The CEO of the Association of Event Organisers (AEO), Karim Halwagi, in a letter to Boris Johnson, has accused the London mayor of “seriously undermining the historic exhibitions and events industry in West London”.
Britain for Events the annual marketing campaign designed to promote Britain as a world-class destination for events, has received the endorsement of MP John Penrose, the Minister for Tourism and Heritage.
The first event casualties of the rioting gripping swathes of London and spreading to the provinces have been reported amidst growing concern abroad that the capital’s security forces may be unfit for purpose during the Olympics.