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28th May 2014

Trinity Wins An Award From Business Events Canada

Collette Bent and Debbie Beresford with Emma Cashmore, celebrating The Vision Award for ‘Partner Organization of the Year’ from Business Events Canada

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.”

27th May 2014

New Industry Initiative Meetings Voice To Showcase At The Meetings Show

Stamford-based venue finding and event management agency, Trinity Event Solutions has launched a new industry initiative called Meetings Voice. The aim of Meetings Voice is to create a professional, collaborative and forward thinking environment where event organisers can interact by sharing experiences, learning and identifying best practice.

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).

21st May 2014

News From Budapest

The Hungarian Convention Bureau reports in its newsletter that in April it had organised an international MICE Study Tour in Budapest for 49 MICE professionals from 8 countries. The HCB worked in cooperation with ten 5* hotels and four DMCs to showcase the city.

The primary aim of the study tour – beyond introducing 5* conference hotels and special event venues – was to experience the real Budapest through exciting incentive programmes as a possible destination for future international events.

5 star study tour in Budapest

9th May 2014

Intercontinental O2 Due To Open In Q3 2015

A brand new Intercontinenal Hotel is due to open next door to the O2, construction has started and is due to be complete by Q3 of 2015. The hotel will have Europe’s largest ballroom holding up to 2500 in a pillar free space. This will be supported by 453 bedrooms.

Other news from The Arora Group … The Arora Park Hotel will soon become an IHG property and Macdonald Savill Court has just been taken over by the brand.

Arora also look after The Sofitel T5 which has 605 bedrooms and 45 meeting rooms with much of the furnishings designed by hugo boss! They can hold up to 1200 theatre style and 117 in tiered seating with the theatre.

Finally … one to watch out for is the sixth floor boardroom at Arora Heathrow which has 180 degree views of the runway and a terrace with its own mini golf course!

29th April 2014

Jacqui Kavanagh Wins Business Person Of The Year

At the second annual Stamford and Rutland Business Awards last week, Jacqui Kavanagh, Managing Director of Trinity Event Solutions was awarded Business Person of the Year. It was a double celebration for Trinity which was also named runner up in the Contribution to the Community category.

Trinity was founded by Jacqui in 2006 and now employs 30 people in venue finding, event management and to book accommodation. She was delighted to receive the award and commented, “I am a firm believer that if you give 100 per cent, you will be rewarded. Winning this award will give me the chance to create more opportunities for people, whether it is through work experience, mentoring or encouraging people from all walks of life to work hard to achieve their goals. I could never have imagined that I could start a business which would be recognised as one of the top companies in the region and in its industry. Our success also means that Trinity is able to support local communities through our annual Triple Challenge fund raising initiative.”

The judging panel praised Jacqui’s “focus on staff development and its key importance to the growth and success of the business”. They also said that “Jacqui has created a sound platform for growing the business” and “she demonstrates a good understanding of her market and is developing a range of strategies for securing their place within in it”.

The Stamford and Rutland Business Awards attracts entries from micro businesses through to national SME’s and covering an extensive range of market sectors. The judging panel included Miranda Rock, the Chairman and House Director of Burghley House; Ian Leech, Chief Financial officer of BGL Group and CEO of Coral Administration; Tony Worth, the Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire and Brian Edwards, the MD of Swynford Consulting.

29th April 2014

Park Inn Invest £50M In The Last 12 Months

Park Inn Hotels have undergone a major investment programme spending £50m on the UK properties in the last 12 months, plus a further £13m on the Park Inn Heathrow property alone. The investment aims to change people’s perception of the brand by offering a ‘Smart Meetings’ concept. The Smart Meetings concept offers brand standards and consistency and was rolled out across 23 UK properties and over 230 global properties in Feb 2014. All Park Inn hotels now offer free basic WiFi, creative lunches and unlimited tea/coffee.

A little more about Park Inn Hotels…

Park Inn by Radisson Birmingham West is located at J1 of the M5, they have 17 meeting rooms and 168 bedrooms and can offer free parking.

