Ticketing Platform to Escape a $56 Fee

Same Same But Different swapped a $56 ticketing fee for 75 cents. What a flat per-ticket meter still costs at 500, 5,000 and 50,000 tickets.

Henrique B.
Red Light, No Go: A Sold-Out Milwaukee Show Hit Failed Scans, and Everyone Is Blaming Someone Else
Event Check-inIndustry News

Red Light, No Go: A Sold-Out Milwaukee Show Hit Failed Scans, and Everyone Is Blaming Someone Else

Hundreds of fans got a red light at a sold-out Milwaukee gig. The door is where every ticketing system's disagreements finally meet.

Henrique B.
Moving House(wares): A 66-Year Chicago Trade Show Swaps Its Booths for Year-Round Showrooms
Exhibitions & Trade ShowsIndustry News

Moving House(wares): A 66-Year Chicago Trade Show Swaps Its Booths for Year-Round Showrooms

The Inspired Home Show leaves McCormick Place for AmericasMart Atlanta in 2028, with half its floor in permanent showrooms. Here's what moves with it.

Henrique B.
Limit Break: Ticketmaster Must Face the FTC Over Ticket Limits, and Your Purchase Cap Just Got Interesting
Industry NewsPricing & Transparency

Limit Break: Ticketmaster Must Face the FTC Over Ticket Limits, and Your Purchase Cap Just Got Interesting

A judge says the BOTS Act can reach platforms, and that "+Fees" may not cut it. Nothing is proven yet, but your purchase cap just became a promise.

Henrique B.
Hall Pass: Moscone's Operator Confirms a Cyber Incident, and Your Venue Contract Just Became a Security Document
Event SecurityIndustry News

Hall Pass: Moscone's Operator Confirms a Cyber Incident, and Your Venue Contract Just Became a Security Document

Moscone's operator confirms a cyber incident while a ransomware crew claims client contracts. Time to ask what your venue actually keeps about you.

Henrique B.
Home Alone: 31% of Companies Spend Over $10m on Meetings, and Only 20% Have a Department to Run Them
Conference IndustryEvent Industry Trends

Home Alone: 31% of Companies Spend Over $10m on Meetings, and Only 20% Have a Department to Run Them

Skift's new survey: eleven-person teams, ten-plus events a year, flat budgets and a CFO who wants a number. What it means for your software budget.

Henrique B.
Plumbing the Depths: Ticketmaster's Rivals Say the Settlement Makes Them Tenants, Not Competitors
Industry NewsPlatform Migration

Plumbing the Depths: Ticketmaster's Rivals Say the Settlement Makes Them Tenants, Not Competitors

AEG, SeatGeek and Louis Messina say the Live Nation deal leaves rivals selling on Ticketmaster's rails. Every organiser should ask who owns theirs.

Henrique B.
Don't Look Back in Error: Oasis Sold Out 42 Stadium Shows Without a Single Public Onsale
Event RegistrationEvent Security

Don't Look Back in Error: Oasis Sold Out 42 Stadium Shows Without a Single Public Onsale

Registration was the only door in. Some of the people handed a key still could not get it open, and that gap is the lesson.

Henrique B.
Gone With the Wind: A Nor'easter Took Out Three Events in One Friday, and Three Different Refund Paths With Them
Event Risk & InsuranceIndustry News

Gone with the Wind: A Nor'easter Took Out Three Events in One Friday, and Three Different Refund Paths with Them

All Things Go, Ed Sheeran and Oceans Calling all cancelled on one Friday. Who got refunded automatically, who got a sentence, and what to fix first.

Henrique B.
Ten Per Cent of What? Massachusetts Wants to Cap the Marketplace's Cut and Forgot to Define the Price
Industry NewsPricing & Transparency

Ten per Cent of What? Massachusetts Wants to Cap the Marketplace's Cut and Forgot to Define the Price

A bill that caps what the middleman may charge, then forgets to say what the price is. The drafting gap Vermont closed and Massachusetts left open.

Henrique B.
Cover Charge: Tixly Put Refund Protection in the Checkout and Gave Venues a Cut of the Fee
Industry NewsPricing & Transparency

Cover Charge: Tixly Put Refund Protection in the Checkout and Gave Venues a Cut of the Fee

Tixly embedded Protect Group's refund cover in its checkout. The buyer pays, the venue earns a share, and nobody will say how big the share is.

Henrique B.
Con Solidation: Fan Expo Puts Thirteen Cities of Comic Cons on One Ticketing Platform
Industry NewsPlatform Migration

Con Solidation: Fan Expo Puts Thirteen Cities of Comic Cons on One Ticketing Platform

Fan Expo moved its whole portfolio to Showpass. The rate card is per redeemable item, which is a more interesting phrase than it looks.

Henrique B.
Pass the Buck: The Rangers Just Priced a $75 Lower-Bowl Seat Below Their Own Season Members
Industry NewsPricing & Transparency

Pass the Buck: The Rangers Just Priced a $75 Lower-Bowl Seat Below Their Own Season Members

A $150 monthly pass buys two lower-bowl games at Madison Square Garden. Season members did the maths out loud. Every early-bird tier has this bug.

Henrique B.
Full House in Berlin: IFA Counted 240,000 Visitors, and Every One of Them Is a Line on Somebody's Invoice
Event RegistrationExhibitions & Trade Shows

Full House in Berlin: IFA Counted 240,000 Visitors, and Every One of Them Is a Line on Somebody's Invoice

IFA 2026 grew 9% to 240,000 visitors. Lovely headline. Now work out which of those records your registration platform would have billed you for.

