#Venue

Mar 3, 2020
2 min

Gloucester Rugby sees significant growth in association and charity business

One of the South West’s leading conference and event venues, Gloucester Rugby has seen a considerable increase in the growth of association and charity clients following a large investment in their re-brand and offering. Association business has been the most successful sector for the venue recently, representing 25% of the last quarter’s revenue. Specific industries that are attracted to Gloucester include, engineering, aerospace, cybertech, education and healthcare. 26% of

Jan 30, 2020
2 min

Somerset House and Bryn Williams welcome corporate, agency and association buyers

175 corporate, agency and association buyers joined London’s working arts centre, Somerset House and caterers Bryn Williams Events for drinks, food and networking in the heart of London last night. The guest list was made up of event professionals from a variety of sectors. Clients in attendance included Canvas Events, The Food and Drink Federations and Pinsent Masons. Felipe Fernandez from the Food and Drink Federation commented: “Somerset house in the evening, with the ligh

Jul 1, 2013
2 min

Barbican celebrates most successful year ever with 66% increase in business

The Barbican has revealed that the 2012/2013 financial year was its most successful to date excluding Olympic related business. • The 2012/2013 year was 4% above budget and 23% above 2011/2012 figures (excluding Olympic business). • When Olympic business is included the Barbican achieved a 66% increase on 2011/2012. • The Barbican Hall (the venue’s 2,000 seat auditorium) achieved 98% occupancy during 2012/2013. The Barbican has attributed its success to a number of factors,

Sep 4, 2012
2 min

Hit US TV show ‘The Glades’ launched in UK at Barbican

A new hit US television show has been launched in the UK with a murder mystery night at the Barbican. The Glades will air in the UK on UKTV’s crime drama channel Alibi. The murder mystery night at the Barbican was presented as a golf club awards dinner and 24 guests, made up of journalists from consumer publications, worked in teams to battle it out to discover who the murderer was. Guests enjoyed drinks and canapés on arrival followed by a three course dinner, provided by Ba

Aug 20, 2012
2 min

Licence to thrill – event agencies enjoy private viewing of “Designing 007: 50 years of Bond style”

Barbican teams, including Business Events, Barbican International Enterprises and Searcy’s come together to deliver Bond Barbican, head of sales, Samme Allen: “We wanted to bring together a selection of the country’s top agencies and demonstrate not just the Barbican’s event offering but how we can work creatively and effectively across the whole centre to deliver truly unforgettable events. The evening came together flawlessly, with everyone sampling a perfect blend of food

Nov 14, 2011
3 min

Barbican launches “Barbican Business Events”

Barbican team, with promotions for Anthony Hyde and Samme Allen. Following substantial research, planning and client feedback, the Barbican has re-organised its commercial events departments. The newly created team, titled Barbican Business Events, will be headed up by Anthony Hyde, who takes on the role of General Manager. In addition to the Barbican’s well known venues, Anthony’s role will also encompass the introduction of several new venues including a new 608 seat capa

Nov 14, 2011
2 min

Harrogate International Centre creates two new stars of the North with £13m development

Harrogate International Centre (HIC) is due to be completed in December, creating two new stars at the premier conference and event venue, which is located halfway between London and Edinburgh. The project to construct Halls H and G has taken 18 months to complete and creates an additional 3,100m2 of exhibition space – a 20% increase in capacity. The additional halls will also provide Harrogate with significant additional space for evening events, complementing the town’s fr

Nov 10, 2011
2 min

Renewables Roadshow returns to HIC in 2012

Harrogate International Centre (HIC) in September, the organisers of the Renewables Roadshow have signed up to hold the event at the venue again in 2012. Harrogate was one of six Renewables Roadshow venues and attracted a large audience of environment industry professionals. With more exhibitors signing up and more visitors expected, organisers needed to increase the shows’ floor space for 2012. They were so impressed by the range and flexibility of the spaces HIC offers, org

