Venews | Issue 8

In this issue

- Latest News
- Double Gold Award
- Meet Barceló
- New Recruits
- Teambuilding with Bluehat

Latest News

Welcome to the latest Venues Event Management newsletter and our new look website. Please take a walk around it with Domino. This edition features our latest news, venue and destination updates and a competition to win a stay at one of Barceló UK's four star hotels. Venues Event Management provides event management, conference and meeting placement, venue finding and accommodation booking services. As well as our core services, we also offer a range of add-on and support services to complement our offering including audio visual production, websites, incentive trips, team building, exhibitions, corporate hospitality and consolidated invoicing.

We hope you find this newsletter of interest and remember, whatever your event requirements, the dedicated Venues Event Management team will be delighted to help. If you would like further information on how Venues Event Management can help you with your meetings, conferences and events, please give us a call on +44 (0) 1793 790003. Alternatively contact us via email at hello@venuesevent.com.

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Double Gold Award

Venues Event Management have been awarded Gold for the second year in a row for ‘Best Event Management Company’ (more than 40 employees) at the Meetings and Incentive Travel Industry Awards.

Meetings and Incentive Travel is one the industry’s most respected publications and their annual award ceremony, now in its 23rd year, is the industry’s oldest established awards programme. It is also the only one with an independently audited democratic voting process to decide the winners. The votes are cast by thousands of event industry professionals for a number of categories. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you, our loyal clients, for voting for us.

The gala presentation dinner, took place on 22nd February at the Novotel London West and was attended by more than 700 industry professionals. Venues Event Management beat stiff competition in this category from much larger agencies to go home with Gold for the second consecutive year.

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Meet Barceló

Barceló UK, the hotel group behind the award-winning, MeetBarceló, is offering you and a guest the chance to win a fantastic two night bed and breakfast break, with dinner on one night.

Choose your retreat from a fabulous selection of four-star hotels throughout the UK, ranging from Scotland to the West Country.

To find out how to enter click here...

Win an amazing two night break at a Barceló UK Hotel

Barceló UK is offering a fabulous two night bed and breakfast stay for two at one of its four star UK hotels.

With 21 fantastic hotels sprinkled throughout the country, from Scotland to Torquay, Barceló UK has everything from traditional country retreats to vibrant town and city getaways.

To enter the competition, simply book a meeting or event at a Barceló UK Hotel by contacting your dedicated team at Venues Event Management.

T&C’s: Entry to the prize draw is on new bookings only received between 1st and 30th April 2010. The prize is a 2 night break including breakfast with dinner on one night at a Barceló UK hotel, excluding Barceló Premium Hotels and is subject to the winners preferred dates being available, excluding Bank Holidays. Prize is non exchangeable and non refundable, there is no cash alternative. Prize must be taken by 30th December 2010. All extras are payable by the winner on departure.

Your meeting. Our promise to you.

At MeetBarceló, we’re dedicated to ensuring your meetings or events are the best they can be. From the initial enquiry to the end of the event, we promise that at every one of our 21 UK hotels, everything will run as smoothly and efficiently as possible. And that’s guaranteed.

To respond to your enquiry in 2 hours – or one free delegate space for every working day that your details are late
All meeting and event rooms set up at least 30 minutes prior to your arrival – or you don’t pay for the room hire
On-site AV assistance will be available on request – or you get free equipment hire
All meals and breaks delivered where, when and how you want them – any that are not will be removed from your bill
The organiser will be offered the best room available at the hotel, assistance with bags and where possible, reserved parking – or you don’t pay for the organisers room

Taking care of organizers

Barceló UK’s Meet & Train packages come with everything organisers need for a stress free and successful session. Pre-event storage and photocopying services are available as well as onsite training tools and toys to help make life that little bit easier.

Barceló UK know how hard it is to make a training event run smoothly - that’s why they have extra benefits for organisers.

Organisers receive the best room available at the hotel with gifts including wine and relaxing bubble bath on arrival and a gift bag on departure for the journey home. Trainers also get the perk of complimentary dry cleaning during their stay.

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New Recruits

Venues Event Management would like to welcome Ben Harrop and Kerry-Ann Markham as Client Development Managers.

Ben joins us from a five year stint working as a freelance consultant for the event industry. During this time he worked with clients that included Madame Tussauds, Reuters and HSBC. He will be looking after a number of key Venues Event Management accounts including BP / Castrol, Baker Tilly and Morgan Stanley.

Kerry-Ann joins us with ten years experience in the travel and hospitality industries. She will be looking after a number of accounts including BT, Balfour Beatty, Openwork, Honda and charity Shaw Trust.

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Teambuilding with Bluehat

Venues Event Management is pleased to introduce their partner for teambuilding: Bluehat UK.

With over 12 years experience and multiple industry awards, Bluehat UK are the market leaders in providing a portfolio of over 50 unique events. Bluehat are experts in motivating and developing people within teams by engaging them in fun interactive experiences. Each experience has a unique reference to teams and the typical development groups and individual needs to become high performing teams.

Be it a motivational and interactive conference energiser, or a change management workshop, Bluehat have the solutions to provide tangible results in the way that has a fun and lasting impact.

Bluehat specialise in:

Indoor team events – From their world famous giant version of ‘Mouse Trap’ to the amazing eco-friendly CSR related Eden Project
Family fun days – Across the UK and Europe. From 200 – 20,000 participants
Outdoor events – The latest in interactive treasure hunt technology, to the Italian Job in their fleet of BMW Minis
Evening activities – Over dinner quizzes, auction nights or cocktail-making activities are a great way to liven up your evening
Conference energisers – Did you know the average human attention span is 20 minutes! Not with their conference energizers its not!

For more information about Bluehat, and how they can help bring an interactive element to your next meeting, conference or event, call us on +44 (0) 1793 790003.

Click here to visit their website >

March 2010