EventNewsDXB
EventNewsDXB
Podcast Description
EventNewsDXB is your go-to weekly podcast for the latest news, trends, and insights from the event industry in Dubai, the UAE, and the broader MENA region. Each episode delivers a mixture of expert interviews, industry updates and deep dives into innovative technologies, standout events, and success stories shaping the region’s vibrant events landscape. Whether you're an event professional, brand manager, or tech innovator, EventNewsDXB keeps you informed and inspired, offering practical insights to elevate your next event and stay ahead in the dynamic MENA market.
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The podcast covers a broad range of topics within the event industry including expert interviews, success stories, technological advancements, and industry challenges, with specific episodes highlighting personal experiences like Dan Bolton's journey from performing arts to event management and Tyler Davis-Smith's strategic response to the pandemic's impact on the events sector.
EventNewsDXB is your weekly podcast focussing on the business of events in Dubai, the UAE and across MENA. Powered by -45dB, it features candid conversations, practical insights and and on-the-ground perspectives from the people behind the region’s most exciting live experiences.
I host it – I’m Ian Carless and I’ve worked in both the event and television production industry for over 25 years.
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”The forecast is zero.” That's the blunt reality Jon Noonan shares as we talk about what happens to the events industry when geopolitics, travel advisories and confidence collide.
In this week's episode of EventNewsDXB, -45dB Founder and Managing Director, Jon Noonan, and host Ian Carless, unpack the gap between perception and reality, and why government guidance and travel insurance create a standstill no supplier or organiser can solve alone.
But it's not all doom and gloom as Jon shares a genuine watershed moment with the signing of an exclusive contract between -45dB and DWTC – proof, he argues, that you simply can't do business in this region by flying in and out.
Recording in one of their sound reduced structures at Dubai World Trade Centre, featuring a bespoke podcast studio, Jon explains the long road behind a major partnership and what it took to earn trust in the GCC. We also take a peak behind the scenes on running two substantial operations across the Middle East and UK, Thorns Group momentum, plus a hiring mindset shift from pure performance to culture.
ProductionCredits:
Presented by: Ian Carless
Studio Engineer & Editor: Manny Penamora
Executive Producers: Ian Carless & Joe Morrison
Produced by: EventNewsDXB & Poddworx Dubai
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