Katharine Jordan, Author at EDGE Venues

12th November 2014

Anthony Hyde To Lead Trinity Event Solutions From January 2015

Jacqui Kavanagh, founder and owner of Trinity Event Solutions has appointed Anthony Hyde as managing director from January 2015. Anthony will take over the day to day running of the highly respected venue finding agency based in Stamford, Lincolnshire.

“Anthony is the perfect fit for Trinity,” comments Jacqui Kavanagh. “He brings a wealth of industry experience, contacts and knowledge to the role as well as a fresh eye. Trinity has gone from strength to strength since we started in 2006. Anthony joins us off the back of the most successful trading period in the company’s history, making it the perfect time to seek out new opportunities and grow further. We look forward to the impact his creativity and leadership skills will bring to company.”

As part of the management restructure Jacqui Kavanagh takes on the role of CEO, allowing her to focus on special projects, her position as Chair of the HBAA and the long term strategic direction of Trinity Event Solutions.

“I have been a long-time admirer and fan of both Jacqui and Trinity Event Solutions,” said Anthony Hyde. “I fundamentally believe that success is built on the development of great relationships and there is no denying the whole team’s skills in this area and their commitment to ongoing growth in their venue and destination knowledge. Whether client or supplier, you can guarantee Trinity will treat you fairly and professionally, and it is this level of credibility and trust I respect most about their operations and activities. I really look forward to taking on my new role in January, working with the whole of their dedicated team and developing Trinity Event Solutions for years to come.”

With 30 staff and clients including venuefinder.com, Bauer Consumer and Leo Pharma, Trinity Event Solutions provides bespoke venue finding and event management services as well as the human element to UBM’s highly successful venuefinder.com online service. Trinity’s unaudited 2013/2014 accounts reflect an 11% increase in turnover and a 22% increase in profitability.

Anthony Hyde joins Trinity Event Solutions from a consultancy position with several well known industry organisations including the Barbican where he was employed for more than ten years in a variety of sales and leadership roles. Anthony left the Barbican Business Events team in December 2013 after three years as General Manager, during which time his team achieved record breaking results. Anthony has also been involved with a wide range of industry associations including MPI UK and Ireland (Chapter President 2009/10) and ABPCO (treasurer 2012-present).

21st October 2014

Nh Collection Eurobuilding In Madrid Using New 3D Holographic Technology

As well as this the NH Hotel Group’s on-going ‘Living Lab’ scheme aims to continue the forward thinking, technological approach. Currently being tested in four bedrooms at the NH Eurobuilding in Madrid include a bedside table that can wirelessly charge mobile devices and a video link that can connect guests to the hotel’s reception.

The hotel, which has 32 state-of-the-art meeting rooms able to accommodate anywhere from 10 to 1000 delegates, also has other new technology throughout the hotel including the second largest domed LED screen in the world, which can show bespoke images for corporate events.

The NH Collection Eurobuilding Hotel in Madrid is leading the way with technology at their hotel. The 4* hotel is one of four NH properties currently piloting a new 3D holographic telepresence system, with another 20 NH properties due to incorporate the technology into their hotels in the next year. This system will allow speakers and presenters to be streamed live, in real time, into the conference room from offsite multiple locations.

NH Collection Eurobuilding in Madrid using new 3D holographic technology

14th October 2014

It’S The Last Week Of Trinity’S Charity Auction – Don’T Miss Out!

This is your final chance to bid in our charity auction. There are 55 lots to choose from and they will all end on Saturday, 18th October. As usual there’s a great choice, so take a look now

Overnight breaks all over the UK and abroad, so whether you fancy Birmingham, Manchester, Stratford or to go further afield to Barcelona, Marbella, Paris, Dublin or Stockholm you’ll find it here
How about dinner in London? There’s an eight-course dinner at the Benihana Japenese Restaurant, Grange St Paul’s or dine a la carte in Hunter 486 Brasserie, The Arch with a bottle of Sommeliers Choice wine. Or Sunday lunch for 6 people in a private room at the Malmaison Leeds?
Treat yourself with a 7-day VIP health club pass at Chesford Grange or a bag of Champney’s spa goodies
Or indulge in afternoon tea at the Macdonald Bear Hotel, Woodstock; Sir Christopher Wren Hotel, Windsor or Cheltenham Park Hotel
And many more lots too ….

Thank you to everyone who has help raise almost £15,000 so far, for The Children’s Air Ambulance; Thorpe Hall, a Sue Ryder Hospice and Hospital at Home.

Also, we’ll be back in touch at the end of November with a special 2 week Christmas auction – just in time to buy your gifts.

14th October 2014

New Hotel And New Flights For Lisbon

The Skyna Hotel is due to open in March 2015 in the Baixa district of Lisbon. It is a four-star hotel aimed at the business traveller, with 105 bedrooms and one meeting room that can be divided in to three sections.

Ryanair has announced six new routes from Lisbon which will start operating next year. The new destination are Hamburg, Bremen, Milan, Rome, Eindhoven and Warsaw. Flights on existing routes to London, Pisa, Manchester and Porto will be increased.

7th October 2014

Europe’S Highest Hotel Opens

The Meliá Vienna opened on the 26th February 2014, in the Danube City (DC) Tower, making the property the highest hotel in Europe.

Designed by Parisian architect Dominique Perrault, the tower is 250 metres tall, and is currently Austria’s highest skyscraper. Behind the spectacular glass facade, guests will find calm, subdued colors, fine materials and a purist ambience. Across 15 floors the hotel boasts 253 exquisite bedrooms (including 40 suites and a 200 sqm Presidential Suite with 180 degree panoramic views). All are equipped with the latest technical equipment. Guests can enjoy a spectacular 360-degree view from the top of the tower and culinary delights in the “57 Restaurant & Lounge,” which occupies the top two floors of the DC Tower.

