Did you miss our very first Partner and Developer Conference? Do not panic! You can watch the video of the event here:

https://www.eventplanner.net/live/

On Monday, April 12, we invite you to our very first Partner and Developer Conference: eventplanner.live with the theme 'Rebuild'. We'll update you on our efforts to help rebuild the event industry and will showcase our new innovations that will help you grow your event venue or business once again.

With special thanks to Kinepolis Antwerpen ❤

Ibis Styles Zeebrugge offers companies a safe alternative where meetings and seminars can take place in company bubbles for up to 35 people. Because we strictly adhere to the guidelines, we have adapted the areas and updated the hygiene measures. Consider, for example, alcohol gel dispensers, marked walking routes, sufficient cleaning times in the public areas and sufficient distance. In short, everyone is safe with us!😷

The spacious and modern meeting rooms are ideal for companies that do not have enough space to respect the distance rules. At a residential seminar there is still the option to serve banquets.🍴Ibis Styles Zeebrugge is easily accessible and has sufficient parking space at the hotel.

Are you looking for a location where you can have a meeting or organize a seminar in peace? Contact us via the information that can be found on our page or request a quote without obligation.

The next step towards its own joint committee for the event sector is the recognition of the Event Confederation as an official Belgian representative employers' organization. For this we need your weight in the number of companies represented and employees in the event sector.

Recently, without much publicity, many employees who fall under PC200 and who work in companies with NACE code 82300 (organization of fairs and conferences) and who passed the NSSO test were automatically moved to PC126, the joint committee of wood and upholstery (workers) representing carpenters and cabinet makers.

This PC is of course very well placed to watch over the interests of the wood and upholstery sector. However, this sector differs markedly from the event sector in terms of structure and organization as well as from a market perspective.

The interests of the organizers of fairs and congresses would therefore from now on be defended by the carpenters and cabinet makers, who have a very different character from our sector. In practice, this also means, for example, that it is the carpenters and furniture makers who will negotiate the labor law rules for the organization of trade fairs.

That does not seem like a good thing for the events sector to us. The Event Confederation and its affiliated event federations have therefore rightly called on their members to object to this automatic transfer of their employees to PC126.

We don't want to hear stories like this anymore from now on.

That is why the creation of its own joint committee for the events sector is so important. After all, the application for a personal PC can only be made by a recognized employers' organization that can carry sufficient weight as a representative of the entire sector. And that is precisely the problem: the fragmentation of the sector. If we learned one thing from the corona crisis, it is that we are so fragmented as a sector that it was difficult to be heard by the many Belgian stakeholders.

With the establishment of the Event Confederation, we have taken a first step in the right direction to unite the sector, so that we can act as one strong block, with one voice and the ear of the various governments, employee and employer organizations, and many other stakeholders. That first step has already been successful, as evidenced by the response of the minister

"That makes the need even greater to indeed unite as a sector." - Hilde Crevits, Flemish Minister of Economy

However, this is not enough for us to fully engage in the existing model of social dialogue. As an employers' organization, let alone as a sector, we simply do not exist there at the moment. We are many, we have been active on various fronts for a long time, but we are not there (yet) in this social consultation.

The next step is therefore the recognition of the Event Confederation as an official Belgian representative employers' organization. The Social Status working group within the Event Confederation therefore wants to start the procedure for recognition as an employer organization soon.

This is important because the official application for a personal PC can only be made by a recognized employers' organization that can carry sufficient weight and can serve as a point of contact for the entire sector. And as long as we do not have our own PC as an event sector, as a recognized employers' organization we can also claim representation in the various other joint committees that currently include the many event companies. Also in PC126.

To realize this ambition, we need you and your network!

Therefore this express appeal: join one of the federations of the Event Confederation (ACC, BESA, Febelux). We need your weight in number of companies and employees represented in the event industry to provide lobby power to the Event Confederation. Also speak to your event network to motivate them to take this step as well.

The ultimate goal is to bring together all companies & freelancers who realize at least 50% of their activities in the event sector. Your economic weight ensures that we can act as one block, one force, one strong sector, by analogy with the catering federation, for example.

May we ask you to confirm your commitment to the sector with membership of one of the federations?

You not only get a strong professional federation in return, but also a number of great member benefits.

More information about becoming a member of ACC, the association of communication companies and event agencies: https://www.acc.be/members/become-member

More information about becoming a member of BESA, the federation of suppliers in the event sector: https://b-esa.be/nl/leden/lid-worden

More information about becoming a member at Febelux, the professional federation for trade fairs and congresses: https://www.febelux.com/lid-worden/

ACC, BESA and Febelux thank you for your support and commitment!

An exclusive online party with the fantastic DJ duo Knightriders. Each employee received an XL apero box in advance with all kinds of goodies, plus a box with a full cocktail set with ingredients and party gadgets for the whole family.

By logging in at home, the whole family could join the party and dance to the DJ's, all preceded by a cocktail workshop with demonstration.

During the party, everyone could also send videos, photos and request numbers via chat, which were played right away.

Nothing but praise !! So as long as party is not yet possible LIVE, this is the best alternative.

Dance, Enjoy, Music, Food and Drinks to Connect.

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This course is made with an analog 1:43 Carrera system and can therefore be used with 2 players.

Our race tracks are for sale and / or for rent.

Prefer a tailor-made race track? Feel free to contact us and we will deliver a concept drawing + quotation within 24 hours.

For the world’s leading supplier of energy and automation products, we used the brilliant idea for a corporate team building and invited the staff to let their creativity run free as they brought life to a blank canvas.

Instructed by our graffiti artist, they learned all about tagging, drips and the right inlines. Then, armed with spray paint, they created a work of art that they could take home and treasure.

…. and the team loved it.

They made something memorable, something fun and something they can @dmire.