Month: May 2014

Firstly, the level of data will be increased to bring it in line with UK venues. Secondly, there will be one point of contact for enquiries so that they can be qualified and given to the most appropriate venues to match the clients’ criteria. This consultative approach fits with Trinity’s Destination Champion programme, where specialists give help and advice about the suitability and logistics of working in a city or region, because they understand the destination. They understand the market and regularly carry out site visits and constantly work with the hotels, venues and destination management companies. Thirdly, enquiries will be managed to help venues understand the priorities amongst the large volume of online and email traffic that is currently being generated.

Jacqui Kavanagh, MD of Trinity said, “This new approach will combine good buying and creativity for event organisers, whilst at the same time help hotels and venues convert enquiries to confirmed business more quickly. www.venuefinder.com has long been established as the leading website for sourcing UK venues and we believe that this new initiative will make it the first-choice for organisers to find overseas venues as well.”

Publisher at venuefinder.com, Kate Hewitt added, “I’m really excited about this new combined initiative. Venuefinder.com has been working closely with Trinity Event Solutions for over 7 years now and we feel that our new approach really combines our shared company visions of providing excellent customer service and experience for both the users of the site and also the venues that we work closely with. Providing one point of contact and qualifying and managing the international leads should provide a much better service for our buyers and venues.”

The Annual Vision Awards took place on Tuesday 20th May during IMEX 2014 for international clients and media who share a common vision “To inspire the world to explore Canada”. Trinity showed strong support to Business Events Canada and continuously pitched the destination to their clients and as a result secured a large conference in Toronto with an attendance of 1,000 delegates.

Michele Saran, Executive Director, Business Events Canada commented: “We are delighted to host the Annual Vision Awards. This special evening is a great way to honour our partners who have shown their continuous support and become Ambassadors for the Country. It is a great way for us to showcase to the meetings and incentives industry the achievements we have had as a result of building on these fantastic partnerships.”

Meetings Voice will build on the success of Trinity’s corporate forums, which have provided education on current industry subjects and given clients the opportunity to network. Attendees’ feedback has indicated that they gain great benefit from the topics, discussions and networking and as a result Trinity appointed an Advisory Board to steer the path for the development of Meetings Voice. Since December they have researched potential speakers and venues for future meetings.

Jacqui Kavanagh, Managing Director of Trinity said, “I am really excited to be able to get our clients together to form a supportive, networking group that will help them in their day-to-day jobs and also drive the industry forward. This will be the voice of our clients and not the voice of Trinity – our aim is simply to facilitate Meetings Voice and bring it to life. As it develops we will deliver education on the most requested topics in the most effective way and give a strong return on investment on our clients’.

Kate Hewitt, Publisher, venuefinder.com added: “It has been fantastic to be a part of Meetings Voice from the start, with two successful events already under our belts, I believe that this initiative will only get stronger.”

Meetings Voice representatives will be located at the venuefinder.com stand D45 at the Meetings Show (8th – 10th July, Olympia).