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Exhibition organiser Resort Marketing is to put on Visit 2010, a new showcase event for South West tourism.

Work is under way to establish an international sustainability standard for event management, after a joint proposal was made by the UK’s BSI and Brazilian national standards body, ABNT.

DENMARK – Copenhagen’s Bella Center hosted 170,000 politicians, officials, reporters and NGOs during the recent 13-day climate change conference. This makes COP15 the largest event ever held in the venue, and also Denmark.

Exhibition equipment hire specialists Thorns Group ensured the nation’s sporting heroes were sitting comfortably at the BBC’s recent Sports Personality of the Year awards in Sheffield.

Exhibition equipment hire specialists Thorns Group ensured the nation’s sporting heroes were sitting comfortably at the BBC’s recent Sports Personality of the Year awards in Sheffield.

WORLD – Norwegian-based energy company Statoil has appointed UK-based event management company Enigma Creative Solutions to deliver a series of exhibition stands at tradeshows worldwide, as part of its global rebranding.

The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre has revealed strong trading figures as it moves into 2010.

Emap chief executive David Gilbertson tells EN he is expecting an increase in visitor numbers to Spring Fair 2010 which, he says, “is booking extremely well”.

O2’s management company Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) has admitted they are finalising plans for another large convention centre for London Eastside.

Organiser of the National Wedding Shows (NWS), Ocean Media Group, claims to have experienced an immense increase in ticket sales at both its Autumn London and Birmingham exhibitions.