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Live Broadcast – More details revealed!

We are delighted to finalise our agenda for our forthcoming Live Broadcast, and wanted to share some of the topics that we will be discussing.

As well as a packed agenda we are pleased to announce that Nigel Huddleston MP Tourism, will be sending a message of support to the industry.

EDGE Venues Broadcast Agenda 

Fitter for the Future

Insights and Trends from the UK and Global Industry

See what our research tells us on how our Industry is getting ready for the return. What is happening in the rest of the world, what are people saying and what does the data show to support it. 

What has the EDGE Team been doing to ensure we and our Licensee will beFitter for the Future and we have been busy!!!! So our venues and buyers will be ready. 

Tool Kit for Venues the Build Confidence and Win Business 

See all the new functionality and features that have been added into a new look and feel EDGE Venues. This will deliver a fantastic toolkit for venues to share their stories, build confidence in their Venue and really engage with both Agency and Corporate Buyers when decisions are being made on the selection process. Added to that see the new RFP process designed to deliver serious cost reduction to all stakeholders both  Buyers and Venues. Take advantage of a great limited offer designed to support Venues in their engagement as they prepare for a successful return to a new norm. 

What is the Data saying 

Experience first hand what the EDGE data and analytics tools and dashboards can tell about our industry, as we prepare for the swift return. See how we can ensure a quality increase in conversions by reducing the amount of noise that unsuitable RFP’s bring at a time when resources are scarce. 

Corporate Planner Future insights for the Short, Medium and Long term

Hear what 5 of Trinity Event Solutions Key Clients and Buyers are saying about the return of Live Events and what their predictions are for their companies and what will help them to buy and commit. 

Agency view of the Future 

Hear what 2 Leading Agencies insights are,  not just on our future but also where we feel the budgets will be spent, what and how the delegate experience will expect as the new norm. Crucially how quickly we can get to a level we were at pre Covid. More importantly,  how collaboration will play a critical part with all parts of the Industry to return safely and professionally. 

Hybrid Events an opportunity for Venues 

Many of the our Buyers and Venues key Teams will only just be returning from many months of furlough to a new world where Hybrid will be the new norm.  How can a Venues react quickly and safely to deliver to their needs from enquiry handling to tech requirements and event delivery – at a profit!! hear top tips to help you add to your venue offering safely and know when to get the experts in!!. 

No need to register, just join us on the day, by clicking the link below

https://broadcast.drpg.events/edge-venues/broadcast

 Remember to save the date in your calendar 

Wednesday 3rd March 2021 – 11am

Please feel free to share with your contacts.  All are welcome to join us, Your help and support will always so important to us all here at Trinity and EDGE venue

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The Spa at South Lodge now open

Exclusive Hotels & Venues has opened an £11.5m spa at its South Lodge hotel in Horsham, West Sussex.

The property and gardens were built in the 1800s, now features the new spa has been designed by Sparcstudio in partnership with architects Felce and Guy. The reception overlooks the rhododendron gardens, and facilities include the Ridgeview beauty bar and Grizzly’s grooming bar. The 70-cover Botanica restaurant incorporates a spa lounge and bar.

The spa includes a juniper-infused sauna, a marble-lined salt steam room, an aromatic herbal bath infused with camomile, and 14 treatment rooms. The upper terrace offer relaxation beds, a fire pit and an infinity edge hydropool, while the lower terrace features an 18m long ‘natural’ heated outdoor pool and Champagne pool bar.

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Blackpool Pleasure Beach hotel to open this spring

A £12m hotel at Blackpool’s Pleasure Beach, the Boulevard hotel, is set to open later this spring with construction work well underway, the hotel boasts 120 bedrooms and is being built on the site of the theme park’s former Star pub next to its existing 157-bedroom Big Blue hotel, which opened in 2003.

The hotel will feature a Beachside restaurant, Ocean bar, Surfside café and Shoreside Conference Centre.

The park was founded in 1896 and has been owned and operated by the Thompson family since its inception.

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Cardiff’s most luxurious hotel to be opened by the Welsh Rugby Union

The Welsh Rugby Union has acquired a building next to the Principality Stadium in Cardiff to transform it into “Cardiff’s most luxurious hotel”.

The former Post Office building on Westgate Street is one of the oldest buildings in the Welsh capital and plans are in place to relaunch it as the Westgate hotel by December 2020.

The property will feature 165 bedrooms, 15 VIP suites, two restaurants, a rooftop spa with outside jacuzzi, as well as meeting facilities and a ballroom for 400 guests. Subject to planning and listed building consent, construction work will begin in the summer.

