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Boredroom
Davos may be banned, but the
Global Event Summit is go
Sorry,
where are
the loos?
oris Johnson banned his
ministers from attending the
Davos world leaders’
summit, which started on 21
January 2020.
The Times reported a
government source saying: “Our
focus is on delivering for the
people, not champagne with
billionaires.”
The PM has attended the annual
summit at the luxury Swiss ski
resort several times, including in
his former capacity as mayor of
London where he networked to
make the most of the business
London in the Sky, an open-air
‘restaurant’ where guests dangle high
above the ground, is returning to London
in 2020.
Those who can stomach it will have the
chance to eat at Sky Tables suspended
30m above the ground, while enjoying
views of the capital’s skyline.
However, one would be advised not to
drink too much beforehand as, by looking
at the pictures, popping to the loo seems
a far harder chore…
opportunities to persuade
business to invest in London.
In 2013 Johnson was quoted as
saying of Davos: “For most
politicians who want to big up their
cities, as I do, it’s an important
place to come.”
Perhaps this is a good time to
raise awareness of our Global
Events Summit, which takes place
at Le Chalet (pictured), Chamonix,
towards the end of March. We
hope your bosses won’t ban you
from coming along. To learn more,
email Katy Abadi on kabadi@
mashmedia.net
Photo by London in the
Sky, social media
Number’s up
Destinations International, the International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM) and
Tourism Economics have announced the launch of the Local and Public Events Module of its
Event Impact Calculator (EIC). The new tool is designed to provide destination organisations
with a way to quantify the economic value of all events occurring at a convention centre.
The EIC is currently used by nearly 300 destinations around the world and the Local and
Public Events Module is the fourth module to be developed for the EIC. It brings in four new
event types including consumer and public, food and beverage, community, and testing and
education events.
www.conference-news.co.uk