Category: Event Venues
Lime Venue Portfolio to showcase at The Old Royal Naval College
Lime Venue Portfolio (LVP) will be showcasing its collection of unique and unusual venues on March 6th. Host venue, The Old Royal Naval College, will be the backdrop to ‘The Unusual Made Easy Showcase’. The event will draw together venues from across the UK including historically significant museums and leisure destinations, iconic sporting stadiums, the [...]
Center Parcs completes revamp of Sherwood Forest venue
Center Parcs, respected UK destinations for the business event market has invested almost £200,000 over the last year in The Venue at Sherwood Forest. The funds have been invested in facilities including a new stage, partition walls and signage. The Venue has also undergone a refresh including newly decorated walls, new carpets, furniture and soft [...]
3,500 qualified event buyers will visit UK Venue Show
With less than a week remaining, anticipation is building for the inaugural UK Venue Show, taking place from 1st –2nd February at Olympia. Opening the trade show season for the live event sector, the UK Venue Show will centre on the Great British venue with exhibitors from both the capital and the counties already lined [...]
NEC brings ‘Live’ to life at UK Venue Show – Video
From Severn Trent to Jaguar Land Rover, Sainsbury’s to Avon, the NEC was home to live events for numerous top brands last year. To build on the success of 2011’s Live Event business the venue is putting this product at the forefront of its focus, and will kick start its efforts by exhibiting at the [...]
Lord’s named UK’s Number 1 Sporting Venue
Lord’s Cricket Ground has once again been named the UK’s number one Sporting Venue by BDRC Continental’s VenueVerdict. The Home of Cricket – which has significantly increased non-match day revenues since opening its doors to corporate and private events – has been recognised for its exemplary customer service, and was found to have the highest [...]
Historic event space opens in West London
A stunning new event space — once the former studio of celebrated painter and socialite Sir John Lavery — has opened to event organisers looking for a unique and special venue in the heart of cultural Kensington. “The Lavery Room is the jewel in the crown of this wonderful, newly-renovated townhouse,” says Penny Aston of [...]
Keith Prowse awarded overseas tours and corporate hospitality contract at The Championships, Wimbledon.
Keith Prowse has been awarded a new five-year contract by The All England Club to provide overseas tours and UK hospitality programmes at The Championships, Wimbledon, from 2013 onwards. Widely regarded as a highlight in the sporting and social calendar, The Championships already sees thousands of guests from all over the globe entertained by Keith [...]
Max Wifi launches venue wifi service at Mermaid Conference and Events Centre
WiFi and Communications Company Max WiFi, announces its newVenue WiFi Service for managed venues with the Mermaid Conference and Events Centre being the first to have it installed. Using the latest enterprise grade Meraki equipment, Max WiFi has installed a Meraki MX70 Router and 25 Meraki MR16 dual radio access points. The Mermaid can now [...]
Lord’s expects corporate hospitality to thrive in 2012 alongside Olympics
Lord’s Cricket Ground has forecast that cricket hospitality at the Ground will not be affected by its status as an official venue for the 2012 London Olympic Games. The Home of Cricket has released 2012 hospitality packages for general sale, including Test matches and One Day Internationals against South Africa and West Indies and an [...]
RCOG chooses ACC Liverpool for its 33rd annual congress
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) has announced ACC Liverpool, home to BT Convention Centre and Echo Arena, as the chosen venue for its 33rd British International Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in 2013. The international annual congress will host over 1200 trainee, consultant and specialist obstetricians and gynaecologists from over 50 representative [...]
Penguins Spotted on Tower Bridge
On 19th October 2011 Windsor based events management company Penguins created a catwalk for the first ever international fashion show on London’s iconic Tower Bridge. The 44m high catwalk above the River Thames was the idea of budding entrepreneur Jessica Minh Anh, founder of J Model Management, who wanted to showcase collections from leading international [...]
Historic event venue and landmark re-opens on time and on budget
Clugston Construction, one of the North’s leading privately owned building and civil engineering contractors, has handed over the new £15.3 million Baths Hall Entertainment Venue in Scunthorpe to North Lincolnshire Council and operator SMG UK Limited. Clugston was awarded the contract in April 2010 and following a demanding timetable delivered the new state-of-the-art concert and [...]
Ram Vision and ADI win Glow, Bluewater
Digital network operator Ram Vision has extended its Iconic network, signing a five year contract to provide content for the new 21 square metre indoor LED screen at Glow, Bluewater, installed by ADI which went live today – 10th November 2011. Glow, Bluewater, the brand new events venue, is due to open on November 30th [...]
