In December our editorial highlighted the positive upturn on bookings within the event industry during the second half of 2013. This trend is set to continue into 2014 with the UK expecting to see an increase in the quantity of meetings, meeting spend and delegate numbers, according to research by American Express Meetings & Events.
Park Plaza® Hotels & Resorts are currently offering a best price guarantee on their winter meeting bookings. With the knowledge that you’re spoilt for choice when it comes to searching for a venue, Park Plaza are rewarding you with 5% off the next event booked at a Park Plaza hotel in Germany, the Netherlands and the UK* if you find a better meetings and events offer at a comparable hotel in your destination city.
The Venues.org.uk team would like to wish you Season’s Greetings and very Happy Holidays! Our office will be closed from the 24th December right through to the 2nd January so that we can enjoy Christmas and the New Year with our friends and family.
Prestige Venues and Events, the hospitality and catering experts behind some of Scotland's best known venues are promising a New Year sale to thrill Conference and Event bookers across the country.
London is still the preferred destination for events in the UK. In the HBAA’s 2011 profile of the UK’s meeting industry the Greater London region was found to have hosted the most meetings (362,500), followed by the South East with fewer than half the amount (163,349).
Fantastic locations along London’s South Bank, tempting themed menus, live entertainment and add-on drinks reception packages at accessible prices mean a 100% fun, hassle-free Christmas party for friends and families at Park Plaza’s South Bank hotels.
The festive season is almost upon us and many people will be looking forward to the feast awaiting them at their office Christmas party. Christmas parties and events can carry a heavier price tag than usual but expectations remain high when it comes to the food and drinks, so here are some suggestions for providing your guests with quality food but at reasonable prices.
Birmingham based charity, Help Harry Help Others will benefit from a festive donation from The National Exhibition Centre (NEC) and Vivid Experience, who are teaming up on a spectacular range of Christmas parties at the Midlands venue this December. Profits from their in-show fun casino will be donated to the charity.
People deliver satisfaction: that’s the leading conclusion from a new independent study, commissioned by Warwick Conferences, into the factors that affect customer satisfaction in the events, meetings and conference market.
In recent years the budget companies allocate for conferences and meetings has taken a hit. Many companies have resorted to web conferences and video conferencing tools to reduce costs, but there is still no substitute for face-to-face meetings. In fact, in 2012 a survey conducted by Catalogues 4 Business found that networking is now used by nearly three out of five (58%) UK companies, a sign that companies today prefer to deepen relationships by face-to-face contact.