Park Inn Heathrow is the largest of the portfolio with 895 beds and capacity for 700 theatre style. Their ‘Conference Red’ area is being totally refurbished during August 2014 and will be unavailable for event bookers. They will benefit from new carpets, chairs, tables, walls and equipment! They have already upgraded all of their Business Friendly bedrooms and 200 of their standard rooms leaving just 350 standards to be completed by the end of 2014.

Park Inn Northampton has just completed a massive refurbishment of their bedrooms (apart one floor), public areas, meeting rooms, bar, restaurant and lobby. They can hold up to 600 theatre style.

Park Inn Telford is located within 3 hours drive of 70% of the population and just 10 minutes walk from Telford International Centre. They invested £4m in to the property in 2013.

16th April 2014

Hilton Waldorf Employ A New Head Chef

The Hilton Waldorf Hotel in London have just employed a new head chef that will be starting next week, they will also soon be launching Cup Cake making classes for team building activities!

The Hilton London Ealing and Hilton London Hyde Park have spent £10m on each property converting them in to Doubletree branded venues. Both are fresh, modern and are offering very competitive rates!

The Hilton London Park Lane have just launched their Meetings Simplified Package and news hot off the press is that they will soon have a casino onsite!!

26th March 2014

Moevenpick Open New Properties

Moevenpick Paris Neuilly will complete it’s bedroom development in June 2014 increasing it’s bed stock to 281 rooms. All 281 rooms will have a full refurbishment creating a more modern and contemporary look.

A recent opening for Moevenpick is the Jumeirah Lakes Towers which opened in Dubai during November 2013. This is a boutique hotel with just 144 beds.

Other upcoming new openings include… A brand new hotel in Istanbul which is due to open in the summer of 2014, it will be located on the Golden Horn and will be a boutique property but with meeting space for up to 200. The next to open will be in Marrakech during October 2014, this hotel will have over 400 bedrooms and meeting space for up to 600. And finally 2016 will see the opening of a hotel in Bangkok and two in Abu Dhabi.

27th February 2014

Hilton Visit Trinity Offices

Hilton Hotels very kindly visited the Trinity offices on Monday and treated us to a lunch and learn session. We had presentations from Hilton London Wembley, Hilton London Heathrow Airport, Syon Park, Hilton Brighton Metropole and Doubletree Hilton Bristol City Centre.

Hilton London Wembley opened on 17 July 2012 with 361 beds and a capacity of up to 700 in The Ballroom. They informed us that by the end of April 2014 an outlet shopping village and entertainment complex will open next door giving another reason to head over to Wembley. The hotel has an outdoor bar on the top floor which can be hired exclusively for up to 150 guests. This space is available for drinks, BBQs and buffets.

Hilton Heathrow T4 is connected to the terminal by a covered walkway taking just 6 minutes. The hotel is triple glazed so there is no need to worry about noise from planes despite its proximity to the airport. The hotel has a total of 398 beds and 50% of these will have completed their refurbishment by June 2014, there will then be a break with the remainder commencing their refurb in January 2015. The USP of the hotel has to be their beach on which you can serve BBQs and cocktails for up to 200 guests.

Hilton Syon Park is a four star hotel located 5 minutes walk from Syon Lane Station. The hotel is full of quirky furniture, vibrant colours and interesting event spaces including its very own games room!

Hilton Brighton Metropole underwent a £350k refurbishment last year on its large event spaces. The spaces now look clean and fresh but still retain the original features. 50% of the bedrooms were also refurbished last year with the remainder to be signed off during 2014. An excellent feature of the hotel is its sun terrace which is available for private hire in the summer.

The Bristol Doubletree is 5 minutes walk from Temple Meads Station yet also has 150 parking spaces onsite that can be included within the day delegate package. The hotels restaurant used to be a 17th century glass kiln and provides a unique space for delegate lunches and breakfast.

18th February 2014

Hotel Sidorme Viladecans Opens In Barcelona

Hotel Sidorme Viladecans is a three star low cost hotel that has just opened on the outskirts of Barcelona. The hotel is located 10 minutes away from Barcelona Airport in front of Viladecans Train Station. They have a 20 minute direct connection to Barcelona city centre and 15 minutes from Estacion de Sants. The hotel offers free WiFi, free parking and free coffee! They also offer free meeting rooms for the first 2 hours!