Event Organisers In London

London Events Calendar 2011-2012

With less than a year to go, the 2012 Olympic Games are the talk of London. We’ve heard a lot about the Games’ aim to be the best Olympics ever, and it’s a realistic ambition. London has form when it comes to hosting world-class cultural and sporting events, as this year’s calendar of well-established London festivals, celebrations and ceremonies shows. Look below for our list of major events taking place in the capital from 2011 up until the Games begin in 2012.

The Proms (July 15 - September 10): Billed ‘the world’s greatest classical music festival’ and with good reason. Celebrating its 116th birthday this year, the Proms dominates Britain’s classical music calendar each and every summer; its eight-week run attracts some 6000 people to the hallowed Royal Albert Hall each night. You can keep track of The Telegraph’s up-to-the-minute Proms coverage here .

Buckingham Palace Summer Opening (July 23 - October 3): With the Queen ensconced in Scotland for the summer, the 19 lave State Rooms of Buckingham Palace are opened to the public. It’s all incredibly lavish, but in the best possible taste. Ruby red walls are gilded with sweeps of gold; masterpieces by Rembrandt and Rubens hang unassumingly in living rooms crammed with antique armchairs and exquisite porcelains. This year, however, the focus will be on a temporary exhibition displaying The Duchess of Cambridge’s Alexander McQueen wedding dress. The dress, of course, was subject to global acclaim; the layout of its display in Buckingham Palace, however, was supposedly decried by the Queen as “horrid”.

Notting Hill Carnival (August 28-29): Inspired by the Trinidad Carnival, the Notting Hill Carnival first took place in 1964 and has grown into Europe’s largest street festival. For its duration, the salubrious streets of Notting Hill are shaken awake by pounding outdoor sound systems, impromptu dance-offs and a general atmosphere of agreeable chaos. Sunday is agreed to be the best day to take kids, with the main carnival parade taking place on Monday.

Open House London (September 17-18): It’s come one, come all during the annual Open House London weekend. Normally inaccessible, some of the city’s most unusual residences and notable landmarks open their doors to the masses during the event. Expect big queues if you want to finally see inside the Gherkin and the like; head further afield for lesser-known curios and smaller crowds.

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London's hotels, stadiums and racecourses offer conference organisers plenty of places to hold their events. The heart of British urban life offers history, modern style and infrastructure to meet the needs of conference organisers. Since London's conference venues are so diverse, industry groups and companies use the city as a meeting place each year for their conferences. A peek at the various groups that use London to stage their conferences can give other organisations inspiration when planning their events.

The medical and pharmaceutical industries in the United Kingdom bring in billions of pounds each year due to the constant demand for medical care. National and international pharmaceutical groups have the resources to reserve conference venues in London with modern amenities and luxurious accommodations. The typical pharmaceutical conference involves presentations on new technologies and drugs by industry experts along with vendor relations with the public. Pharmaceutical conferences allow private healthcare agencies and businesses to acquire the latest technology from medical suppliers, requiring a massive amount of space to facilitate these events. Since drug companies, medical suppliers and other medical businesses are big business in the United Kingdom, these conferences represent a major boon to hotels and other venues each year.

Another consistent revenue stream for conference venues in London is the constant demand from industry groups for event spaces. Conference venues in London work with industry groups peddling toys, electronics, clothing and home wares to arrange these massive events. Industry group conferences can be insider affairs where vendors and buyers work out retail arrangements for the next year. These conferences can also involve the public by showcasing prototypes, speeches by famed designers and allowing consumers to speak to vendor representatives. While industry group conferences vary greatly in size, conference venues in London can rely on multiple events each year if they offer quality amenities and resources.

Human resources departments at major companies and job recruitment firms use conference venues in London to hold job fairs. These fairs allow employers to meet with eager applicants, hold quick interviews and present available jobs to the public. Job fair organisers use conference venues in London because they offer projectors, large ballrooms for separated spaces and enough room for streams of applicants to move comfortably. Each job fair has to be held at a conference venue located close to public transit lines as well as high-traffic areas like universities and office buildings to maximize the impact of the event.

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