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The Burlington

Executive Day Delegate rate for £30.00 per person  (reduced from £35.00)
This includes:  
Free room hire
Use of screen, flipchart and OHP
Organic mineral water (1/2 litre per person)
Delegate pack
Tea, coffee, biscuits on arrival
Tea, coffee, biscuits mid-morning
Hot & cold buffet lunch
Tea, coffee, biscuits mid-afternoon 
 
Standard Day Delegate rate for £25.00 per person (reduced from £30.00)
This includes:  
Free room hire
Use of screen, flipchart and OHP
Iced Water 
Delegate pack
Tea, coffee, biscuits on arrival OR mid-morning
Light lunch
Tea, coffee, biscuits with lunch OR mid-afternoon 

 

The Forest Solihull

SPECIAL OFFER for all conference bookings made before end of August.

20 or more delegates reduced from £34 to just £28.50 plus vat.

6 to 20 delegates reduced from £34 to £30.50 plus vat

The Forest

Station Approach

Dorridge  B93 8JA

 

Tel: 01564 772120

Fax: 01564 732680 

Web: www.forest-hotel.com

The Forest


Royal Armouries New Rate Offer

RAI £35 rate

www.savileshall.co.uk


MWB Meeting Venues offers interesting meeting space option

Meeting Venues

A whole floor @ Marble Arch Tower

Capacity:150 (possibly 200) theatre style.

Breakouts: 3-4 breakout rooms for 20-30.

Catering space

Natural daylight, views of Hyde Park

Meeting Venues Standard

Taking the space for 3 months and over could deliver substantial savings even if not used every day.

For more information please contact:

Nigel Bates

Business Development Manager

Mobile:

+44 (0)7725 672 307

Email: nbates@mwbex.com


Sapphire Meeting and Training Facilities

New Day Delegate Rate

£25

Sapphire Centre

Sapphire
Meeting & Training Facilities

No 1, The Gardens,
Coleshill Manor, Coleshill,
West Midlands. B46 1D

Contact us on
+44 (0) 1675 464 322

Or email us on
enquiries@sapphirebusiness.co.uk



News in Brief

EYNSHAM HALL BECOMES LATEST MEMBER
OF CONFERENCE CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE

Eynsham Hall, one of Oxfordshire’s most prominent specialist conference venues, has joined Conference Centres of Excellence, the UK’s leading consortium of dedicated meeting providers.

A Grade Two listed, Jacobean-style manor house, Eynsham Hall is the heart of a 3000 acre estate, 12 miles north west of Oxford. It has 53 meeting rooms, 145 bedrooms, as well as Leisure facilities including an indoor swimming pool, gym and sauna. The venue combines traditional elegance and modern facilities, with recent enhancements including new furnishings and an award winning bar, the Gun Room.
“With its distinctive heritage and exceptional levels of facility and service, Eynsham Hall is a significant enhancement to our portfolio,” said Steven Crawford, Chair of Conference Centres of Excellence: “It is further evidence that we only accept into membership venues that meet the very highest standards, so that we can offer event organisers a truly sector-leading selection of venues.” 
CCE now has 37 members, including many of the country’s best known specialist venues. Its members are all independent providers, working together to promote the concept of dedicated centres as the optimum solution for conferences and meetings.  Before joining, venues have to meet stringent criteria in terms of facilities, accommodation and customer care.
“Membership of CCE is the hallmark of excellence for specialist venues,” said Eynsham Hall’s general manager Jeremy Wall: “It is real recognition of our efforts to provide our customers with an exceptional and memorable experience.”

CCE provides a free, focused venue-finding service for corporate clients and agencies, providing single-source guidance on facilities, availability and price for each member venue; it also arranges visits. The services can be contacted on 0845 230 1414, email info@cceonline.co.uk. The consortium’s website www.cceonline.co.uk includes extensive information on all members. 

BUSINESS TRAVEL SHOW MOVES TO TWO DAYS AND INTRODUCES NEW EXHIBITOR AND VISITOR INITIATIVES

9-10 February 2010, Earls Court 2, London Business Travel Show London is entering a new era of evolution and investment. Europe’s leading networking platform for the business travel industry is moving to two days in 2010, introducing a host of new exhibiting packages and further developing on the Executive Buyer Programme, which launched earlier this year. The Event will take place on 9 -10 February at Earls Court in London. “The Business Travel Show is the most important networking platform in the industry calendar and, as such, it’s paramount that its evolution is driven by the market and its needs,” said David Chapple, Business Travel Show event director. “Over the last two months we have listened carefully to what buyers and suppliers are experiencing, what they think, and what they want from their trade show. It’s become clear that their overriding need at this stage is for an even greater return on investment and an event that continues to provide real value for buyers.” The biggest change to the Business Travel Show for 2010 is the move to two days, but organiser Centaur Exhibitions is also introducing a range of new initiatives to increase ROI for exhibitors and to make it easier for companies to participate. These will include an ‘appointment-led’ exhibitor package and an all-inclusive ‘ready to exhibit’ stand. Centaur is also adding new elements to the Executive Buyer Visitor Programme.