Henrique B.
Passport Control: Planners Are Picking 2032 Destinations With 2026 Politics in Mind
Conference IndustryEvent Industry Trends

Passport Control: Planners Are Picking 2032 Destinations with 2026 Politics in Mind

A 45% fall in Canadian attendees, a Singapore meeting that doubled its forecast, and freight up 164%. Destination choice is now a risk register entry.

Henrique B.
Face Value Judgement: Ontario Has Started Fining Resale Sites, and Nobody Can Agree What the Price Was
Industry NewsPricing & Transparency

Face Value Judgement: Ontario Has Started Fining Resale Sites, and Nobody Can Agree What the Price Was

Two C$10,000 fines, one appeal, and a cap measured against a number nobody in the chain is obliged to publish. What that means for organisers.

Henrique B.
Trust Fall: Fans Trust the Platform They Buy From Twelve Times More Than They Trust an AI Recommendation
Event Industry TrendsIndustry News

Trust Fall: Fans Trust the Platform They Buy from Twelve Times More Than They Trust an AI Recommendation

Tixel's new report: 49% of fans trust the platform they buy through, 4% trust AI recommendations, and one in six Australians got scammed. Read with care.

Henrique B.
Peeling the Label: Ticketplus Just Bought the Brand That Had Been Renting Its Platform for Seven Years
Industry NewsPlatform Migration

Peeling the Label: Ticketplus Just Bought the Brand That Had Been Renting Its Platform for Seven Years

Ticketplus bought Autoentrada, its Argentine white-label partner since 2019, to keep more of each ticket. What that says about whose rails you sell on.

Henrique B.
Round Trip: Edinburgh's Tourist Tax Just Paid Its Festivals Back 25%, Roughly What It Cost Them
Event Industry TrendsIndustry News

Round Trip: Edinburgh's Tourist Tax Just Paid Its Festivals Back 25%, Roughly What It Cost Them

The first UK visitor levy has completed the loop: £1.12m back to festivals that said it cost them £1.25m. What organisers in levy cities should budget for.

Henrique B.
Bank of Ticketmaster: São Paulo Scored Its Ticketing Tender 75% on the Loan and 20% on the Ticketing
Industry NewsPlatform Migration

Bank of Ticketmaster: São Paulo Scored Its Ticketing Tender 75% on the Loan and 20% on the Ticketing

A football club put the cash advance ahead of the box office, and a 10% fee pays for it. What organisers should learn before signing a free platform deal.

Henrique B.
Heavy Metal Maths: IMTS Registered 80,697 People Before the Doors Opened, and Published the Ratio That Matters
Event RegistrationExhibitions & Trade Shows

Heavy Metal Maths: IMTS Registered 80,697 People Before the Doors Opened, and Published the Ratio That Matters

IMTS 2026 opened with 80,697 registrants and a forecast above 90,000. The number exhibitors care about is 142 visitors per 100 booth staff. Copy it.

Henrique B.
Pride of Place: VidCon Leaves Anaheim After 15 Years to Become a Strand in Someone Else's Festival
Event Industry TrendsExhibitions & Trade Shows

Pride of Place: VidCon Leaves Anaheim After 15 Years to Become a Strand in Someone Else's Festival

VidCon is moving 2,000 miles, changing season and losing its top billing. Four things break when a standalone event becomes a portfolio strand.

Henrique B.
Now Serving Number 4,217: Eventbrite Puts a Counter on Its Queue, Moves Add-ons Up Front and Lets Questions Wait Until After Payment
Event RegistrationEvent Tech

Now Serving Number 4,217: Eventbrite Puts a Counter on Its Queue, Moves Add-ons Up Front and Lets Questions Wait Until After Payment

Eventbrite shipped seven changes in September. The three that matter: a numbered waiting room, a dedicated add-ons step, and questions after payment.

Henrique B.
Ring Before You Sing: Rock am Ring Sold 100,000 Tickets Nine Months Out, Mostly Before Announcing the Bands
Event Industry TrendsIndustry News

Ring Before You Sing: Rock Am Ring Sold 100,000 Tickets Nine Months Out, Mostly Before Announcing the Bands

Two sell-out years, one headliner and a fixed price moved 100,000 weekend tickets by September. What a trust-first presale teaches organisers.

Henrique B.
Courtside Correction: The Knicks Paused Their Onsale Over a $1,408 Get-In, and Your Early-Bird Tier Should Take Notes
Event RegistrationIndustry News

Courtside Correction: The Knicks Paused Their Onsale Over a $1,408 Get-In, and Your Early-Bird Tier Should Take Notes

The champions published the wrong prices, paused sales and are refunding the difference. Three lessons for anyone who has ever fat-fingered a ticket tier.

Henrique B.
Speaker, Reviewer, Attendee, Gone: The ADA Boycott Is a Registration Problem Wearing a Governance Hat
Conference IndustryEvent Risk & Insurance

Speaker, Reviewer, Attendee, Gone: The ADA Boycott Is a Registration Problem Wearing a Governance Hat

1,200 diabetes researchers have pledged to skip the ADA's 2027 meeting. When the boycotters are the programme, your registration data is the smoke alarm.

Henrique B.
Fever Pitch: A $250m Round Says Live Is What AI Cannot Replace, and Marketplaces Want a Slice of It
Event TechIndustry News

Fever Pitch: A $250m Round Says Live Is What AI Cannot Replace, and Marketplaces Want a Slice of It

Fever just raised $250m at a $5.2bn valuation to sit between crowds and box offices. Great if you need strangers. Less so if you already own your audience.

Henrique B.
Wembley Way Up: 34 Concerts, 2.5 Million Fans, and the Maths of a Busier Room
Event Industry TrendsIndustry News

Wembley Way Up: 34 Concerts, 2.5 Million Fans, and the Maths of a Busier Room

Wembley grew its concert season 30% without adding a seat. Residencies, more lanes at the gate, and what a per-head fee would do to 2.5 million tickets.

