Digital Event News April 2021 | Page 9

London & Partners launches hybrid venue resource

April 2021

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Hubilo raises £ 17 million for UK expansion

Virtual and hybrid events platform ,

Hubilo has secured £ 17 million in a ‘ Series A ’ funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Balderton Capital .
Founded by Mayank Agarwal , and Vaibhav Jain , Hubilo is headquartered out of San Francisco , with offices in London and Bengaluru in India .
The funding will be used to to roll-out additional platform features to enable stronger attendee engagement and new monetisation opportunities for organisers . Hubilo also aims to acquire more office space in London , and build out its teams in the UK and across Europe .
Hubilo says that organisers already see increased attendee engagement through
Hubilo Founders , Mayank Agarwal and Vaibhav Jain built-in networking features , including meeting tables , private rooms , meeting schedules , and gamification elements such as leaderboards .
Vaibhav Jain , founder , and CEO , Hubilo said : “ We ’ ve experienced remarkable growth over the last few months thanks to our vision of placing experience and intelligence at the forefront of virtual events . Our strategy , product features , and platform intelligence are expanding the possibilities of what is achievable in the events space , and we ’ re continually delivering greater value for event organisers , sponsors , and other stakeholders . We ’ re excited to welcome our investors onboard as we begin this next phase of global expansion .”

VisitScotland goes virtual for Scotland Reconnect 2021

VisitScotland ’ s Scotland Reconnect 2021 digital trade workshop event will connect tour operators , DMCs and agents with Scottish tourism businesses from 27-29 April .

More than 7,500 virtual business meetings are expected to take place over the three days
Recognising the need for travel businesses to maintain contact throughout the Covid-19 pandemic , the Scotland Reconnect 2021 event has been organised following the successful format of VisitScotland ’ s inaugural digital event last November .
Last year ’ s event saw 264 buyers from 23 countries meet with 240 Scottish tourism businesses , operators and destination organisations .

London & Partners launches hybrid venue resource

London & Partners has launched a dedicate web-page to showcase the UK capital ’ s hybrid event venues .
Some 17 venues are currently promoting their cutting-edge streaming capabilities , virtual technology , smart stages and dedicated broadcasting studios via www . conventionbureau . london / hybrid-events .