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News from Oatlands Park Hotel

The Oatlands Park Hotel are currently going through a £10 million refurbishment plan – all 144 bedrooms and hallways are being refurbished, refurbished Mulberry restaurant with new bar, fully enclosed Lawn Terrace (Le Terraza) with retractable roof & bi-folding doors with access to grounds with an ongoing refurbishment to lobby and public areas still proceeding.

– Refurbished meeting rooms – The exclusive York Suite will accommodate 400 Reception and can accommodate and have access for cars launches. It has a separate entrance, reception area, bar & kitchen.

– 12 meeting rooms with facilities for 6 to 400 people. An ideal location for corporate meetings, team building events, marketing opportunities or private dining functions. 

– Book a meeting for up to 100 delegates between 7 January and 31 March and 1 in 10 will go free!

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Marriott plans to open more than 1,700 hotels by 2021

Marriott International has announced plans to open more than 1,700 hotels around the world by 2021 as part of its three-year growth plan.

The hotel group plans to add between 275,000 and 295,000 rooms by 2021, supported by the strength of its record 478,000-room pipeline, including roughly 214,000 rooms already under construction. Marriott have said its new room openings during this period could contribute $400m (£303m) in fee revenue in 2021.

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Radisson Collection Hotel, Moscow now open to guests

Radisson Hotel Group have announced the opening of the Radisson Collection Hotel, Moscow. the venue boasts the ideal city center location, with Red Square, St Basil’s Cathedral and The Kremlin all within easy reach. 

The hotel found on the bend of the Moskva River, was formerly the tallest in Europe and the property itself is one of the capital’s ‘Seven Sisters’, a family of renowned neoclassical skyscrapers. It remains an imposing presence on Moscow’s skyline offering spectacular views of the capital. From the impressive, palatial exterior to the luxurious interior (featuring 501 stunning guest rooms and suites), the hotel is truly a Moscow landmark. 

The hotel features Moscow’s most exceptional sky bar, the Mercedes Bar on the 31st-floor, 19 restaurants and bars and exceptional meetings and events facilities, as well as Moscow’s largest Congress Park (with the capacity for over 1,500 people). Each of the 16 business spaces are equipped with the latest multimedia technology, while the interior design reflects the hotel’s characteristic grandeur.

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Autograph Collection to open in Paris with Hotel Banke

Autograph Collection has revealed the latest addition to its portfolio, Hotel Banke, marking the brand’s entry to Paris and becomes the fourth property in France. Located in the heart of the Parisian Opera district, Hotel Banke occupies the former headquarters of Crédit Commercial de France.

The venue has an elegant feel throughout its 91 guest rooms and suites, with original features seamlessly blending with contemporary design touches, such as statement modern furniture and rich soft furnishings.

The hotel will join the portfolio of one-of-a-kind properties around the world that champion Autograph Collection Hotels’ values of vision, design and craft.

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Bliss Hotels to launch first hotel this year

Bliss Hotels has announced plans to launch its first property this year ahead of rolling the brand out nationally.

With the support of a £15m funding package from asset manager ICG, Bliss is refurbishing and rebranding the 133-bedroom Ramada Plaza hotel in Southport, Merseyside, within the city’s Waterfront development. The hotel, which is remaining open during the refurbishment, will be the first in the UK to trade under Wyndham’s Trademark soft brand of independent, upper-midscale hotels.

The refurbishment will see the relaunch of the hotel at the end of the year as the Bliss Hotel Southport, and will see an addition of three new penthouses on the fifth floor, as well as a 3,000 sq ft roof garden, the brand’s concepts including Bliss Kitchen and Blissonik.

Once the first Bliss hotel is established the group intends to target other coastal locations and secondary UK cities, with plans to create a ‘mini chain’ of approximately 10 properties by 2026 both owned and operated.

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Hilton launch meetings and events-focused Signia brand

Hilton has launched a new meetings and events-focused brand, Signia Hilton, the global hotel group’s 17th brand.

With a minimum of 500 bedrooms and 75 sq ft per key of flexible meetings and events space, Signia Hiltons will feature destination bars, chef-driven restaurant concepts, modern architecture and guestrooms, lobbies that double up as social spaces and ‘premium’ wellness facilities such as infinity pools, spas and fitness classes.

The meetings and events spaces will be the core of each Signia Hilton with large ballrooms and pre-function areas, as well as small to mid-size meeting rooms.

Signia Hilton will operate in urban and resort locations, with sites confirmed including Signia Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek, Signia Hilton Atlanta and Signia Hilton Indianapolis in the USA. No plans have yet been announced to bring Signia to the UK.