25 years of transforming connections
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events
Our legacy brands of hospitality and aviation business events
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Our Values
- We delight our customers by going the extra mile
- We innovate and facilitate connections
- We care about our communities and the environment
- We create valuable experiences
- We nurture relationships
- We are curious about life and opportunities
- We are family
Our Guarantee
- The intellectual ability to enable and facilitate connections
- To collaborate with the right partners to disrupt the industry
- To create and deliver strategies as transformative solutions that empower our clients; and
- To embrace inclusion and diversity to encourage deeper trust and commitment
OUR LEGACY OF GLOBAL EVENT BRANDS
Bench has been a leading organiser of hospitality investment and aviation development business events. For over 25 years, our events have been known as the premium industry forums for sector development across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America.
OUR LEAP INTO VIRTUAL SPACE
In 2020 alone, we have hosted 10 virtual events and over 25,000 attendees. Bench ran Hospitality Tomorrow, our first virtual conference in April 2020 which attracted more than 6000 registrations from across the world. The success of this has allowed us to create a full series of online forums including 3 more Hospitality Tomorrow events, Real Estate Tomorrow and Africa Tomorrow.
2020 CLIENTS & PARTNERS
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Charities
At Bench Events we are proud to demonstrate our social responsibility through our commitment to corporate-led charity fundraising.
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Since 2013, Jon Howell, CEO of AviaDev has undertaken multiple activities to raise funds for Gorilla Conservation. He was appointed a global ambassador for the charity in 2016. These activities...