Courtesy of the Vienna Convention Bureau

2nd October 2014

Q Hotels Win Aa Hotel Group Of The Year Award

Q Hotels visited Trinity today and gave us updates on 4 of their properties, the Nottingham Belfry, the Oxford Belfry, the Ashford International and the Norton Park Hotel and are very proud to announce that they’ve been awarded the AA Hotel Group of the Year Award 2014, which is a superb achievement.

Norton Park, Winchester, is a great hotel that specialises in exclusive use that works well for Pharma meetings of around 150-160 people. It has quirky space in addition to the main hotel too with its 17th century Manor House which is converted into 4 meeting rooms and its 15th century barn which can hold up to 110 for dinner. The barn is undergoing a refurbishment during October where underfloor heating is being installed making it available at all times of the year for that little something different.

The group are also keen to promote the fact that not only do they offer free WiFi but that they are also able to now incorporate dedicated lines for broadband into the conference rooms which will not be shared. Depending on the broadband width required, the cost can be negotiated and will generally be offered complimentary

23rd September 2014

Budapest Voted Best Value For Money

Budapest, the city known as the “Pearl in the Danube”, keeps on winning awards and has just been voted number one by Tripadvisor as the city which offers best value for money, not just in Europe but worldwide.

The list showing some of the awards that Budapest achieved over the past 12 months puts it high on the agenda as a destination well worth considering for your next conference or event.

Number 1 – Best value for money city in the world / 2014 -Tripadvisor

Number 2 – Best city in the world / 2013 – Conde Nast Traveller

Number 6 – Most popular European travel destination / 2014 – Travel and Leisure

Number 11 – Friendliest cities in the world / 2014 – Conde Nast Traveller

Number 17 – Conference city of the world / 2013 – ICCA

The Intercontinental Budapest has also been awarded Hungary’s Leading Business Hotel 2014, a prestigious award presented by the World Travel Awards TM and voted for by senior professionals working within the travel and tourism industry.

19th September 2014

Intercontinental Westminster Becomes Conrad London St James

As of Monday 1st September 2014 The Intercontinental London Westminster became known as Conrad London St James. Owners of the property, Supreme Hotels, agreed to part company with IHG and went on to sign a franchise agreement with Hilton to rebrand as The Conrad.

The Conrad brand currently operates 23 hotels worldwide but hasn’t had a presence in London for seven years. The Chelsea Harbour Hotel once belonged to Conrad before it was taken over by The Wyndham Group in 2007, earlier this year it became the first in a new group of hotels called The Monogram Collection from Millennium and Copthorne.

Supreme Hotels are owned by The Splendid Hospitality Group who operate 13 hotels in the UK, they currently work with IHG, Hilton and Choice Hotels and have development plans for five further hotels.

12th September 2014

Topland Acquires Hallmark Hotels

As of mid July 2014 Topland acquired the Hallmark portfolio of eight hotels, Topland already consisted of 12 Menzies Hotels, six Thistle Hotels, the Hilton Brighton Metropole, the Hilton Glasgow and The Royal Crescent Hotel in Bath.

Menzies are now offering as standard bacon rolls on arrival, unlimited tea/coffee and water, afternoon cakes and free WiFi and hope to push this across to Hallmark as well.

Every single Menzies hotel now has an environmental accreditation for Green Tourism and they also now have 3 AA Rosettes across the group too.

29th August 2014

Treat Yourself In Trinity’S Charity Auction

The Trinity charity auction is back and the website www.trinityauctions.co.uk will be going live on Monday 1st September 2014 and run for one month.

The team from Trinity Event Solutions has been round the UK and abroad to visit hotels and venues taking part in the Trinity Triple Challenge. Hundreds of prizes have been donated and each will be auctioned over the next month, with the aim of raising £20,000. There are a variety of lots which include country breaks, city weekends, afternoon teas, dinners and days out. Some of the highlights are:

• “A magical weekend in Monaco” with flights for two people from a London Airport and accommodation at the Columbus Monte-Carlo Hotel in a Junior Suite. The winning bidder will also receive two 2 tickets for the 39th International Monte Carlo Circus Festival on Saturday 17th January 2015

• A night at The Grand Hotel Brighton in a deluxe room with dinner, spa treatments and two tickets to Komedia

• Relaxation in the Welsh countryside with a two night escape in a Hunter Lodge for eight people at Celtic Manor Resort

• Theatre break in London for two people, staying at the Copthorne Tara hotel in a club room with dinner in the Bugis Street Restaurant

• Dinner, bed and breakfast for two people on one of Weston Parks’ Dine and Stay events. The options include Autumn Flavours or traditional Christmas Dining or Valentine’s Day

• A visit to Blenheim Palace with a personal tour of the gilded State Rooms and gardens followed by a Champagne lunch in the new Champagne Bar

Every week new prizes will be added to the auction, so bidders need to keep visiting the site to see what’s new.

Jacqui Kavanagh, Managing Director said: “The charity auction is part of Trinity’s Triple Challenge of visiting 500 hotels and conference venues this Summer. Again, we are aiming to raise £20,000 which will be split between our nominated local charities: the Children’s Air Ambulance, Hospital at Home and the Sue Ryder Hospice, Thorpe Hall. I would like to encourage everyone to bid generously also thank all the hotels and conference venues who have supported this initiative.”

The Children’s Air Ambulance which benefitted from the Triple Challenge last year, said: “The online charity auction set up by Trinity was an excellent example of fundraising by thinking outside the box. The innovative auction raised a phenomenal amount of income for TCAA as well as helped boost the profile nationally of the new service. The team from TCAA would like to thank everyone involved for such an excellent initiative and an extraordinary amount of income raised in such a short space of time.”