Henrique B.
Checkout Time: England's Mayors Just Got the Power to Tax Every Delegate Night
Conference IndustryIndustry News

Checkout Time: England's Mayors Just Got the Power to Tax Every Delegate Night

A percentage on every hotel night, no cap on stays, and a conference is thousands of them. What the new levy costs at 300, 1,500 and 5,000 delegates.

Henrique B.
Type a Sentence, Get a Festival: Eventist's AI Assistant Runs on a C$4.99 Ticket
AI in EventsIndustry News

Type a Sentence, Get a Festival: Eventist's AI Assistant Runs on a C$4.99 Ticket

An AI that builds your festival from one typed sentence, on a fee that is flat per ticket but not flat per event. We did the maths at three sizes.

Henrique B.
Register First, Pay Later: Oasis Live '27 Fixes Its Prices Before the Queue Opens
Event RegistrationIndustry News

Register First, Pay Later: Oasis Live '27 Fixes Its Prices Before the Queue Opens

38 stadium shows, no general onsale, prices published before the queue. What the Oasis Live '27 sale tells organisers about registration gates and fees.

Henrique B.
Drip, Drip, Sue: Seven Pennsylvania Prosecutors Just Put the Last-Screen Fee on Trial
Event RegistrationIndustry News

Drip, Drip, Sue: Seven Pennsylvania Prosecutors Just Put the Last-Screen Fee on Trial

Seven county prosecutors, one countdown timer and a $133 fee that showed up on the last screen. The drip-pricing case is a mirror for every checkout.

Henrique B.
Producer's Choice: Quebec's Resale Cap Is Live, and the Organiser Holds the Override
Industry NewsPricing & Transparency

Producer's Choice: Quebec's Resale Cap Is Live, and the Organiser Holds the Override

Quebec capped ticket resale at face value today and then handed the organiser the key to the cap. Here is what the switch does.

Henrique B.
Consent Forms: The FBI Says Fake Event Invitations Are Now Stealing Inboxes Without a Password
Event RegistrationEvent Security

Consent Forms: The FBI Says Fake Event Invitations Are Now Stealing Inboxes Without a Password

The FBI's 1 September alert names event invitations as a phishing lure that bypasses passwords and MFA. What to tell attendees, and ask vendors.

Henrique B.
Empty Seats, Full House: The £3.9m Bet That Your Unsold Tickets Are Worth Something
Event MarketingIndustry News

Empty Seats, Full House: The £3.9m Bet That Your Unsold Tickets Are Worth Something

Tickets for Good raised £3.9m to hand unsold tickets to key workers. 1.25 million seats later, here is what organisers should learn from an empty chair.

Henrique B.
Worthy Farm, Pricey Farm: Glastonbury Hits £408 and the £5 Booking Fee Has Not Moved in Eight Years
Event RegistrationIndustry News

Worthy Farm, Pricey Farm: Glastonbury Hits £408 and the £5 Booking Fee Has Not Moved in Eight Years

Glastonbury 2027 costs £408, up 61% on 2019. The booking fee inside it is still £5. What a flat fee on a rising ticket teaches every organiser.

Henrique B.
Measure for Measure: The Events Industry Just Put a Price on Proving It Works
Conference IndustryEvent Registration

Measure for Measure: The Events Industry Just Put a Price on Proving It Works

A $149 certificate in counting is an admission. Here is what EMMA's new course says about how events get reported, and what it means for your data.

Henrique B.
Show Me the Money: The $100 Deposit That Took a Free Event's No-Show Rate From 55% to 10%
Event Check-inEvent Registration

Show Me the Money: The $100 Deposit That Took a Free Event's No-Show Rate from 55% to 10%

Basecamp charged $100 to register for a free breakfast and handed it back at the door. Fewer sign-ups, fuller room. What the numbers say for your events.

Henrique B.
Definitely Maybe Misleading: Ireland Just Put Ticketmaster in the Dock Over Oasis Platinum Tickets
Industry NewsPricing & Transparency

Definitely Maybe Misleading: Ireland Just Put Ticketmaster in the Dock Over Oasis Platinum Tickets

Two criminal charges over how platinum tickets and prices were described. Why every organiser's tier names and checkout timing are now on trial too.

Henrique B.
Bot and Paid For: Congress Just Moved to Make Ticket Sellers Report Every Successful Bot Attack
Event SecurityIndustry News

Bot and Paid For: Congress Just Moved to Make Ticket Sellers Report Every Successful Bot Attack

The MAIN Event Ticketing Act cleared a House subcommittee this week. Ticket sellers would have to report bot attacks to the FTC. Here is who that lands on.

Henrique B.
Fewer Hands on Deck: Bizzabo Cut Dozens of Jobs, and Your Vendor Checklist Just Got Longer
Event TechIndustry News

Fewer Hands on Deck: Bizzabo Cut Dozens of Jobs, and Your Vendor Checklist Just Got Longer

Bizzabo laid off dozens on 2 September, its third round since 2022. Five questions to ask any event platform before the next restructure hits your show.

Henrique B.
Second Hand, First Party: AudienceView Just Put Resale Under the Organiser's Own Brand
Event TechIndustry News

Second Hand, First Party: AudienceView Just Put Resale Under the Organiser's Own Brand

AudienceView and menta tech bring white-label fan-to-fan resale inside the organiser's own checkout. Why owning the second sale matters more.

Henrique B.
Water, Water Everywhere: Brazil Just Wrote the Rulebook for a Well-Behaved Checkout
Event RegistrationIndustry News

Water, Water Everywhere: Brazil Just Wrote the Rulebook for a Well-Behaved Checkout

Brazil's new ticketing decree: all-in pricing from the first screen, a price lock at checkout, honest queues and free transfers. And free water over 1,000.

