Central Hall Westminster, the largest Conference Centre in Central London, increased its turnover by over 20% in the year ending August 31st 2012. Revenue grew from £4.4m to over £5.3m over the 12 month period buoyed by a number of large overseas conference and Award ceremonies.
The sales and marketing team at Hilton London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 recently combined an internal meeting at their office at Heathrow, with an afternoon teambuilding activity at Thorpe Park.
Stoke Mandeville Stadium, birthplace of the Paralympics, has recently tallied up the amount of medals that athletes and teams which had trained at the stadium in preparation for the London 2012 Paralympic Games had won – a staggering 41 medals in total.
A recent survey*, commissioned by The Enterprise Hotel, among UK exhibition organisers and contractors has revealed that, despite the pull of ExCeL and East London, 56% of responding exhibition organising companies still run exhibitions in West London. Respondents were largely based in London and the South East.
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats has brought Lindley Venue Catering on board as its catering partner as part of the professional Super League club’s plans to develop and expand its catering and hospitality business at the Rapid Solicitors Stadium – the Wildcats’ home ground until the club’s planned relocation to a new 12,000 capacity community stadium in 2015.
15Hatfields are joining forces with Eden Caterers on 30th October to hold an opening evening that showcases how style and taste can be good for the environment.
In a ground-breaking move, The Lindley Group – the leisure caterer whose business now spans sports stadia, arts, heritage and visitor attraction sectors – has become one of the first contract caterers to become a fully fledged corporate member of the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA).
Stoke Mandeville Stadium has teamed up with MYZONE to provide an innovative fitness monitoring scheme to all members of the local community. The new product aims to ‘make movement measurable’ by monitoring physical activity.
Belgium House at Middle Temple was a great success over the Olympic Period. The venue saw nearly 40,000 visitors through its doors in just over 17 days! The cycling paradise interest was probably assisted by Bradley Wiggins mania as guests pedalled their way through virtual tours of Belgium to win prizes.
From 1 October 2012, thousands of small businesses and venues that host live music events will be freed from the burdens of unnecessary red tape. Venues in England and Wales with a capacity of under 200 people will no longer need a license for live music.
