Host City

Host City is the media and event brand of choice for cities, rightsholders, organising committees and suppliers in their quest for best practice on hosting major events of all kinds.

Host City magazine began publication in 2003 to help the organisers of Beijing 2008 stage the greatest Olympic Games ever. The brand quickly expanded to unite an international community of stakeholders in all major events. 

The inaugural Host City conference in London in 2014 brought the rightsholders of the Olympic Games, World Cup, Commonwealth Games and World Expos on the same stage for the first time ever. The event rapidly defined itself as “The Largest Meeting of Cities and Sports, Business and Cultural Events,” incorporating an exhibition alongside the world-class conference programme.

The 13th Host City Conference & Exhibition takes place in Glasgow on 1-2 December, welcoming 300 representatives of cities, destination marketing organisations, cross-sector rightsholders, organising committees and suppliers for two full days of plenary presentations, panels, VIP dialogues and streamed workshops. 

HOST CITY is a Cavendish Group brand.

Cavendish Group

A business publisher and meeting/events organiser with special focus on the emerging BRIC markets. Cavendish Group is a European business publisher and conference organiser with a focus on delivering business information to the fast-growing and emerging markets.