About

The Collective: a peer community for venue owners

Running a wedding venue is quietly isolating. The Collective, run by Hostology, brings together UK venue owners for real conversations about the actual job: staffing, pricing, hosts, guests, suppliers and the season's big questions.

It includes an online forum, quarterly roadshow events at member venues and expert-led sessions, and is open to venue owners and event managers whether or not they use the Hostology platform.

The Collective, written beneath the Hostology H over an aerial photograph of a country house and its gardens.

From our own experience, we know the value of mutual support. With your venue operations whipped into shape by the Platform, the generous network of The Collective will equip you to work the bigger picture.

What it is

  • An online forum

    An online forum for venue owners to share what is working and what is not: sound peer-to-peer advice from people running the same kind of business, on the days when it is reassurance you need rather than a supplier. Free sign-up to venue-exclusive events with Hostology and our partners comes with it.

  • Roadshows

    Roadshow events at member venues, twice a year, with expert speakers and open Q&A. Tour a working venue, discuss industry updates, and share tips on everything from driving operational efficiencies to coping with your couples' wedding jitters.

  • Webinars

    Expert-rich sessions on what is actually changing in the sector, from technology and AI through sustainability to the legal and commercial questions that catch venues out. Recordings are shared afterwards, so a busy weekend does not cost you the session.

  • A LinkedIn group

    A LinkedIn group for lighter, day-to-day peer chat.

Join us

The Collective lives in a WhatsApp community: free to join, open to every member of your venue team, and the first place you will hear about the next webinar or Roadshow.