Innovating the Events Industry with TikTok, AI, and AV Trends | Epic Events by vFairs | Ben McCarthy
Epic Events by vFairsShow Notes
Join Muhammad Younas, CEO of vFairs, in this exciting episode of the Epic Events podcast, where he sits down with Ben McCarthy, Founder and Director of Premier Events. Ben will take us on a journey from launching a small mobile disco business at university to scaling Premier Events into a £9M turnover agency. In this conversation, Ben shares how his team embraced change in the events industry by adopting cutting-edge technologies, including TikTok for B2B marketing and AI to streamline event...
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