The Association of Event Organisers has launched its annual Global Events Study, sponsored by GES, which tracks international market trends of UK organisers. The results for the 2017/18 period show a staggering like-for-like increase in overseas turnover of 36 per cent with £2.1bn generated by those UK businesses that took part in the research project. According to the latest ONS figures*, this places the UK events industry in the top ten UK service exports. Stephen Brooks, cha...