For more information: Please contact Charlotte Le Rougetel at Bastion on 020 7421 7600 E: charlotte@bastion.co.uk

Business Travel Show London takes place 9-10 February 2010 at Earls Court 2. For more information, please visit www.businesstravelshow.com


 

 

 

 

 

Expotel

12 November 2009

Expotel acquires LateMeetings.com - '25% of business event transactions will be web-driven': says CEO Burnley

Expotel has acquired LateMeetings.com, the real time online booking service, for an undisclosed sum. The £200m-a-year hotel and travel management services group currently places over 20,000 conferences and meetings annually and expects the acquisition to lead to significant growth in this market.

 

Comments Ian Burnley, CEO for Expotel, 'LateMeetings.com delivers the advantages of immediacy, connectivity, 24/7 accessibility, internationality and sustainability.  Increasingly these will be the values that corporate and public sector buyers, as well as venue operators, will rate most highly' Burnley adds, 'this expansion should be seen as integral to the development of our recently re-launched expotel.com online presence.  Whilst call centre bookings will continue to dominate, within five years perhaps 25% of all business event transactions will be web-driven'.

 

LateMeetings.com directors John Gallery and Chris Martins are being retained as consultants by Expotel.

 

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New Lanark Mill Hotel

New Lanark World Heritage Site is a truly unique setting. Surrounded by native woodlands and close to the famous Falls of Clyde. The hotel is offering special rates to LateMeetings.com customers.

Special rates of £33.75 Day Delegate Rate and £112.50 24 hour less 10% - valid until 23rd December 2009. Includes 1 complimentary specialty break for our selection of special breaks i.e chocolate indulgence, Fair Trade break, Healthy options break.

New Lanark Mill

New Lanark Mill Hotel South Lanarkshire, Scotland ML11 9DB tel: +44 1555 667200 fax: +44 1555 667222 email: hotel@newlanark.org

Dunchurch Park Warwickshire

Summer Special - June July August and beyond...

Dunchurch Park

All inclusive Day Delegate Package - £20.00 + VAT

-all on site Audio Visual equipment
-unlimited access to delegate café
-complimentary internet centre
-complimentary Wi-Fi
-free photocopying
-main room hire
-delegate table stationery and refreshments
-2 course hot and cold buffet style lunch

24 Hour Delegate Package - £79.00 + VAT
-all on site Audio Visual equipment
-unlimited access to delegate café
-complimentary internet centre
-complimentary Wi-Fi
-free photocopying
-main room hire
-delegate table stationery and refreshments
-2 course hot and cold buffet style lunch
-accommodation
-3 course table d’hôte dinner
-full English breakfast

Please contact Laura on 01788 528 112 or ltownend@dunchurch.co.uk

Offer subject to availability.  Terms and conditions apply
Offer valid until the end of 2009.


Wynnstay Hotel Oswestry

Sizzling Summer Conference Offers

Wynnstay Oswestry


July, August and September 2009 - Reduced Rates

24 Hour Delegate Rate - £95 (was £129.25)

Day Delegate Rate - £20 (was £27)
Rates Commissionable @ 10%

for every 5 Day Delegates get 1 Free
      
Central location for North & South Wales
Birmingham – 1hr 20 mins; Manchester – 1 hr 30 mins

Complimentary use of our NEW Coach House Leisure Club

Prices per person, inc VAT - Please quote LateMeetings/SSO when booking

Contact Rebecca – DD 01691 668 903 Email – rebecca.harper@wynnstayhotel.com
www.wynnstayhotel.com


Eynsham Hall Oxfordshire

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Complimentary Pimms

Eynsham Hall

Wide selection of conference & training facilities
2 syndicate rooms
Data Projector and Screen
Free Flow Tea and Coffee
 Danish Pastries served with mid morning Coffee
Afternoon Cream Tea, with freshly baked scones, clotted Cotswold cream and strawberry Preserve

Once the meeting or conference has finished, it doesn’t have to end at 5.00pm?
With our compliments, enjoy a Pimms Reception on the terrace and enjoy the 3000 acres views of Oxfordshire countryside.

Whilst Chef is preparing the BBQ enjoy competing with fellow colleagues and have great fun playing our Garden Games:

Giant Jenga
Giant Connect 4
French Boules
Croquet

£59.00 + Vat per Delegate 

Minimum conference requirements 15 delegates. Maximum Conference x 75 delegates
Subject to availability, please quote ‘Eynsham Hall Summer Sizzler’
The above offer is applicable to all new conference bookings made from

26th May 2009 – 4th September and is subject to availability.

