Introduction
Show Planner / Deadline Dates
Event Timings
Important Contacts
Pre-event Briefing Call
Stand Information
General Information
- Accommodation
- Audio Visual Services
- Badges / Registration
- Catering
- Deliveries / Collection
- Health & Safety
- Internet Access
- Venue Information
- Workshop Sessions (if booked)
Lead Generation
Form Downloads
Promoting your Presence
Additional Sponsorship Opportunities
Important Documents
General Information
This page includes:
Accommodation | Audio Visual Services | Badges & Registration | Catering | Deliveries |
Health & Safety | Internet | Onsite Lead Generation | Venue Information
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Accommodation
| Hotel Name | Postcode | Tel number | Distance to venue | Time to venue | Website |
| Orida Hotel | ME14 5AA | 01622 734322 | 3.1 miles | 10 mins | http://www.oridahotels.com |
| Mercure Maidstone Great Danes Hotel | ME17 1RE | 01622 528 565 | 6.3 miles | 13 mins | https://www.mercuremaidstone.co.uk/ |
| Premier Inn (Sanding) Maidstone | ME14 3AS | 0333 321 1288 | 4.6 miles | 10 mins | https://www.premierinn.com |
| Travelodge Maidstone Central | ME16 0SR | 08719 846442 | 6.2 miles | 15 mins | https://www.travelodge.co.uk |
| Village Hotel Maidstone | ME14 3AQ | 01622 235 1710 | 4.5 miles | 10 mins | https://www.village-hotels.co.uk/maidstone |
Audio Visual Services
If you require any audio visual equipment for your stand, please contact: Email: office@cpsgroup.co.uk or call T+44 (0)1202 572000.
Additional electrics form - Click here to order additional electrics.
Badges / Registration
Exhibitor badges will be delivered to your stand on 9th November during the event build-up. To order your badges, please complete and return the Exhibitor Badges Form. The number of badges you are entitled to is dependent on your stand size. See below for more information:
2m x 2m Stands: 2 staff badges
3m x 2m Stands: 3 staff badges
4m x 2m Stands and above: 4 staff badges
This form must be returned to Bree Pace by the close of play Friday, 9th October.
Catering/Staff Passes
Cash catering is available throughout the day. All daytime catering will be served in the exhibition area.
To help keep your costs down, reduce queuing and waste, we are providing free of charge exhibitor lunch, which entitles you to a grab bag which includes a sandwich, a snack and a bottle of water. The badge form asks you to let us know the dietary requirements for your staff.
Pre-ordered grab bags will be reserved accordingly, and any special dietary requirements will be available for collection from the Organisers' Office (Vegetarian and no dietary options available from the main catering point).
Deliveries/Collection
Any items being delivered in advance of your arrival must clearly display the event Delivery Note. Items should be sent to arrive no earlier than Monday, 9th November. Please see below for the venue address:
Kent Event Centre,
Kent Showground,
Detling,
Maidstone,
Kent,
ME14 3JF
Please note Revolution Events Ltd and the Kent Event Centre do not take responsibility for deliveries/collections. The venue cannot store items after 17.00 on Wednesday, 11th November, please ensure items are collected after the show.
If there are any issues, please let Bree Pace know.
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We are expecting a total of around 350 attendees, but if you are sending literature, please remember that not everyone will take one. We recommend having a digital version to send out post-event as well.
Health & Safety
Shell Scheme Stands:
All shell scheme stands must return the Health & Safety Declaration, no later than 9th October.
Space Only Stands:
All space-only exhibitors are required to submit full-dimensional stand design drawings. Plans must be in English to a recognised scale not less than 1:50 and be submitted by 2nd October. They should be clearly marked REF: TheEducationPeopleShow2026 and sent together with complete Space Only Stand Information to Bree Pace
All space only stands plans must be accompanied by a Risk Assessment and Method Statement covering the build up and breakdown activities.

Internet Access
Free of charge unsupported wireless internet is available for all exhibitors. Please note this service is unsupported and suitable for web browsing only.
If you have a more advanced internet requirement, please contact Jake Elson to discuss. Please note that advanced requirements must be discussed no later than 9th October.
Housekeeping Notes
To ensure that the wireless connections we provide work as intended, we request that exhibitors do not bring their own individual wireless devices with them, as these can interfere with our network. There is a wireless network consisting of over 20 access points, all managed by a central unit. This unit will manage the channel that each access point uses to ensure interference and channel overlap is kept to a minimum however if third party wireless devices that are not managed by the central unit are on-site, the wireless network will start to degrade.
Whilst the wireless internet service we provide is suitable for web browsing, we strongly recommend that exhibitors do not solely rely on internet-based activities for their stand. Similarly, we strongly recommend that any exhibitors wishing to show internet based activities bring a cache (offline) version with them as backup as well.
Venue
Easy Access from all over South East England and beyond - The Kent Event Centre is conveniently located on the A249 between the M2 and M20 motorways and less than an hour by car or train from London and with onsite parking for up to 30,000 cars.