Henrique B.
Every Counter the Money Passes: Kustom's $112m Bet on Owning the Whole Ticket
Event Industry TrendsIndustry News

Every Counter the Money Passes: Kustom's $112m Bet on Owning the Whole Ticket

A live-events producer is buying its own ticketing backend, primary, pricing, resale and all. The checklist to run before your next platform contract.

Henrique B.
Selling the Same Seat Twice: Saint-Étienne's Half-Time Answer to No-Shows
Event Check-inIndustry News

Selling the Same Seat Twice: Saint-Étienne's Half-Time Answer to No-Shows

Saint-Étienne resells unscanned seats from minute 30, with entry at half-time. The clever bit is plumbing most organisers already own.

Henrique B.
Fringe Benefits: 2.8 Million Tickets, and an Argument About Who Pays for Them
Event Industry TrendsIndustry News

Fringe Benefits: 2.8 Million Tickets, and an Argument About Who Pays for Them

The Fringe issued 2,805,395 tickets, then talked about affordability instead. The fee maths behind that, and the CMA rule nobody wrote up.

Henrique B.
Ghost in the Machine: California Banned Selling Tickets You Do Not Have, With Fifteen Minutes to Spare
Industry NewsPricing & Transparency

Ghost in the Machine: California Banned Selling Tickets You Do Not Have, with Fifteen Minutes to Spare

AB 1349 passed at 11:46pm on 31 August. It defines owning a ticket in three tests, protects holdbacks, and its own authors want it vetoed.

Henrique B.
Field of Dreams, Funded: Twenty Micro Festivals Get a Free Trade Body Membership
Event Industry TrendsEvent Marketing

Field of Dreams, Funded: Twenty Micro Festivals Get a Free Trade Body Membership

Up to 20 UK festivals under 2,500 capacity get a funded AIF membership and marketing worth up to 5,000 pounds. The deadline is 17 September.

Henrique B.
Window Shopping: Your Ticketing Platform Just Opened More Counters
Event TechIndustry News

Window Shopping: Your Ticketing Platform Just Opened More Counters

AudienceView just wired its clients into StubHub and viagogo. Three questions to answer before you tick a box like that one.

Henrique B.
Cap in Hand: Vanderbilt Wants Ticketing Platform Fees Capped at 10%
Industry NewsPricing & Transparency

Cap in Hand: Vanderbilt Wants Ticketing Platform Fees Capped at 10%

A new white paper wants resale at face value and platform fees capped at 10%. The scalpers get the headlines. The platforms get the bigger bill.

Henrique B.
Just in Time: 37% of Tickets Now Sell Inside the Final Seven Days
Event Industry TrendsEvent Registration

Just in Time: 37% of Tickets Now Sell Inside the Final Seven Days

New platform data says 37% of ticket sales land in the last week, and 60% of those late buyers take a single seat. Your catering deadline just moved.

Henrique B.
The Booth Beats the Band: CTS Eventim Made Three Times More Profit Selling Tickets Than Staging Shows
Industry NewsPricing & Transparency

The Booth Beats the Band: CTS Eventim Made Three Times More Profit Selling Tickets Than Staging Shows

Europe's biggest ticketing group just published the margin split. Ticketing made 172.5m euros. Live entertainment, on twice the revenue, made 52.9m.

Henrique B.
Fan Service: The Esports World Cup Sold 175,000 Tickets and Counted Two Million Visits
Event Industry TrendsIndustry News

Fan Service: The Esports World Cup Sold 175,000 Tickets and Counted Two Million Visits

Paris logged eleven visits for every ticket sold. If your event reports one attendance number, you are grading yourself on the smallest part of the exam.

The eventcloud Team
Change of Gatekeeper: The Melbourne Ticketing Switch That Took Thirteen Months
Industry NewsPlatform Migration

Change of Gatekeeper: The Melbourne Ticketing Switch That Took Thirteen Months

AXS replaces Ticketek for Melbourne Victory. Tender to on-sale: thirteen months. A reality check for anyone comparing platforms on fees alone.

The eventcloud Team
Thank U, Next Flight: A Third of an O2 Residency Crowd Bought From Abroad
Event RegistrationIndustry News

Thank U, Next Flight: A Third of an O2 Residency Crowd Bought from Abroad

Overseas buyers now make up 9.6% of O2 ticket sales. If a third of your audience flies in, your registration form has questions to answer.

The eventcloud Team
Stand and Deliver: UK Exhibitions Just Put £11.7 Billion on the Board
Event Industry TrendsExhibitions & Trade Shows

Stand and Deliver: UK Exhibitions Just Put £11.7 Billion on the Board

1,154 shows, 6.8 million visitors and £84,493 of economic output per exhibitor. The numbers behind the sector's newest lobbying weapon.

The eventcloud Team
Forge Ahead: 160 Events Just Got a New Owner and Kept Every Name
Event Industry TrendsExhibitions & Trade Shows

Forge Ahead: 160 Events Just Got a New Owner and Kept Every Name

Emerald and Questex now sit under one parent called Forge. Your show name is unchanged. Your renewal terms are the bit worth watching.

The eventcloud Team
Flight Risk: The $12,000 Bet That Protects a $3 Million Conference
Conference IndustryEvent Risk & Insurance

Flight Risk: The $12,000 Bet That Protects a $3 Million Conference

An organiser paid $12,000 for a contract paying $3m if JFK grinds to a halt the day before its summit. The first conference hedged on a prediction market.

