Louisa Watson named M&IT Personality of the Year
Louisa Watson, 2025 Chair of beam and Marketing Director and Sustainability Lead at Wyboston Lakes Resort, has been named Personality of the Year at the 2026 M&IT Awards.
Louisa Watson, 2025 Chair of beam and Marketing Director and Sustainability Lead at Wyboston Lakes Resort, has been named Personality of the Year at the 2026 M&IT Awards.
Greengage Solutions, Mission Net Zero and Sustainable Hotel Buyer have joined forces to launch the TM44 Alliance, an initiative dedicated to helping hotels, venues, leisure and retail businesses understand and manage their obligations.
The Business Travel Association (BTA), beam (business meetings accommodation and events)and the Meetings Industry Association (MIA) have responded to the government’s announcement of a nationwide overnight visitor levy framework.
Matt Phelan, co-founder of The Happiness Index, will deliver the keynote address at the 2026 beam and Meetings Industry Association (MIA) ESG Summit at BMA House, London, on 14 September.
More than 214 trade associations, venues, organisers and suppliers from across the UK’s business events sector have written to Lisa Nandy MP, Secretary of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to demand that the recent Culture, Media and Sport Committee’s recommendations, which call for immediate support for the UK’s £33.6 billion event economy, are implemented in full.
beam has been named a finalist in the Best UK Association (up to 1,500 members) category at the 2026 Association Excellence Awards.
Relationships, collaboration and the collective strength of the business events industry took centre stage at the beam Annual Forum 2026.
beam is proud to be partnering with CHS this year, and we are inviting all our agency members to register and join us as part of our delegation. We are delighted to be kicking off the event and would love to see both familiar and new faces throughout the day.
beam has appointed Jess Brabant Consulting as its agency engagement partner, with a dedicated focus on strengthening relationships across the agency community, increasing awareness of the association’s work and ensuring agencies are represented within industry conversations.
beam, the association representing the business events, accommodation and meetings industry, brought together industry leaders, policymakers and stakeholders for its third State of the Nation event on Tuesday 9 June, held at the House of Commons.
beam has opened registration for its Annual Forum 2026, taking place at Wyboston Lakes Resort on 16–17 July, with this year’s theme continuing the conversation around the power of human connection within the events and hospitality industry.
beam has appointed Katie Niland, Commercial Director at The Belfry Hotel & Resort, to its Board of Directors. The appointment was announced at beam’s Spring All Members Meeting, held at the Cumberland Hotel in London on Tuesday 28 April.
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