Contact: Amanda Baker, Sales Manager. Telephone +44 (0) 1993 885238
Fax +44 (0) 1993 883986 Email a.baker@eynshamhall.com
http://www.eynshamhall.com/


Eastwood Park

Special Offers | July & August 2009

Eastwood Park

Day delegate rate | £29.50 per person

This includes:
- hire of the conference room
- 3 servings of tea/coffee & Biscuits
- 2 course restaurant lunch
- free WI-FI
- free car parking for 200 cars
- flipchart stand, pads & projection screen

24hr rate | £124 per person

This includes all of the above plus:
- 3 course restaurant dinner
- overnight stay in our en-suite rooms
- full English or continental Breakfast

Team Building Special Offers | July & August 2009

Morning Conference, Buffet Lunch and Afternoon Clay Pigeon Shooting

Minimum numbers of 10-20 delegates: 
Using 1 trap with 20 shots per person | £65 per person all inclusive

Minimum numbers of 21-30 delegates: 
Using 2 traps with 20 shots per person | £62 per person all inclusive

Morning Conference, Buffet Lunch and Afternoon Outdoor Fun

Minimum numbers of 15 delegates:

Using 2 quad bikes | £60 per person

Using 2 segways | £55 per person

Contact: Phil Taylor, Conference Sales Manager

T: +44 (0) 1454 262818 F: +44 (0) 1454 261370

E  phil.taylor@eastwoodpark.co.uk     www.eastwoodpark.co.uk   

Eastwood Park | conferences, Falfield, Wotton-under-Edge,

Gloucestershire, GL12 8DA


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MAKE THE SUMMER LAST A LITTLE LONGER

Bedern Hall York, is the cool venue for your summer meetings and conferences. This stonebuilt 14th century Hall not only provides a stimulating and unusual working environment, but is naturally cool and airy because of its construction. Add to that our sunny Courtyard and shady Garden Terrace and we can offer you a superb summer conference location. We offer flexible in–house catering with the emphasis on all that’s best for the season – some of which will at this time of year come from our own gardens. And for meetings booked and held up until the end of September, we’ll round your day off by serving, at no extra charge, strawberries and cream or our homemade lemonade. We’ll leave it to you to prevent heated debate in the conference room….!

Bedern Hall York

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Brook Hotels Summer Special

Brook Hotels are offering 1 in 10 places free for Day delegate rates for 24-hour residential delegates. The perfect package for meetings. Includes room hire, bacon sandwiches on arrival, use of presentation equipment, unlimited tea and coffee, lunch and break-time refreshments from our delicious Summer menus, including ice creams to help you chill out!  Presentation equipment includes overhead projector and screen, flip chart stand, stationary and complementary use of the LCD projector.

‘To book call any Brook Hotel direct or the Central Desk on 0208 549 6183 quoting Late Meetings

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Holland House Conference Wi-Fi Deal

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Oulton Hall Offer


Hotel Du Vin Newcastle Day Delegate Rate ' SPECIAL OFFER '

Hotel du Vin Newcastle

Inclusive of the following: Arrival tea & coffee with fresh pastries, Morning tea & coffee break with doughnuts or accompaniments, Afternoon tea & coffee break with home-made biscuits and cake/scones, Fruit bowl, Mini chocolate treats
Everton Mints, Still and Sparkling Water (½ bottler per person)
Hush Heath Apple Juice, Working Buffet Lunch or 2 course bistro lunch, Data projector and screen, Flip chart, Complimentary wireless broadband
From £45.00 per person, (minimum 8 people


2008 Prices Held

The Old Rectory at Ipsley has held 2008 prices and removed all minimum charges for meeting rooms, so small groups can book any meeting room, large or small and enjoy the facilities and beautiful surroundings without penalty.


New Packages at Newick Park

Day delegate rates: · Room hire · Granny smiths, grapes and granola bars in the room, · Screen and flipcharts · Tea & coffee on arrival · Mid morning tea & coffee with biscuits · Two course lunch in our restaurant or working buffet lunch in the conference room · Afternoon tea & coffee with homemade cakes Based at £55.00 +VAT per person

24hour delegate rates are as above and also including: · Single occupancy accommodation in a double room · Complimentary newspaper · Full English breakfast · Canapés · Three course dinner from our 3 AA rosette menu · Corporate gift bag · If booking a 24hour meeting for over 8 people you also have the opportunity to have a spin in our ‘residential’ tank! Based at £185 + VAT per person.