The eventcloud Team
Money Talks, Mobile Money Talks Louder: Ticketmaster Lands in East Africa
Event TechIndustry News

Money Talks, Mobile Money Talks Louder: Ticketmaster Lands in East Africa

Ticketmaster is live in Kenya and Uganda with M-Pesa, MTN and Airtel at checkout. Your payment methods, not your marketing, decide who can buy.

The eventcloud Team
Ballot Box Clever: Arsenal Binned 19,000 Accounts and 45,000 Suspicious Entries
Event RegistrationEvent Security

Ballot Box Clever: Arsenal Binned 19,000 Accounts and 45,000 Suspicious Entries

Arsenal cancelled 19,000 accounts last season. The scarier number is the 45,000 suspicious ballot entries it deleted before a ticket was allocated.

The eventcloud Team
Show Me the Money: KKR Just Bought a Piece of BookMyShow
Event Industry TrendsIndustry News

Show Me the Money: KKR Just Bought a Piece of BookMyShow

Five ticketing platforms have changed hands since June. Nobody sends an email saying the fees go up next year, so here are four questions to ask now.

The eventcloud Team
Court in the Act: The Bundesliga Just Won Seven Years of Arguing With a Resale Site
Industry NewsPricing & Transparency

Court in the Act: The Bundesliga Just Won Seven Years of Arguing with a Resale Site

A Munich court set out three questions every ticket buyer must be able to answer. Your checkout probably fails at least one of them.

The eventcloud Team
Last Orders: Berlin's Clubs Now Make Three Times More at the Door Than at the Bar
Event Industry TrendsIndustry News

Last Orders: Berlin's Clubs Now Make Three Times More at the Door Than at the Bar

Admission is now 59% of Berlin club income, drinks just 20%. In 2017 it was the other way round. What happens when the ticket becomes the business model.

The eventcloud Team
Fashionably Late, Formally Invoiced: The £15 Fee for Missing Your Entry Slot
Event Check-inIndustry News

Fashionably Late, Formally Invoiced: The £15 Fee for Missing Your Entry Slot

A London promoter charged latecomers £15 a slot at a Moby gig. The fee was in the terms. Nobody read the terms. Guess where that argument happened.

The eventcloud Team
Now You're Talking: A 100-Year-Old Trade Show Left a 140-Event Portfolio and Grew
Event Industry TrendsExhibitions & Trade Shows

Now You're Talking: A 100-Year-Old Trade Show Left a 140-Event Portfolio and Grew

NY Now grew buyer numbers 5% in its first edition under new owners. The number worth copying is the one underneath it.

The eventcloud Team
Wait for It: The Company Running Your Onsale Queue Just Changed Owners
Event TechIndustry News

Wait for It: The Company Running Your Onsale Queue Just Changed Owners

Queue-it just sold a majority stake to private equity. Here is why the software in front of your checkout deserves a line in your budget.

The eventcloud Team
Cap Gun: California's 10% Ticket Resale Cap Just Died in Committee
Industry NewsPricing & Transparency

Cap Gun: California's 10% Ticket Resale Cap Just Died in Committee

AB 1720 would have capped resale at 10% over face value. It was held in committee, and StubHub's lobbying bill for the year hit $3.4m.

The eventcloud Team
Scarf Face: The French Club That Turned Its Merchandise Into a Turnstile
Event Check-inEvent Tech

Scarf Face: The French Club That Turned Its Merchandise into a Turnstile

Dijon FCO swapped season ticket cards for NFC scarves that open the gates and buy the beer. A neat trick, and a real lesson in check-in design.

The eventcloud Team
Take Rate Expectations: StubHub Sold $3.1bn of Tickets and Kept $573m
Industry NewsPricing & Transparency

Take Rate Expectations: StubHub Sold $3.1bn of Tickets and Kept $573m

StubHub kept 18.5 cents of every dollar it moved last quarter and still barely turned a profit. The take rate maths every organiser should run.

The eventcloud Team
Print Charming: The $499 Check-In Tool That Refuses to Be a Platform
Event Check-inEvent Registration

Print Charming: The $499 Check-In Tool That Refuses to Be a Platform

A badge supplier just launched software that proudly does less. The $499 check-in tool, and the pricing maths organisers should run before buying.

The eventcloud Team
Ticket to Nowhere: £150m Says Your Buyers Cannot Tell What Is Official
Event SecurityIndustry News

Ticket to Nowhere: £150m Says Your Buyers Cannot Tell What Is Official

The Home Office and O2 put UK ticket fraud at £150m a year. If buyers cannot spot your official ticket shop in three seconds, scammers win.

The eventcloud Team
Scan and Deliver: Football's Digital Ticketing Backlash Is a Warning for Every Event Organiser
Event TechIndustry News

Scan and Deliver: Football's Digital Ticketing Backlash Is a Warning for Every Event Organiser

New Aston University research says digital ticketing is locking out loyal fans. The lesson for conference check-in desks arrives just in time.

The eventcloud Team
Prompt and Circumstance: Ticketmaster Just Moved Into Google's Chatbot
AI in EventsEvent Marketing

Prompt and Circumstance: Ticketmaster Just Moved into Google's Chatbot

Ticketmaster is now a connected app inside Google's Gemini. What AI event discovery changes for organisers who are not marketplaces.

The eventcloud Team
Bought the Theatre, Kept the Box Office: MARI, ATG and the Ticketing Platform in the Basket
Event TechIndustry News

Bought the Theatre, Kept the Box Office: MARI, ATG and the Ticketing Platform in the Basket

MARI has agreed to buy ATG Entertainment, and its ticketing platform came along for the ride. What vendor churn actually costs event organisers.

The eventcloud Team
Sherwood Have Seen It Coming: A UK Arena Just Published Its Ticketing Wish List
Industry NewsTicketing Industry

Sherwood Have Seen It Coming: A UK Arena Just Published Its Ticketing Wish List

Motorpoint Arena Nottingham opened a ticketing tender and published its criteria. What its shopping list asks for, and what it quietly leaves out.

