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About us
Association of Event Organisers Ltd (AEO) is the trade body representing companies which conceive, create, develop or manage trade and consumer events. It is run by its members for the benefit of its members through an elected council of representatives, specialist working groups and a fulltime secretariat.
We've been supporting the event industry for over 100 years
A century on and the original collaborative ambitions are not too dissimilar from the AEO’s current objectives, albeit on a much wider and ambitious scale. It is run by its members for the benefit of its members through an elected council, specialist working groups and a fulltime secretariat.
AEO is part of EIA
AEO, AEV and ESSA are the three parts of EIA, whose members collaborate and support the events community.
AEO works in partnership with its sister associations on a number of initiatives including research, cross association working groups and lobbying.
This enables the event community to come together as one voice, responding to a range of opportunities or issues into which all sides of the industry have an important input.
It also enables members access to several cross-association working groups, networking events, conferences, forums and industry research.
The alliance gives us and our members the opportunity to influence key initiatives and changes that can have a direct impact upon the whole sector.
Association of Event Venues (AEV) is a vibrant, effective and highly professional trade body that serves an established event venue community.
Event Supplier and Services Association (ESSA) is a trade association representing contractors and suppliers of goods and services to the exhibition industry.
NEWS
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The Association of Event Organisers (AEO) is pleased to announce the nomination of six industry professionals to join its Board. These nominations come as part of the regular rotation of Board members ...
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The Association of Event Organisers (AEO) is pleased to announce the launch of the #CHOOSEEVENTS campaign, spearheaded by the AEO Development Board which is led by Alison Willis, divisional managing d ...
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The Association of Event Organisers (AEO) is pleased to announce the return of the AEO Conference, taking place on the 7th September at DoubleTree by Hilton Brighton Metropole.
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Headline sponsors: Circdata, GES, the NEC Birmingham AEO celebrated its 30th AEO Excellence Awards on Friday the 16th of June at Grosvenor House. The sellout event delivered an afternoon of celebratio ...
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The AEO Council has appointed Matthew Butler, group managing director at CloserStill Media, as the next chair of the Association of Event Organisers (AEO).
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The Association of Event Organisers (AEO) is pleased to announce its International Venue Partnership renewal with Messe Frankfurt for 2023 – 2024.
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The Events Industry Alliance (EIA) – the collective associations of AEO, AEV and ESSA, is pleased to publish the seventh Size and Scale Index for Exhibitions (SASiE) report. Shaun Hinds, CEO Mancheste ...
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The Association of Event Organisers (AEO) has announced Richard Ayoade as its celebrity host for the 30th AEO Excellence Awards, taking place at the Grosvenor House, on Park Lane on the 16th June 202 ...
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The inaugural AEO People’s Awards in association with Aztec Event Services & Whitespace Group attracted more than 250 attendees to the Business Design Centre on the 27th of January, as the event welco ...
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The 16th of June 2023 marks the 30th-anniversary celebration of the AEO Excellence Awards, which recognises and celebrates the achievements of event organisers, venues and suppliers throughout the ind ...
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The Association of Event Organisers (AEO) is pleased to announce the appointment of Oliver Stemp to its marketing department. Stemp joins as marketing executive, supporting the team on its event and w ...