£60m is due to be spent on a new conference centre at Manchester Business School, it has been announced recently. The investment will help create a vibrant new meetings venue in Manchester.
The Holiday Inn Walsall, will re-open its doors in early January after an extensive refurbishment. The hotel has a new conference & banqueting centre, featuring 10 conference rooms – the largest catering for up to 180 delegates theatre-style. In addition, the refurbishment of the hotel includes new restaurant and bar areas, which features Wi-Fi access throughout and a dedicated leisure club, J10 Fitness.
The newly built DoubleTree by Hilton has opened its doors at Newcastle International Airport. The 179-room hotel is situated 15 minutes from the North East city. The hotel’s rooms feature complimentary wired or wireless high-speed internet access and soundproof windows. There is more than 2,200 sq ft of flexible meeting room space at the hotel and a ballroom which can cater for up to 100 guests.
ETC Venues open a new conference centre in the Spring of 2012, with St. Pauls. The ultra modern, versatile design of this new venue makes it perfect for hosting a range of events with the main conference ‘suite’ holding up to 400. The striking, multi-function ‘galleria’ can be used for exhibitions, networking, catering or dining. A series of 14 further rooms with varying capacities provide the perfect environment for meetings, presentations, training courses, seminars or company away days. The venue is situated in the heart of the City of London near the One New Change Shopping Centre and opposite the Museum of London. It is very close to St. Paul’s, Moorgate and Barbican Tube stations.
The Usher Hall, a key venue for the International Edinburgh Festival, has a contemporary new glass wing which embraces the old architecture. It can be configured to stage anything from concerts to conferences and has flexible space outside
The Arden Training and Conference Centre has achieved Gold Standard status which means that all three Warwick Conferences properties are now in the elite BDRC Continental grouping at the end of quarter three
March 2012 will see the launch of Belfast’s most ambitious project, the £97 million Titanic Belfast. Overlooking the birthplace of the famous liner, the venue will be the cornerstone of the Titanic Quarter, which will include offices, apartments, hotels and retail units, and opens in time or the centenary of RMS Titanic’s maiden voyage in April. The Quarter is expected to attract 400,000 visitors per year. As Northern Ireland’s largest ever tourism project the development will include a 750-seat conference centre, gallery space for temporary exhibitions and event hire, visitor attractions plus community arts and education facilities.