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Six of One, 277 of the Other: The FTC Just Put a Price on Ignoring Ticket Limits
Event RegistrationIndustry News

Six of One, 277 of the Other: The FTC Just Put a Price on Ignoring Ticket Limits

The FTC just settled a $300,000 case over bypassed ticket purchase limits. What it means for your early bird tiers, promo codes and comp allocations.

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Gate Expectations: A Trade Show Just Grew 41% in a Single Edition
Event RegistrationExhibitions & Trade Shows

Gate Expectations: A Trade Show Just Grew 41% in a Single Edition

Farnborough drew 141,580 visitors, up 41% show on show. The marketing win is obvious. The registration and check-in maths is the part nobody posts.

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Bad Actor, Good Quarter: A Ticketing Tech Group Filed Both on the Same Morning
Event SecurityEvent Tech

Bad Actor, Good Quarter: A Ticketing Tech Group Filed Both on the Same Morning

accesso disclosed a security incident and a trading update on the same day. What every event organiser should take from it, and what to ask their vendor.

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Everywhere All at Once: White-Label Ticketing Just Bolted On a Thousand Extra Shop Windows
Event TechIndustry News

Everywhere All at Once: White-Label Ticketing Just Bolted on a Thousand Extra Shop Windows

TicketNetwork and vivenu just wired organiser inventory into 1,000 outside sites, without taking the brand, the data or the pricing along with it.

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Easy Come, Easyfairs: 62 Events Changed Hands in a Single Week
Event Industry TrendsExhibitions & Trade Shows

Easy Come, Easyfairs: 62 Events Changed Hands in a Single Week

Easyfairs closed two deals in one week, adding 62 events. What portfolio scale really costs, and what it means if you run more than one event.

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Plus One: The White-Label Ticketing Firm That Just Listed in New York
Event TechIndustry News

Plus One: The White-Label Ticketing Firm That Just Listed in New York

Ticketplus listed on NYSE American at $8 a share, half its original ask. What a white-label ticketing platform going public means for event organisers.

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Demo Ergo Sum: An Accreditation Platform Just Deleted the Sales Call
Event RegistrationEvent Tech

Demo Ergo Sum: An Accreditation Platform Just Deleted the Sales Call

The Event Verse has opened AccredTix to everyone with a free tier, no demo call and setup in ten minutes. Why that precedent matters to organisers.

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Badge of Honour: Your Ticketing Platform Now Wants the Lanyards Too
Event RegistrationEvent Tech

Badge of Honour: Your Ticketing Platform Now Wants the Lanyards Too

Ticketbud added credential printing, RFID wristbands and onsite badge services in one week. Why every ticketing platform now wants the lanyard business.

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ID, Robot: Ticketmaster Now Wants Your Face Before It Sells You a Ticket
Event RegistrationEvent Security

ID, Robot: Ticketmaster Now Wants Your Face Before It Sells You a Ticket

Ticketmaster now asks some buyers for a selfie and a government ID. What the backlash teaches anyone designing a registration form.

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Faster, Higher, Slower: LA28 Got 12 Million Registrations Before It Sold You a Thing
Event RegistrationIndustry News

Faster, Higher, Slower: LA28 Got 12 Million Registrations Before It Sold You a Thing

LA28 has 12 million ticket registrations two years out. The real lesson is not the number, it is the form that captured it.

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Margin Call: The 55% Profit Club Has a 200,000 Square Foot Door Policy
Exhibitions & Trade ShowsIndustry News

Margin Call: The 55% Profit Club Has a 200,000 Square Foot Door Policy

CEIR says large trade shows post 55% net margins. The small print, and what it tells every organiser about which event costs actually dilute with scale.

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Grounds for Concern: The Australian Open Just Capped Its Best Value Ticket
Industry NewsTicketing Industry

Grounds for Concern: The Australian Open Just Capped Its Best Value Ticket

The Australian Open will cap daily ground pass sales for the first time in 2027. What capped entry means for timed entry ticketing at your event.

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Diary Hard: The World's Biggest Show Organiser Grew 6% and Still Reported Less Money
Event Industry TrendsExhibitions & Trade Shows

Diary Hard: The World's Biggest Show Organiser Grew 6% and Still Reported Less Money

RELX grew Exhibitions revenue 6% underlying in H1 2026 and still reported less money. Here is what a shifting calendar does to a multi-event portfolio.

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Born to Run the Numbers: Congress Just Put All-In Ticket Pricing Back on the Table
Industry NewsPricing & Transparency

Born to Run the Numbers: Congress Just Put All-In Ticket Pricing Back on the Table

Congress revived the BOSS and SWIFT Act at a 22 July hearing. Here is what all-in ticket pricing would mean for event organisers.

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Face the Music: Madison Square Garden Just Showed Everyone the Bill for Watching the Door
Event RegistrationEvent Security

Face the Music: Madison Square Garden Just Showed Everyone the Bill for Watching the Door

MSG's three year facial recognition fight ended in a $30,000 paperwork fine. The real lesson for organisers is what your check-in desk collects.

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Musical Chairs Is Over: Event Hiring in the Strangest Job Market in 50 Years
Event Industry TrendsEvent Workforce

Musical Chairs Is Over: Event Hiring in the Strangest Job Market in 50 Years

The job market just hit a 50 year participation low. Five hiring shifts event organisers need to understand, and what to do about each one.

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These Go to Eleven: What the UK's New Music Plan Hands Event Organisers
Event Industry TrendsIndustry News

These Go to Eleven: What the UK's New Music Plan Hands Event Organisers

The UK's Turn It Up music plan brings longer event licences, more Temporary Event Notices and rates relief. Here is what organisers actually get.

