Features: Venues

London’s Mermaid - one of the capital’s most charismatic and atmospheric venues -
has launched two distinctive new options for event organisers. One capitalises on its remarkable popularity for Christmas events, and the other provides a unique opportunity for ‘on-stage’ gatherings, using the venue’s heritage as a much-loved theatre. Read >

Wyboston Lakes conference and training centre has upgraded its site-wide broadband service to 100 MBs. It is ten times the speed previously supplied, and is believed to be by some way the fastest speed available within any UK specialist conference venue. Read >

Innovative business developments, awards, different options for events, even better services for customers – members of The Westminster Collection always have something new to report. Here’s a selection of their latest news. Read >

Where could you see Iron Maiden’s only British show for 2010, Rammstein’s first outdoor appearance in the UK and Alice Cooper’s first festival show in 30 years? Read >

Sodexo Prestige brings elegance, culture and style to the world of venues. With more than 45 venues throughout the UK, Sodexo Prestige offers variety and originality to any corporate or private event. Read >

Historic Conference Centres of Europe (HCCE) is a unique marketing focused association, promoting conference and convention centres in heritage buildings and the culture rich destinations in which they are located. Founded in October 1996, it is the only international association of historic conference centres in the world and has evolved into a quality brand that is known throughout the international meeting, incentive, convention and exhibition business. Read >

Our Conference Centres of Excellence month comes to an end with news of another new member for the UK’s leading group of specialist conference venues. It is Prospero House, on London’s South Bank … and it’s another example of how the consortium is addressing the latest market trends. Read >

Because Wyboston Lakes is the UK’s largest single site specialist conference venue, it’s better placed than any other venue to accommodate customer demand for ‘exclusive use’ events. Having introduced that option at its Robinson Executive Conference Centre, it’s now finding that demand for exclusivity is increasing all the time. Read >

There are 36 members of Conference Centres of Excellence, the UK’s leading consortium of specialist conference, meeting and training venues. It’s a group in which quality of facility and service is the priority, and there’s always plenty of evidence of members’ commitment: major investment in even better facilities and services, top awards, sector-leading initiatives and more. Here’s just a selection of its members’ latest achievements. Read >

Members of The Westminster Collection continue to set the pace, in terms of sector leading initiatives, facility investments, exciting new packages and the hosting of top events. Here’s the latest news from London’s most go-ahead group of venues. Read >

Sales generated by Conference Centres of Excellence – the UK’s leading sales and marketing consortium of specialist meetings venues – are more than 50% up on a year on year basis. The group says that growth is being driven by event organisers who, having tried non-specialist venues during the recession, have come to realise that dedicated facilities and services are the best option. Read >

July is Conference Centres of Excellence month on myvenues. It’s the UK’s largest consortium of specialist conference, meeting and training venues, with 36 members spread across the UK, all of them venues of proven quality. Read >

Sundial Venues are renowned for the quality of the meeting rooms they provide at their three venues in the United Kingdom, consistently topping the BDRC VenueVerdict league table for overall performance and value for money, but the specialist meeting and training venues also have a selection of outdoor spaces that are ideal for team building events, activity days and corporate family fun days. Read >

Major investment boost for Cotswold Conference Centre / Glasgow taxis awarded Champions accolade by SECC / Exhibition success confirms Cambridge’s global appeal / Sodexo wins hotel and conference deal with Stirling Management Centre / Convention Bureau reports continuing investment in Liverpool / Edinburgh International Conference Centre secures £85 million expansion funding / Doncaster gets set for UK’s largest tattoo convention / Visit Chester & Cheshire flying high with new members / Gateshead Millennium Bridge delights delegates in blink of an eye / Glasgow Conference Ambassador programme celebrates 20th anniversary Read >

As you’d expect from London’s most vibrant group of venues, there’s always lots going on inside the Westminster Collection. Here are some of the very latest developments, events and opportunities! Read >