TRUST YOUR PILOT Well? Of course you do – they transport millions of people every year from A to B in perfect safety, don’t they? Of course there are times it goes …

FLOORED AT GROSVENOR HOUSE The Royal Caledonian Ball, an exclusive £265 a ticket Scottish dancing event attracting 700 guests fell apart earlier this month as the …

BOAT SHOW SUNK The London Boat Show, due to be held at Excel, 9-13 January 2019 has been cancelled. Organisers British Marine say that there was little support …

MONET COLLECTION For lovers of art, especially that by a Claude Monet, 1840-1926, the National Gallery has an exhibition featuring more than 70 of the artist’s works…

MILLENNIALS An interesting discussion on managing and marketing to millennials was organised recently by speaker agency Performing Artistes. Held at the Institute of …

KRAKOW A highlight of our recent fam trip to five-star Marriott in Poland was the night and day spent in Krakow, a real jewel of a city in one of the most visited areas in the …

VODKA HEAVEN For those who like vodka a trip to Poland offers an opportunity to try some of the hundreds of types on offer and our recent fam trip to Warsaw and …

THE OLD DARK HOUSE Horror films used to frighten audiences to death, until comic send ups appeared at the cinema encouraging the frightened to not take it all too …

A MODERN CURSE? Is social media, which we have all been told we should be enthusiastically embracing, on the way out? Certainly the continued posting of racial …

THE SMELL WORSENS Another Liverpool couple have been caught out trying to defraud a travel company with false claims of holiday food poisoning, and this time …

MORE VENETIAN RIP-OFFS Another case of visitors to Venice being grossly overcharged for food in restaurants around St Marks Square has emerged …

THEFTS FROM EVENTS BUSINESS An event supplier specialised in providing cocktail and bartending expertise was robbed late last month. Two thieves broke into …

BIG CRUISERS FOR LIVERPOOL Liverpool will be able to handle the huge floating blocks of flats that these days pass for modern super liners with a new £50 million …

NIGHT NIGHT A sleeper mini-coach that can carry 12 passengers lying down has been launched for those travelling 300 miles or more. The berths on the coach come …

NEW MARRIOTT AT NEC Building of the new Marriott International Moxy Hotel will start at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in June this year and should be open …

FIVE-STAR WARSAW Joining a familiarisation trip to Poland as a guest of Marriott Hotels the writer enjoyed five-star accommodation at hotels in Warsaw, and Krakow …

HILTON AT HEATHROW There can’t be many airport hotels with a large and attractive outside area for al fresco barbecues and other eating in the warm months but the … 

BEER TASTING A recent cruise around Scotland and the Orkneys, the Shetlands and the Danish Faroe Islands gave the writer the chance to run a beer tasting of twelve … 

MARTY Only two films have ever won the double of the Palme d’Or at Cannes and the Academy Award for Best Picture, and one was director Billy Wilder’s 1945 The Lost …

EVENT SLEAZE An undercover investigation by the Financial Times at a President’s Club fundraising dinner in January at the Dorchester Hotel, London, led to …

WHAT PRICE SOCIAL MEDIA? A very public row has been running since a blogger on social media asked the owner of a Dublin hotel for a free five-night stay for herself … 

WOMEN ONLY Britain’s first women only members club is set to open its doors in a townhouse at Rathbone Place, Bloomsbury, London on March 8, where facilities …

VENUE NEWS
o Three hotel groups have been named as supplying freebies to the UK’s serial …
o Travelodge have apologised for branding a 46 year old father a paedophile when …
o Blenheim Palace have apologised after organising a Chinese New Year party that …

MANCHESTER SNOWFLAKES MELT A stupid decision by precious souls at the Manchester City Art Gallery to remove its famous Victorian painting of Hylas and … 

FOCUS UP NORTH Event show Confex has announced a Future Focus of the London based exhibition to take place in Manchester, July 4-5. This will be at the Victoria …

CHASE PERSUED Organisers of events for charities and associations might be interested to hear that the dedicated exhibition for the non-profit sector, CHASE, is … 

THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA In 1954 director and screen-writer Joseph L Mankiewicz followed up his 1950 All About Eve biting satire of Broadway with a biting and …

LEAPS OF FAITH IN CHESTER A trampoline centre in Chester has removed its Tower Jump after a fourth visitor broke her back using it last year. Dental nurse Lucy …

BAD PUBLICITY FOR DUPED VENUE The far-right ultranationalist political group Britain First called itself Patriot Merchandise to secure a meeting room for their …

HOTEL NEWS
o Five thieves armed with axes raided the jewellery store at the Ritz Hotel, Paris …
o A Britannia hotel, the Grand Burstin in Folkestone, Kent has been ordered to …
o Marriott International Hotels and the Thompson Group have been criticised by …

LAUGHS FOR YOUR EVENTS A number of comedians suitable for hiring at a range of corporate events were showcased recently by London speaker bureau Performing …

BIG ONES
o Said to be Europe’s largest the 500 million euro refurbished Paris Convention …
o A new 51,000 square metre conference centre, Caesars Forum, is planned for Las …

GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS One of the world’s best plays, in the opinion of the writer, is coming to the end of its London production run on February 3 at the Playhouse …

BLAZE KILLS TWO AT CAMERON HOUSE Two people have died in a fire at the five star Cameron House resort, Loch Lomond, one at the scene and one in hospital…

GO DO LIKEWISE? Money-grubbing at our universities that sets the young a bad example still fills the pages of our national newspapers, though unsurprisingly …

UNIVERSITY AND NHS FINED FOR DEATH Imperial College London has been fined £70,000, and an NHS Trust £80,000 for health and safety breaches after a 32 year old…

WATCH WHAT YOU ARE EATING Some large contract caterers serving food in UK event venues have admitted including on their menus species of fish on the red …

MORE HOLIDAY FRAUDSTERS Another couple from Liverpool have been found submitting a fraudulent claim for holiday food poisoning.Craig and Lisa Boyd …

TOUT LEADER? The owner of a Magaluf nightclub where a young female teenager performed an oral sex act on 24 men there in 2014 to win what she thought was a …

IN AND OUT COMING The old In and Out club on Piccadilly is being developed into a luxury hotel after planning permission was granted to the billionaire Reuben brothers… 

METROPOLIS Those who haven’t seen Fritz Lang’s famously ground-breaking Expressionist sci-fi feature film, Metropolis from 1927 have missed a real treat…