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Mia San Digital: Bayern Just Benched the Paper Ticket
Event TechIndustry News

Mia San Digital: Bayern Just Benched the Paper Ticket

Bayern Munich is going app-only for 2026/27: no paper, no wallet passes. What the move means for fraud, friction and your next event.

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Jack of All Trades: The 17,407 Questions Your Registration Page Isn't Answering
AI in EventsEvent Registration

Jack of All Trades: The 17,407 Questions Your Registration Page Isn't Answering

An AI concierge on the Belgian Grand Prix ticketing site held 17,407 conversations in 30 days. Every one was a question the page failed to answer.

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Billion Dollar Baby: Cvent Just Bet the House on AI (and on You Showing Up)
AI in EventsEvent Tech

Billion Dollar Baby: Cvent Just Bet the House on AI (and on You Showing Up)

Cvent unveiled 70+ innovations, 34 AI features and a $1bn investment at CONNECT 2026. What the agent era of event tech means for organisers.

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Seeing Red: A German Court Just Booked FIFA Over Ticketing Dark Patterns
Industry NewsPricing & Transparency

Seeing Red: A German Court Just Booked FIFA Over Ticketing Dark Patterns

A Frankfurt court ruled FIFA's World Cup ticket flows unlawful, from bait pricing to punishing countdown timers. What the red card means for organisers.

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About Face: Ontario's Ticket Price Cap Just Discovered Face Value Doesn't Exist
Industry NewsPricing & Transparency

About Face: Ontario's Ticket Price Cap Just Discovered Face Value Doesn't Exist

Ontario is rewriting its rushed ticket resale cap after finding it unenforceable. What the face value fiasco teaches every event organiser about pricing.

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Resale Therapy: StubHub and viagogo Want to Sell Your Tickets First, Not Second
Event MarketingIndustry News

Resale Therapy: StubHub and Viagogo Want to Sell Your Tickets First, Not Second

StubHub and viagogo just became official primary sales channels for TicketSocket organisers. What Open Distribution means for your fees, data and brand.

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Champagne Supernova Economics: What Britain's Record £11.2 Billion Music Tourism Year Teaches Event Organisers
Event Industry TrendsEvent Marketing

Champagne Supernova Economics: What Britain's Record £11.2 Billion Music Tourism Year Teaches Event Organisers

A record 24.7 million music tourists spent £11.2 billion in the UK last year. What the boom, and the festival die-off behind it, means for organisers.

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Pit Stop, Full Stop: What the Motorsport Tickets Collapse Means for Event Organisers
Industry NewsTicketing Industry

Pit Stop, Full Stop: What the Motorsport Tickets Collapse Means for Event Organisers

A motorsport ticket seller with 20 years on the clock just went into liquidation. What its collapse teaches every organiser about who holds ticket money.

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Order, Order: MPs Just Called the UK's Event Support Cuts Utterly Irrational
Conference IndustryEvent Industry Trends

Order, Order: MPs Just Called the UK's Event Support Cuts Utterly Irrational

Parliament's CMS Committee backs a national business events strategy and slams cuts to VisitBritain's events team. What the report means for organisers.

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Me and My Shadow: Why Bollywood's Biggest Names Just Backed an AI Event Discovery App
AI in EventsIndustry News

Me and My Shadow: Why Bollywood's Biggest Names Just Backed an AI Event Discovery App

Ex-Paytm Insider leaders raised $3.75m for thumpN, an AI-first event discovery platform. Why the money is moving to the moment before checkout.

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Stick Season for Scalpers: Vermont's Ticket Resale Cap Is Now Live
Industry NewsPricing & Transparency

Stick Season for Scalpers: Vermont's Ticket Resale Cap Is Now Live

Vermont's new ticket resale law is in force: 110% price caps, a spec ticketing ban and disclosure rules. What event organisers need to know.

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BYOAI: Event Tech's New House Rule Is Bring Your Own Robot
AI in EventsEvent Tech

BYOAI: Event Tech's New House Rule Is Bring Your Own Robot

Event tech platforms are ditching built-in AI and letting organisers plug in their own tools. What BYOAI means for your data, stack and sanity.

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Suits You: What Hyve Buying a Three-Year-Old Legal Event Means for Organisers
Conference IndustryEvent Industry Trends

Suits You: What Hyve Buying a Three-Year-Old Legal Event Means for Organisers

A three-year-old legal event just fielded three buyout offers and sold to Hyve. Why founder-led events with senior audiences are acquisition catnip.

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Open Sesame: The Public Gets 60 Days to Weigh In on the Great Ticketmaster Unlocking
Industry NewsPricing & Transparency

Open Sesame: The Public Gets 60 Days to Weigh in on the Great Ticketmaster Unlocking

The DOJ has opened public comment on its Ticketmaster settlement. Open ticketing, fee caps and a 275 day countdown: what organisers should take from it.

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Sew Far, Sew Good: The Bayeux Tapestry Just Broke the British Museum's Box Office
Event Industry TrendsIndustry News

Sew Far, Sew Good: The Bayeux Tapestry Just Broke the British Museum's Box Office

80,000 in the queue and £2.5m in a day: the Bayeux Tapestry just gave the British Museum its biggest ticketing day ever. Lessons for organisers inside.

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Honey, I Shrunk the Ticketing Giant: What TEG's Restructure Tells Every Event Organiser
Industry NewsTicketing Industry

Honey, I Shrunk the Ticketing Giant: What TEG's Restructure Tells Every Event Organiser

Ticketek's parent TEG is cutting jobs after losing two major venue contracts. What the great ticketing contract shuffle means for event organisers.

