Arena Spring Event
Sofitel London St. James 10.15am - 3.30pm
The Changing Landscape of Foodservice and Hospitality
Arena’s events have an esteemed reputation for engaging influential industry leaders on the important and relevant issues of the day and Arena’s first event to kick-off our 2025 calendar takes place on Monday 10 March 2025 at the Sofitel London St. James.
This event will bring together a panel of inspirational hospitality and foodservice leaders who will explore how the sector is changing, growth opportunities and trends, sector challenges, the importance of effective leadership and building strong business relationships. Given that this event takes place two days after International Women’s Day the discussion will also explore how companies can get more diverse thinking into their business to help women progress in their careers plus much more.
Single Tickets Excl. VAT
- Members £189
- Non-members £350
Tables of 10 Excl. VAT
- Members £1,701
- Non-members £3,150
Event Timings
| 10.15am | Guest Arrival, Networking and Refreshments |
| 11.00am | 'Menu and Food Trends Report' - presentation by Jill Livesey, MD, Lumina Intelligence |
| 11.45am | Drinks Reception |
| 12.30pm | Lunch |
| 2.15pm | Panel Discussion |
| 3.15pm | Closing Speeches |
| 3.30pm | Guests Depart / Networking Continues |
The Event
What’s on the Agenda?
The event will begin with an informative industry insight presentation by Jill Livesey, MD, Lumina Intelligence focussing on highlights from their new menu and food trends report followed by a drinks reception, three-course seated lunch and then our panel discussion. Some of the topics up for discussion include:-
Growth Opportunities and Sector Challenges: what growth opportunities are our leaders seeing, what challenges are affecting the foodservice and hospitality sector, what other support do they feel they need from the government.
Leadership and Building Relationships – as a leader, how do you build strong, solid relationships with your teams, suppliers, customers and industry colleagues to build trust and integrity to foster growth
Career Journeys - our speakers will describe their career journeys to date discussing opportunities and challenges along the way
Diversity and Inclusion – how do you get more diverse thinking into your business to make it more inclusive, creating more opportunities for more people and encouraging your employees to feel part of your organisation?
Given that this event takes place two days after International Women’s Day, our leaders will also discuss:-
- what advice they would give to women starting out on a career in hospitality,
- barriers they may have come across and how did they overcome them,
- how can we as an industry collaborate to help women progress,
- how can we get more women onto boards
- the importance of male allyship
plus much more.
Who Should Attend and Why?
This event is for anyone working in the foodservice and hospitality sector either as a supplier to the industry or an operator within it. Regardless of your gender or job role or whether you are at the start of your career, a senior manager or have 30 plus years experience, there is a lot to be gained and learned from our fabulous panel of inspirational leaders. You will have he opportunity to learn from experienced leaders and gain valuable industry knowledge, become inspired by success stories and innovative ideas as well as keeping up to date with the latest trends and challenges in the hospitality industry. There will also be plenty of time to catch up with existing and new industry colleagues to build and cement those all-important business relationships.