Author Archives: Ellie Jones

Telford International Centre recently hosted The Beekeeping Show for the third year in a row, a premier UK beekeeping trade show attracting visitors from across the world. The one day event saw over 1,850 visitors attend and 69 exhibition stands. To celebrate the success of their 2025 event, we spoke to the organisers Alex Ellis, […]

The Midlands located business events venue, Telford International Centre, has announced the appointment of Helen Roffe as their new PR Executive. As a brand-new role, the purpose of Helen’s post is to promote, narrate and explain the product, services, team and news of this award-winning events space to a variety of audiences.  Helen joins the […]

From starting as a small trade event to completely filling Telford International Centre’s 9,840m² halls, the Pet and Aquatics Trade Show (PATS) has firmly established itself as the leading event for professionals across the UK’s pet and aquatics industry. Here’s how the exhibition outgrew the longstanding venue it had successfully partnered with for well over […]

Holly Jones, Event Coordinator at Telford International Centre, shares her career journey, from finding her passion for events, to gaining her dream role – and everything she has learned along the way.   What made you realise you wanted to work in the events industry? “After I left school and went to college, I had […]

When automotive manufacturer Toyota looked to bring their dealership staff together to experience the new Toyota CH-R, they wanted an event that was not only educational but also a memorable experience. With this goal in mind, the team reached out to Telford International Centre to create a setup that embodied Toyota’s brand values. Taking place […]

Sustainability and event harnessing are expected to influence the events and conference sectors in 2024, according to Telford International Centre. With the AEV Association of Event Venues Ltd having already established an industry initiative to help address climate change challenges, sustainability is expected to be more important than ever when it comes to hosting events […]

Telford International Centre has announced its latest investments as it continues to work towards a more sustainable future. Recent developments from the Midlands-based events venue include the replacement of all lighting in its 10,000sqm of exhibition halls to LED lights – estimated to save over 70% in electricity– as well as providing more superior light […]

Telford International Centre is set to cement its position as a leading host venue for large-scale sporting events when it opens its doors to the Pickleball English Open in August. More than 1,000 competitors from over 25 countries are expected to compete across the four-day tournament, which has doubled in size since the 2022 edition. […]

Telford International Centre has announced a record year of new events and historically high revenues. In the period April 2022 to March 2023, the Midlands-based events centre saw an overall revenue increase of 22% from its pre-Covid figures for the 2020 financial year. Contributing around £110 million to the local economy through business tourism in […]

Southwater Event Group in Telford has announced that it is making Hope House Children’s Hospices its official charity for the next two years.      Employees from the Group, which includes the Telford International Centre, The International Hotel Telford, Ramada Telford, Holiday Inn Telford and Stagecraft UK voted to support the hospices until 2025 and […]