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23rd March 2015

Belguim – Take A Look At The Hilton Hotels

HILTON BRUSSELS GRAND PLACE

In a prime location right at the heart of the historic city center, set between the beautiful Grand Place and the Square Meeting and Convention Centre, Hilton Brussels Grand Place is a great palce to stay. The benefits are that is only a 15 minute direct train journey from Brussels International airport. Also, there are:

224 elegant and spacious rooms including 27 suites.

17 meeting rooms including 2 ballrooms with natural daylight seating up to 200 delegates in theatre style.

1.0750 m /10.880sqf of flexible meeting space spread over 2 floors, each floor can be privatised.

Complimentary WIFI throughout the hotel.

HILTON ANTWERP OLD TOWN

Located in the heart of historic Belgium, the Hilton Antwerp Old Town hotel offers the most central location in Antwerp and the hotel overlooks the city’s historic town square and Belgium’s finest architecture. There are:

210 spacious rooms with a classic design (bathrooms with separate bath and shower).

Upgrade to an Executive Room to enjoy access to the Executive Lounge with a private outdoor terrace overlooking the historic city.

13 meeting rooms all with natural daylight and new fully renovated Hilton Meetings in January 2015.

The hotel has the largest Ballroom in Belgium accommodating up to 900 people in theatre style.

WIFI access is available throughout the hotel and free in public areas.

4th March 2015

Jacqui’S Speaking At Chs North On 24Th March In Leeds

There is growth in the economy and the commercial environment is changing, so how can event organisers prepare for a different world? Jacqui Kavanagh, CEO of Trinity Event Solutions and Chair of the HBAA will be exploring how to get the best deal as we negotiate our way out of recession at Corporate Hospitality Show North on 24th March in Leeds.

We are seeing that the meetings industry is already operating in a different landscape as the role of a revenue manager in hotels and venues is becoming more important. The trends that we are seeing are that: there is less opportunity for negotiation on rates; the rate offers are only valid for a set period of time leading to time pressures to make a decision; space is being managed more tightly with minimum numbers per room becoming more strict and contracts have a deadline for return and will be pulled if not signed swiftly.

This session will give you an understanding of how the changing environment will affect you. It will also consider different approaches to placing business and give you the negotiation skills needed to get the best result for your event. For the last few years it has been a buyers’ market, but as this is changing, you need to make sure that your business is the most attractive for the hotel or venue. Are you aware of the market that the hotel is operating in and can you demonstrate that your business the most desirable for the venue?

Customers and key stakeholders who have entered the events industry in the last few years have never bought outside a recession and we all need to be prepared to make the most of new opportunities as we come out of the downturn and understand the risks and challenges that are facing us in the future.

22nd January 2015

Doing Business Better And Doing Better Business Together

The Kick Off Meeting prior to the HBAA’s Annual Dinner last week was a fabulous start to the year. Jacqui Kavanagh of Trinity Event Solutions is the HBAA Chair for 2015 and her mantra for the year is ‘doing better business and doing better business together’. She will be working alongside Venue Vice Chair, Hayley Stokes of Principal Hayley, who highlighted two words: embrace and engage; to use the HBAA’s new code of Practice to raise our industry’s professionalism and encourage all members to be involved in the broad range of HBAA meetings and events on offer. Each committee shared their headline objectives for 2015 and the association is looking forward to taking these forward throughout the year.

In the evening, the annual dinner was held at Chelsea Football Club, attended by more than 400 agents and venues. Thank you to the very generous HBAA members who donated such fabulous prizes for our on line charity auction in aid of The Who Cares? Trust; and thank you to everyone who placed a bid. We raised over £12,500!

Congratulations to SilverDoor’s Business Partnerships Director, Stuart Winstone, who was presented with the prestigious Tim Gasson Award.

24th November 2014

Trinity Visit Eibtm

The Trinity team was at EIBTM last week to improve their knowledge of international venues. I think it’s fair to say that we’ve got great knowledge of the city and managed to see a lot of the hotels and know how it works for our clients.

EIBTM is a regular event in our calendar and we always make new contacts and it’s a great opportunity to find out what’s going on in the events industry. It was a tag-team operation, with Jacqui and Katharine going to Barcelona on Monday-Tuesday, Debbie, Laura & Russell on Wednesday-Thursday.

Between us we attended 77 appointments, but there was also time to visit other stands and get ideas.

Katharine also managed to see three unusual venues for dinners in Barcelona and carried out a site visit at the Fairmont Rey Juan Carlos. Debbie stayed at the Crowne Plaza Fira Centre, hosted by Millenium Hotels and dined at Café Emma and then went on to the Hilton Barcelona on Thursday night so that she could visit key venues in the city Barcelona to extend her appreciation of what is available for our clients. Laura stayed at the Melia Sky Barcelona & Hotel Silken Diagonal, hosted by Hotel Republic. Russell stayed at the Majestic, then travelled to Madrid afterwards for site visits and get and understanding of how the city works for our clients.

Many thanks to Ellicis, Leading Hotels of the World, Fairmont, Hotel Republic and Millennium for hosting us.

Photo – view of Barcelona from the Hotel Rey Juan Carlos I

http://www.ellicishotels.com/

http://www.fairmont.com/

http://www.millenniumhotels.co.uk/

http://www.hotelrepublic.com/

http://www.lhw.com/

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).

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.

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.

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.”

30th May 2014

New Venue Finding Initiative From Trinity And Venuefinder

venuefinder.com and Trinity Event Solutions have identified a need for a better approach to international venue finding and are sharing their resources to make the process quicker and easier for conference organisers and also deliver better quality leads to overseas venues. The two companies have developed a results-led marketing strategy for international venues to put their information in front of the range of bookers that use the venuefinder.com website.

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.”