LateMeetings.com office at new York Eco Business Centre

Yor Eco Business Centre

Our move to York Eco Business Centre at Clifton Moor York in October has proved to be a great success and provides a very modern, comfortable, spacious and friendly environment for the team. There are business support services at our disposal, meeting rooms, a cafeteria and it is an interesting an innovative building that has a host of environmental benefits. There is also scope for expansion as the business grows. For 2009 we have installed a new telephone system to improve our response times and with the increase in demand for short-notice meetings, we are now even more equipped to deliver the LateMeetings.com service. The new office supports our policy for environmental awareness in the meetings industry, continuing support for Climate Care and our www.responsiblemeetings.com website service.

We welcome visits by venue representatives and set a day aside each month to allow time for discussions about business opportunities with our venue partners. Please contact Francesca Pearson, senior client services manager, to arrange your appointment.

Tel: 08445 560656 Email: francescapearson@latemeetings.com


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Free Room Hire & not a sausage roll in site!

Fusion Conferences launched at Yo Yo Shipley

Not a sausage roll in site

A new conference concept has been launched in Shipley, West Yorkshire at the YO YO Bar and Restaurant group. ‘Fusion Conferences’ represents a shift-change in the food served at conference and meetings events as this popular local restaurant brand moves into the conference market.

Yo Yo Shipley is a 200 capacity venue and is available for weekday meetings and events where the high quality fusion menu normally reserved for high-end diners is now part of the conference and meetings package. Delegate rates begin at £27.50 per person per day and the venue can also offer very competitive day hire rates. Yo Yo Little Germany branch in Bradford also offers meeting space for smaller training courses, meetings and events.

Sub-titled ‘Not a sausage roll in sight’ the new concept was recently launched to a selected audience of local business people in order to assess their views. Owner Simon Dunn explained the launch into the meetings and conference market with 'Fusion Conferences' and how the demand for the service emerged as lunchtime dining has declined.

‘Fusion Conference’ menus include the subtle taste of European Café Style Food with that of Japanese, Thai and Chinese food. For example; a warm bacon and mushroom salad with chats on a bed of mixed lettuce with a wholegrain mustard dressing, or alternatively pad Thai noodles with mango and peanuts.

“ ‘Fusion Conferences’ is an answer to the usual food served at many venues and a recognition that it is the food that plays a most important part in the success of any meeting or conference for the attendees. Whilst the organiser naturally needs to know that there is sufficient space, the right equipment, lighting and comfortable seating, which we have, it is the attending delegates who usually cite the food as the most important part of the experience.” comments Simon Dunn.

‘Fusion Conferences’ is available at both venues on any day of the week and to launch the concept, a special introductory offer of free room hire is available to new bookers who place two or more meeting or conference bookings during May and June 2009 for any date until the end of October 2009.

A new brochure is available with details of ‘Fusion Conferences’ and online at www.fusionconferences.co.uk.

For further details please contact:  Simon Dunn, Fusion Conferences, Yo Yo Bar and Restaurant, Rosse Street, Shipley, West Yorkshire, BD18 3SW Tel: 01274 599880
Email: simon@yoyocafebarandrestaurant.co.uk
Editor’s notes: Before launching Yo Yo, Simon Dunn was an independent business consultant and also a former Hilton Hotels general manager.


The Hempel

Stunning Summer at the Hempel

Day Delegate Rates from £59.00 per person

Offer subject to availability and valid for bookings arriving between now and the 11th September.

Minimum number of 10 delegates

Please note that these rates include the following:

    • Main meeting room hire
    • Flipchart
    • 3 servings of tea & coffee with biscuits
    • Working lunch
    • Still & sparkling mineral water
    • Pens, Papers
    • Flipchart

    Rediscover the elegance of simplicity within The Hempel, a stylish and sophisticated 5-star London luxury boutique hotel. Conceived by acclaimed British designer Anouska Hempel, this imaginative gem sets forth a new experience.


     

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    By popular demand, a new service, LateMeetingsXtraSavers provides clients with additional offers and valuable 'added value' options in addition to the savings already available on the main LateMeetings.com website.

    Venue packages include free items previousy charged; additional services within the daily package rate; accommodation-inclusive options and other business 'extenders'.

    Visit www.latemeetingsdeals.com and set up a bookmark for the added value offers.

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    A new telephone system has been installed at our York headquarters. New features include:

    • An option for customers to automatically reach venues. Clients simply enter the venue unique ID number from the website to be re-routed.
    • Booking of bedrooms with our partner LateRooms.com
    • A choice of department extensions (for new and exisiting bookings, venue membership enquiries, advertising and marketing)
    • Event management channel with our partner Mosaic Events

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    Integrated Marketing Programmes Launched

    New marketing packages are now available that enable venues to raise their profile using a variety of channels via LateMeetings.com.

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    You can now book bedrooms online at LateMeetings.com

    In association with our colleagues at LateRooms.com, accommodation bookings are now available online on the LateMeetings.com website.

    Simply click the LateRooms logo on the venue of your choice - or the general link on the home page and gain access to availability and book bedrooms online. Try it here:

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