2 April 2025
Leading provider dedicated to innovative responsible and sustainable event solutions, event:decision has partnered with a destination in a world-first to promote responsible event practices across the UK region. NewcastleGateshead Convention Bureau, on behalf of ...
14 March 2025
Event organisers from across the UK visited Newcastle and Gateshead this week as part of a familiarisation visit which could see more conferences and events land in the region. NewcastleGateshead Convention Bureau, part of NewcastleGateshead Initiative, convened ...
12 March 2025
X. Design Week (XDW) 2025, the leading tourism innovation conference, will descend on Newcastle from 3-6 June, inviting businesses in the visitor economy to explore AI, digital innovation and immersive storytelling. Following successful editions in Cologne, Valen...
21 February 2025
A week-long summit, the only one of its kind in the United Kingdom, is set to bring hundreds of international delegates to the North East of England this October. City leaders and businesses across the North East gathered today to launch #SaferToBe...
7 February 2025
Freight Island, a huge, innovative entertainment and dining destination, is set to arrive at Eldon Square in autumn 2025. Inspired by the likes of Coney Island in New York and the famous Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, the new space spans a huge 60,000 sq...
13 January 2025
Northumbria University has been ranked as 10th in the UK for environmental and ethical performance in the People & Planet’s University League for 2024/25. Published annually, the People & Planet’s University League is the only comprehensive and...
4 December 2024
Utilita Arena Newcastle is excited to announce that in celebration of its 30th birthday this year, it’s having a makeover. £1.75 million is being invested into Utilita Arena as it undergoes a major refresh, set to transform many of the venue’s spac...
6 November 2024
Over 140 delegates from more than 80 different organisations travelled from 40 countries for the prestigious annual International Volunteer Cooperation Organisations (IVCO) conference hosted by Northumbria University this year. Representatives from a diverse ra...
29 October 2024
NewcastleGateshead’s award-winning Convention Bureau hails ‘Super September’ as city welcomes more than 3,000 conference delegates September proved to be the busiest month of the year to-date for conferencing in Newcastle and Gateshead as 16 events to...
18 October 2024
NewcastleGateshead Convention Bureau and academic ambassadors from Newcastle University gathered last night to celebrate a 10-year partnership which has seen leading minds from the worlds of science, tech, healthcare and innovation descend on the city for their m...