Hotels, Venues & Event news
This gallery spans 400 years of human ingenuity and brings mathematical history to life through remarkable artifacts, stories and design.
Mathematics: The Winton Gallery is able to accommodate 200 guests for drinks receptions. Guests can discover the powerful stories about how mathematical practice has shaped, and been shaped by, some of our most fundamental human concerns – including money, trade, travel, war, life & death, form and beauty.
Guests can stay overnight at Eastnor Castle in one of the 12 award-winning individually styled bedrooms. There is also plenty of alternative accommodation in nearby hotels.
Eastnor Castle is only ever hired out on an exclusive basis ensuring complete privacy for clients.
Team building activities are aplenty and include being able to abseil down from the top of the castle turret and drive a Land Rover round the Eastnor Estate Land Rover testing tracks.
Eastnor Castle is located just 10 minutes from the central motorway network, near Ledbury in Herefordshire and is easy to reach by direct train links from London
Here’s a quick round-up of improvements to hotels in the Fairmont group which were carried out in 2016 or are ongoing:
FAIRMONT REY JUAN CARLOS 1, BARCELONA
A €35M renovation programme is underway at the Fairmont Rey Juan Carlos 1 in Barcelona. The lobby lounge has already been completed and the renovations are on schedule to be finish by summer 2017.
FAIRMONT ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND
Renovations have been completed at the Fairmont St Andrews. All public areas, restaurants and guest accommodation have been updated in this resort hotel with two championship golf courses and conference facilities for up to 800 delegates.
FAIRMONT VIER JAHRESZEITEN, HAMBURG
This historic hotel is almost 120 years old and a full renovation programme was completed in March 2016, including all 156 rooms and suites and nine food and beverage outlets.
FAIRMONT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH. MONTREAL
Fairmont, The Queen Elizabeth has closed to undergo a $140 million transformation project. The hotel will reopen in June 2017.
• Leicester Conferences & College Court have over 2000 bedrooms to sell throughout the summer months
• Over the last five years 27 million pounds has been invested in the facilities across College Court & Leicester Conferences portfolio of venues and accommodation
• All profits made by College Court & Leicester Conferences go directly back to University of Leicester
• The 1960’s brutalist architecture of College Court see’s many of is quirky features being grade two listed
• With 123 bedrooms available and over 130 complimentary car parking spaces College Court is the ideal location for all of your event requirements
With over 20 years combined experience of working in the corporate events industry, they can work with small meetings or party nights for 2000 guests they can help at any venue and to any budget
Reading football club has announced its plans for a new conference centre at the Royal Elm Park development beside the Madejski stadium. The plans have been submitted to reading council and the venue is designed to provide a viable alternative to London venues.
The convention centre will offer a ‘ballroom’ and ‘banquet hall’ capable of hosting up to 4000 people theatre style, and 2000 for a banquet. It will also offer a range of flexible meeting and seminar spaces. The convention centre will also be home to an ice rink which will be able to transform into a meeting hall with a capacity for 2480 people theatre style.
Reading already has an existing range of hotel accommodation, retail and restaurants and has good public transport links which will be enhanced by the arrival of Crossrail and the new green park station.