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Access All Areas: An AI Just Talked Its Way Into a Major Ticketing Platform
AI in EventsEvent Security

Access All Areas: An AI Just Talked Its Way into a Major Ticketing Platform

A researcher used AI to bypass a firewall and gain admin access to a major ticketing platform. The real lesson is for every organiser with a vendor.

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Fiscal Attraction: Cvent Just Moved Its Fee Rises to July, and the Maths Deserves a Look
Conference IndustryIndustry News

Fiscal Attraction: Cvent Just Moved Its Fee Rises to July, and the Maths Deserves a Look

Cvent just shifted its per-registrant fee rises to July. Here is what the $7-a-head model really costs, and why the new timing is easy to miss.

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Nothing But Net Revenue: What Stanford's AI Pricing Win Means for Every Event Organiser
AI in EventsIndustry News

Nothing but Net Revenue: What Stanford's AI Pricing Win Means for Every Event Organiser

Stanford let AI set its ticket prices and it drove nearly a fifth of basketball revenue in one season. What it means for event organisers.

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Cookie Monster Pricing: When Your Browser Decides the Ticket Price
Industry NewsPricing & Transparency

Cookie Monster Pricing: When Your Browser Decides the Ticket Price

The same ticket, two prices, decided by your browser. StubHub's personalised pricing is here, and event organisers should be watching it closely.

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Catch the Fever: F1 Just Changed Its Ticketing Operator for the First Time in a Decade
Event TechIndustry News

Catch the Fever: F1 Just Changed Its Ticketing Operator for the First Time in a Decade

F1 named Fever its new ticketing supplier in a five-year deal. Here is what the switch reveals about the buyer journey for event organisers.

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Net Zero Hour: The Events Industry Just Gave Its Climate Promise a Full-Time Boss
Industry NewsSustainability in Events

Net Zero Hour: The Events Industry Just Gave Its Climate Promise a Full-Time Boss

Net Zero Carbon Events has hired its first dedicated director. Here is what the move signals for every organiser facing sustainability questions on their RFPs.

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The Deal Floor: Apollo's $1.5 Billion Bet That the Room Always Beats the Zoom
Conference IndustryIndustry News

The Deal Floor: Apollo's $1.5 Billion Bet That the Room Always Beats the Zoom

Apollo is merging Emerald and Questex into a 160-event B2B powerhouse. Here is what the $1.5 billion deal tells every organiser about where the industry is heading.

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The Double Squeeze: Two Big Surveys Just Confirmed What Every Event Organiser Already Knew
Event Industry TrendsIndustry News

The Double Squeeze: Two Big Surveys Just Confirmed What Every Event Organiser Already Knew

Two industry surveys dropped this week, and together they tell the same story: flat budgets, rising ROI demands, and a talent recruitment crisis squeezing the events sector from both ends.

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The Price Isn't Right: What BC's World Cup Ticketing Crackdown Tells Every Event Organiser
Industry NewsTicketing Industry

The Price Isn't Right: What BC's World Cup Ticketing Crackdown Tells Every Event Organiser

BC's consumer watchdog caught FIFA, Ticketmaster and Vivid Seats breaking ticket transparency laws. Here's what the World Cup crackdown means for event organisers everywhere.

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Block Party Flop: What the World Cup Hotel Crisis Teaches Every Event Organiser
Event Industry TrendsIndustry News

Block Party Flop: What the World Cup Hotel Crisis Teaches Every Event Organiser

FIFA blocked thousands of hotel rooms for the World Cup, then cancelled 70-80% of them. The fallout has lessons for every event organiser managing room blocks.

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Creches, Captioning and Calm Rooms: Why The Meetings Show Just Raised the Bar for Every Event Organiser
Conference IndustryIndustry News

Creches, Captioning and Calm Rooms: Why the Meetings Show Just Raised the Bar for Every Event Organiser

The UK's biggest gathering for events professionals opens 24 June with a staffed creche, AI captioning and a quiet room. Here is what every organiser should take notes on.

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Going, Going, Gone: The Great British Festival Die-Off and What It Means for Every Event Organiser
Event Industry TrendsIndustry News

Going, Going, Gone: The Great British Festival Die-Off and What It Means for Every Event Organiser

20 UK festivals cancelled or postponed in 2026. The economics squeezing independent festivals are the same ones hitting every event organiser. Here is what to take from it.

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One in Four: NOWIE's New Survey and What It Means for Event Organisers
Event Industry TrendsIndustry News

One in Four: NOWIE's New Survey and What It Means for Event Organisers

A landmark new survey is shining a light on safety and accountability for women in the £60bn events industry. Here is what every organiser needs to know.

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Bend It Like Eventbrite: What Bending Spoons' $20 Billion IPO Means for Event Organisers
Industry NewsTicketing Industry

Bend It Like Eventbrite: What Bending Spoons' $20 Billion IPO Means for Event Organisers

Bending Spoons is taking Eventbrite to the Nasdaq. Here is what its buy-and-revive playbook means for organisers using the platform.

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The Platform That Ate the Fair: What AudienceView's Saffire Acquisition Means for Event Organisers
Industry NewsTicketing Industry

The Platform That Ate the Fair: What AudienceView's Saffire Acquisition Means for Event Organisers

AudienceView has acquired Saffire in a deal spanning 2,800 venues and $3.5B in transactions. Here's what the consolidation wave means for event organisers choosing a platform.

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Spot the Fan: Spotify's Reserved Launch and What It Means for Every Event Organiser
Event TechIndustry News

Spot the Fan: Spotify's Reserved Launch and What It Means for Every Event Organiser

Spotify's Reserved feature holds concert tickets for superfans using streaming data. Here's what the data-driven launch reveals about the future of event loyalty.

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