Jun 20, 2011
1 min

LSO St Luke’s to host BFI London Film Festival Awards

The 55th BFI London Film Festival will take place from Wednesday 12 October to Thursday 27 October 2011. This will be the second year the BFI has used LSO St Luke’s for its culmination awards. The film festival brings the world’s best films to London. The 16 day festival was a great success last year, ending with the premiere of Danny Boyle’s 127 hours. Victoria Steinitz, Sales and Events Manager at LSO St Luke’s, said: “To host the awards for the second time in a row is a t

May 23, 2011
2 min

Harrogate International Centre brings £180 million to local economy in 2010-11

Harrogate International Centre (HIC) has achieved a remarkable £180 million for the local economy during the 2010/11 financial year. HIC’s head of sales and marketing; Alison Griffin said “This is a great achievement for us in the face of tough economic times and truly demonstrates the positive effect we have on Harrogate as a town and the local region. As one of the largest businesses in Harrogate we would expect to have a substantial impact but this clearly demonstrates th

Apr 10, 2011
2 min

Church House Conference centre appoints Soaring Worldwide to improve profile through PR and media ca

Communications and PR specialist, Soaring Worldwide has been selected by Church House Conference Centre for its PR and media relations activities. The campaign is aimed at raising the profile and awareness of Church House Conference Centre across a variety of sectors, as one of the leading event venues in Westminster. Soaring Worldwide, based in Swindon, has extensive experience of strategic communications and PR activities especially with the event industry, and will be hel

Nov 29, 2010
2 min

HIC brings three shows together to provide growth for organisers

Harrogate International Centre (HIC) has worked with three separate public shows, running simultaneously, to ensure cross promotion and a greater outcome for all. Sales & account manager Paul Ashton: “The Joules Big Sale, Simply Christmas, and Love Cooking (all taking place at HIC from 3rd to 5th December) are targeting similar markets so it makes sense that they work together and open their doors not just to their own visitors, but also those attending the alternative events

Jul 1, 2010
1 min

Soaring Worldwide selected to manage Harrogate International Centre’s PR Campaign

Communications and PR specialist, Soaring Worldwide has recently been selected by the Harrogate International Centre to take on the management and planning of its PR activities and reputation management. The PR campaign is aimed at raising the profile of HIC across the business events industry using both traditional PR and social media marketing techniques. Soaring Worldwide has extensive knowledge of the business events industry and will be helping HIC focus on its core mark

Feb 4, 2010
1 min

Dexter House expansion adds exhibition space to create one of the most versatile venues in London.

Etc.venues has added a specialist conference and exhibition floor to their Dexter House venue completing their quest to cover every type of event need across 3 floors of this large and impressive venue. The new space offers complete exclusivity for conferences for up to 300 delegates with an integrated exhibition area for up to 25 stands. The abundant daylight, high ceilings and unrestricted views that have made Dexter so popular with event organisers over the last two years

May 15, 2009
1 min

Wembley Stadium on a roll

The events, conference and banqueting team from Delaware North at Wembley Stadium are on an award nomination roll, securing places as finalists in both the AEO Excellence Awards 2009 and The Official Football Hospitality Awards 2009. * * * * * AEO Excellence Awards 2009 Wembley Stadium has been nominated as finalists in the Venue of the Year category – the winner of which will be announced at the London Hilton, Park Lane on the 19 June, 2009. The Official Football Hospitali

May 10, 2009
1 min

Wembley Stadium on a roll

Apr 9, 2009
2 min

Light at the end of the tunnel

The following post runs in almost direct contrast to my last so I thought it best to get it online asap… It also shows that I don’t always moan about venues! Last night I went to a networking event at a venue that I truly loved – and it wasn’t even a client of ours! Ingleside House inCirencester is very new, it is a refurbishment and conference development done right, with a focus on their immediate and core market. The venue was previously a small private school (for very