Construction work commences on £1.4 million project at Norfolk Showground
Construction work has commenced this week on Norfolk’s largest indoor venue which will see new facilities provided in a 21st century design. The exhibition hall, which is 3,000 sq m and is licensed to hold 4,000 people, is to undergo a major facelift including a distinctive two storey circular entrance foyer and greatly enhanced facilities [...]
AP Security quick steps into Birmingham Ballroom
The building has had an illustrious, albeit sometimes chequered, career as a live venue. Opened as the Top Rank, later becoming the Hummingbird and the Carling (then O2) Academy, it has hosted many of the most famous rock, pop, punk and urban acts over the years. The O2 Academy moved to a new site two [...]
Arena Announces Box Seat Installation at Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
Arena Seating has installed its innovative permanent stadium BOX Seat system into Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers FC’s Molineux Stadium. The Football Club and Buckingham Group Contracting jointly appointed the Arena Group to supply 8,000 seats from The BOX Seat range for the redevelopment of the North Stand. The BOX Seat system allows for rapid [...]
Birmingham’s unique conferencing offer on the menu at Square Meal
Meet Birmingham will be showcasing the variety and distinctiveness of the city’s conference and events offering at this year’s Square Meal Venues & Events show, taking place on the 21st and 22nd September at Old Billingsgate in London. Visitors to Meet Birmingham’s stand B26 can find out more about the city’s event credentials, as well [...]
HBAA Annual Forum recognises the best in the sector
The HBAA recognised best practice in the hotel booking sector at the Ramada Manchester Piccadilly Hotel. The coveted awards were presented by the association’s Chair, Juliet Price, at a dinner attended by over 300 booking agents, hotels & venues and ancillary suppliers. Seven awards were presented: Best Demonstration of CSR; awarded for a company’s commitment [...]
The National Museum of Scotland re-openes with new hospitality spaces
The National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh has re-opened following a spectacular £47million redevelopment. This highly ambitious transformation, which combines spectacular spaces with state-of the-art facilities, enables National Museums Scotland Enterprises Ltd to offer a space for corporate hospitality events which is unique in terms of grandeur and scale, available from 1st September 2011. The [...]
Nottingham Racecourse launches pay-as-you-go conferencing
Nottingham Racecourse has launched a pay-as-you-go conferencing package targeting local businesses. Prices are allocated on an hourly basis and meeting rooms can be booked as late as two hours before arrival. The first hour is priced at £50 +VAT and prices gradually decrease on the hour throughout the day. The package aims to fill a [...]
Showsec awarded security contract for Lincoln’s Engine Shed
Showsec has been awarded the security contract for Lincoln’s largest live music venue, University of Lincoln’s Students Union, The Engine Shed. The event and venue security specialist won the contract following a competitive tender process. The three year agreement will see Showsec secure the venue’s gig and club nights, starting on Friday 19th August with [...]
Hospitality Business Celebrates 5 Year Success
Hospitality Guaranteed, a conference and event venue sourcing company, is celebrating 5 successful years in business this month. Helping companies across the UK save money and find the best venues and accommodation, Hospitality Guaranteed was established in 2006 by Victoria Brunton and Amanda Jackson. With over 20 years’ joint experience of working in the hospitality [...]
Exciting Development For Norfolk Showground
A major investment in an exhibition hall at a Norwich venue has been announced which will see new facilities provided in a 21st century design. The Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association (RNAA) has shown the first artist’s impressions this week of how a major investment in the exhibition hall at the Norfolk Showground might provide a [...]
London Events agency launches bespoke Venue Collection across the UK
Advertising Feature Pineapple Parlour, a central London based venues & events agency launched in 2008 has unveiled its new venue finder website. Pineapple Parlour: The Venue Collection. The Venue Collection is a free venue finder website for event organisers, wedding planners and others looking to hire a unique or special venue for their event. Speaking [...]
West Ham United Hotel and Conference Centre scoops two prestigious hospitality awards
West Ham United’s Boleyn Ground, part of Lime Venue Portfolio, picked up an accolade at the recent Football Hospitality Awards winning gold in the ‘Conference & Events Sales & Marketing’ category and received TripAdvisor’s Certificate of Excellence which honours top-rated hotels, restaurants and attractions, reviewed by travellers on the world’s largest travel site. West Ham [...]
Insurer Seeks to Nullify Policy Covering Jackson O2 Gigs
Lloyds of London, the insurance company who supplied a policy covering the ill-fated Michael Jackson gigs at London’s O2 arena, is seeking to nullify the policy through the Los Angeles courts. Court papers suggest that the promoters of the gigs, AEG Live, took out the policy two months before Jackson’s death in 2009. The policy [...]
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