Venue Insight April issue - OUT NOW

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Now that the snow has subsided and the beast from the east has gone on his merry way, we can focus on the spring and the start of the outdoor season. It’s time freshen up that outdoor space and let play commence.

Venue owners and managers take note! PPL PRS Ltd is a new joint venture between the UK’s two music licensing societies — PPL and PRS for Music. The aim of the joint venture is to provide the best music licensing experience in the world by keeping things simple for businesses and organisations who use music on a daily basis. That means you! Take the time to educate yourself with our special feature.

With more than 14,000 wines from over 40 producing countries, the London Wine Fair is the must attend drinks event in the calendar for the hospitality industry. 15,000 members of the trade from London, the UK and beyond will descend on Olympia over three days in May (21st – 23rd) to immerse themselves in a world of wine: discovering brand new wines; meeting with winemakers and importers; attending a rich and lively programme of briefings and masterclasses and catching up with industry colleagues.

Why not kill two birds with one stone and pop over to the European Coffee Expo, the new speciality, trade-only coffee event totally dedicated to the business of coffee, tea, soft drinks and related products which is set to take the industry by storm when it launches at the same venue at the same time on May 22nd & 23rd.

Brockmans Gin is inviting bars from the around the world to enter their best Brockmans Gin cocktail in a professionals only competition to find the best ‘Brocktail’ for World Gin Day (9 June 2018). The winning bartenders will win a trip of a lifetime to Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans this summer. Get your thinking caps on guys.

As always, we’re full to the brim with cutting edge products, trends and guidance to help your venue stand out from the rest and start the spring and summer with a bang.

Rob Taylor