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Venues of Excellence welcomes two new partners to Preferred Partner Programme
Venues of Excellence are delighted to announce to its members two new partners who have joined the Preferred Partner Programme in 2021. Mayan Furniture was first introduced to the Venues of Excellence Members when they exhibited at the annual conference in 2020. …
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Ashorne Hill – Save 50% on Video Conferences
Launching our seamless Video Conferencing Package which allows you and your delegates to strategise in the same room...even though you may be miles away,
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Ashorne Hill – Monthly Meet-Up Package
For businesses that no longer have office space but need a local meeting space for team check-ins.
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Warwick Conferences starts 2021 with gold sustainability status
Warwick Conferences has been commended for its ‘outstanding approach to sustainability’ after achieving the prestigious ECOSmart Gold Status by Greengage Solutions. Receiving the gold award, Warwick Conferences demonstrated high standards of environmental sustainability. ECOSmart Gold Status is an industry standard accreditation, awarded to hotels and meeting venues that can demonstrate an eco-friendly approach in five key areas.…
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Ashorne Hill – Day Delegate Offer for 2021
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Wyboston Lakes Resort appoints new chair
Wyboston Lakes Resort has appointed Chelsey Hutchinson as chair of the 380-acre conference, training and leisure resort in Bedfordshire. Hutchinson, 34, has spent a decade working across every area of the Resort, including four years as a board director. She will now take over at the helm of the ever-growing business, which includes two state-of-the-art residential event and training centres, a four-star hotel, brasserie, bar and award-winning spa, 18-hole golf course and water sports centre ideal for teambuilding activities.…
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Make Venues Builds Leadership Team
Make Venues has announced the appointment of Paul Martins to its senior management team. Paul will join the company as New Business Development Manager for its Broadway House and Engineers’ House Venues, underlining the company’s commitment to investment in staff and infrastructure in 2021.…
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Millennium Point announced as Birmingham’s flagship mass vaccination centre
Millennium Point announced today (6th January 2021) that it will become the first Covid-19 mass vaccination centre to operate in the Midlands. The centre will be run by the NHS in Birmingham and Solihull as part of the region’s Covid-19 vaccination programme.…
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Keele University Events and Conferencing showcase Project Management and Customer Service Skills
As students head home at the end of the University term, the Keele University Events and Conferencing (KUEC) Team reflect on how they have transferred their project management and customer service skills to support the students on Campus and head up the COVID Response Teams.…
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Surge in booking enquiries shows ‘clear sign of confidence’
Venuedirectory.com sees positive numbers following #Greenlightfriday campaign Michael Begley, managing director of venuedirectory.com says: “There’s growing momentum in the events industry and we’ve seen a recent surge in enquiries. Last week (w.c 30 November) we saw a massive 52% increase in enquiry numbers.…
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Unique Venues Birmingham delivers a Christmas Party in a Box
Venue Christmas Parties may be a ‘no go’ for 2020 but the team at UVB didn’t want their party goers to miss out on some festive fun, so have partnered with Moonlight and Mistletoe to create a festive concept ‘Christmas in a Box’.…
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Wyboston Lakes Resort and mia hosted pilot event to test guidelines for government ahead of recent announcement of business meetings restarting
Wyboston Lakes Resort and the Meetings Industry Association (mia) worked in unison to host a mock awards dinner as part of the government’s pilot events to test the COVID-Secure guidelines that all venues must follow. Ahead of the latest announcement permitting business meetings for up to 1,000 people indoors to restart, the mock gala dinner for 120 people took place at the Bedfordshire-based Resort’s Woodlands Event Centre in accordance with the COVID-Secure guidelines and was observed by officials from Public Health England.…