To put it bluntly, the virtual events universe, more than ever before, has been inundated with plenty of forgettable and uninspiring content. With companies trying to captivate their employees or vie for their suppliers or client’s attentions, they are having to compete, sometimes unsuccessfully, against the myriad of available
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This year, for the first time in a generation, the world has been united in a global interruption of family life, work life and social connection. Closeness became distance and everything in events changed. With our thoughts now turning to the New Year (yes, hello Winter!), how do we even begin to plan confidently for
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Around the world countries are emerging from months of lockdown restrictions with shops, pubs, and restaurants beginning to re-open for business. While this feels like the beginning of our new normal the restrictions that remain in place for theatre, music and corporate event industries have compelled companies within these sectors
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As the outbreak of COVID-19 pushes more events towards a virtual format, clients are searching for new ways to engage with attendees before an event takes place. As many event planners know, it can be tricky to keep an audience engaged during a face-to-face live event. Now, shift the experience to online and attendees face a new set
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Slowly but surely, many countries have been easing their imposed travel and leisure restrictions, and as we emerge from our various states of lockdown we face the reality that life will simply not return to the ‘good old days’ circa January 2020 for a while. Instead, we are having to adjust to a new normal and reimagine
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While the days of live events and face-to-face interactions seem like they belong to a bygone era, virtual events are taking off at a rapid pace as an exciting solution to fill that void until we can meet again. Don’t get us wrong, we cannot wait to be back out scouring the globe for our new favourite venues and hotels, but in the
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A message from the team: While the world grinds to a halt and #covid_19 is taking its toll on us all, we have learnt to take a step back to find ways to remain strong and resilient. At Principal, we are all committed to providing support to our clients during this difficult time and our hearts sincerely go out to those
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January is almost over but rather than feeling blue about it, we looked back at 2019 and some of the memorable things the Principal team got up to. Our year was full of everything from familiarisation trips, industry exhibitions, site visits with clients, awards ceremonies …… plus we delivered a number of incredible events for
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Happy New Year everyone!!! We are now in full swing and truly back to work!! The Principal team have kicked off 2020 with a bang as the team travel around the globe to deliver a number of big Kick off events for our clients. To add to a busy start to the year, this morning we got the news that we are finalist for M&IT
Read moreThe entire Principal. Global Events team are very excited to be shortlisted for this year's C&IT Awards in the Category for Best UK Agency . Principal. Global Events was established in 1994. 2019 marks 25 exceptional years, delivering award winning MICE services to our clients, some of whom we’ve been working
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