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Keele university Events and Conferencing to Showcase New Facilities
Keele University Events and Conferencing is Staffordshire’s leading event space. A recently completed, comprehensive refurbishment of the conferencing facilities has created outstanding versatile spaces for all types of corporate events. These newly improved spaces allow event organisers to create a truly bespoke event, with the university’s services and facilities at their disposal.…
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New Wyboston Lakes Resort website makes venue booking easy for events professionals
Chat-bots, “Dolls House” virtual reality and price checking software are among the interactive features of Wyboston Lakes Resort’s new website that make booking an event at the venue online easy. Created primarily with mobile usage in mind for working professionals ‘on the go’, the highly visual design makes accessing the website via a phone just as user-friendly as on a laptop.…
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Eco-friendly Green Heart launches at University of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham’s campus has been transformed, with a new 12-acre ‘Green Heart’ leading to its famous redbrick centre. This environmentally-friendly space was officially launched with a festival weekend in June 2019. Staff, students and members of the local community enjoyed family activities and interactive events showcasing University research, followed by a Prom with fireworks.…
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Nottingham Conference Centre rebrands as NTU Events and Conferencing
Leading academic events and conference venue, Nottingham Conference Centre will today launch as the newly rebranded ‘NTU Events and Conferencing’. The rebrand is part of a long-term plan to strengthen its position and be better aligned with Nottingham Trent University (NTU), offering first-class events and conference facilities across its Nottingham City, Clifton Science and Technology, and Brackenhurst Campuses.…
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Frontline selects Warwick Conferences for second successive spell
Warwick Conferences has been selected as the official venue to host Frontline’s five-week Summer Institute training programmes for the next three years, following a successful tender process. Frontline is a charity that helps recruit and develop individuals to become social workers and leaders.…
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Green Tourism Silver Award recognises Wyboston Lakes Resort’s sustainability efforts
Wyboston Lakes Resort has gained official recognition for its extensive efforts to operate sustainably by achieving the Green Tourism Silver Award. The award has been granted by the Green Tourism Business Scheme, the national sustainable tourism certification scheme for the UK & Ireland with over 2400 members.…
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Double Award Win for the Victory Services Club
Victory Services Club (VSC) has scooped two prestigious industry awards in the past week. VSC was declared ‘Best Independent Venue’ at the CHS Awards, and has now also won the ‘Excellence in Sustainability Award’ at the Hospitality Assured Awards that took place in London on Monday night.…
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‘It’s Time to go Back to Basics with Event Food’ – Make Venue Launch Make Food with call to industry on Event Food
Make Venues are calling on the industry to go back to basics with event food. The comments come in the wake of increasing pressure on menus to embrace a new wave of delegate demands for sustainable and ethical food. The business’s approach focuses on food that is colourful, rich in nutrients, and that is produced as close to its natural state as possible, values that have long been endorsed within the food industry.…
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The Meetings Show is back – and the focus is on you
The UK’s leading event for the inbound and outbound meetings industry is returning for 2019, and this year the focus is all on you. Taking place on 26 and 27 June at Olympia London, the show will be bringing together 4,500 industry professionals, including more than 600 venues, destinations and suppliers, for two days of meetings, networking and learning opportunities.…
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Connect Events at Whittlebury Park
Exclusive Connect Events at Whittlebury Park are networking events aimed at Event bookers including HR & PA`s, existing corporate accounts bookers and key decision makers. A fantastic opportunity to network with like-minded professionals in an award winning environment. The focus is to educate on nutrition, well-being and healthy lifestyle.…
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Venues of Excellence signs iconic Birmingham landmark
The iconic Birmingham landmark, Millennium Point, has been named as the latest location to achieve Venue of Excellence accreditation, further strengthening the consortium’s presence in the Midlands. Millennium Point, located in the Eastside area of Birmingham city centre, joins a list of major names with Venues of Excellence accreditation, including Alton Towers Conference Hotel, West Court at Jesus College in Cambridge, Altitude London and Coombe Abbey in Warwickshire.…
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Wyboston Lakes Resort chef’s toast to success at the UK IACC Copper Skillet Award
Wyboston Lakes Resort chef Alex Walton will represent the venue for the second year in a row at the IACC’s European Copper Skillet in October after winning the Junior category at the UK IACC Copper Skillet Award competition. Fellow Wyboston Lakes Resort chef Ben Arthurs was placed second in the Junior category.…