Category: Venue Finding

Stanhill Court Hotel’s 5 key facts:

1. Stanhill Court Hotel is the closest conference hotel, not within the perimeter, to Gatwick Airport. The hotel is 45 minutes from central London and only 9 miles from the M25.

2. The venue offers more space in their meeting rooms compared to all other local hotels, in a recent survey comparing a room for 20 delegates.

3. They are the only hotel locally to offer FREE superfast, no password Wi-Fi and FREE car parking as standard for all delegates.

4. All food is made freshly on site, as the hotel is independent they can provide a bespoke menu to suit a clients’ needs and budget.

5. Stanhill is set on 35 acres of space, perfect for any team building or outdoor activities, making them the affordable county house hotel with so many options.

The first hotel from this group to open in the UK, INNSIDE Manchester offers 5 different meeting spaces holding up to 200 delegates theatre style. There is natural daylight and built in AV equipment as well as complimentary WIFI. 

For delegates requiring an overnight stay, the hotel has 208 stylish, modern rooms including 8 suites. There is also a wellness centre which is open 24 hours with a Technogym, a Finnish sauna and a steam room. The hotel is located close to Manchester Central and Deansgate and is also close to the city’s shopping destinations.

The Tate Modern opened its doors to its new meetings and events building The Switch House on Friday 17th June (picture below). The modern art gallery is situated on London’s South Bank and as part of its new extension features 7 new event spaces. The new space is an addition to existing space within the gallery however has less restriction being away from the main public space which can sometimes only be used after day time opening hours.

The new event space can accommodation delegates up to 600 in The Tanks, the largest space, for a drinks reception of 400 for a dinner.

There is also a viewing terrace on the 10^th floor which can host dinners up to 80 and drinks receptions for 150 and offers a unique blank canvas space with stunning views.

The building will also feature a fine dining restaurant which can be privately hired for dinners up to 80 and drinks receptions for 200. 

A new team building challenge Vertigo Adventures will launch in Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire. The venue will open on the 25th of June 2016, and includes a series of high and low ropes courses and zip wires, designed for adventure seekers.

Vertigo adventures is located 20 minutes by train from London Kings Cross and can be hired for exclusive events and team building. There are activities for both the fainter of hearts and the dare devils such as the tamer Monkey trail, or the more daring Hawks View. The high rope course gives delegates the option to stick to the normal route or switch over to the extreme route if they’re feeling brave! And also has the added bonus of a zip line!

This venue is 100 yards from St Pancras station.  It has six 6 meeting rooms: Boardroom, office, library, study, games room and tv room.  The design is stylish and there’s the latest technology.  All rooms have large LRF Ultra HD SMART touch screen TV, conference phones, Whiteboard wall, Sky TV complete with Sky Sports and Sky Movies, 200mb/s super-fast Enterprise grade WiFi.  Bookings can be made for half and hour, an hour, half day or day and the venue is open from 8am until 11pm.

The space belongs to Hotel Megaro – a boutique 4* hotel less than a minute’s walk away. The hotel has 57 bedrooms, brasserie and a late-night cocktail bar.

The Natural History Museum has opened up the newly refurbished Flett Theatre for daytime conferences.

The New theatre is the only event space open during the day at the museum,  The purpose-built, auditorium-style theatre can host conferences, talks and training days and features a private foyer for registration and refreshments for delegates. During breaks it offers the opportunity to explore the nearby galleries and check out the exhibits. Audio-visual facilities are available to hire including in-built microphones, an LCD projector, HD cameras, Blu-ray and DVD playback for film screening, wireless and lapel microphones as well as audio playback. It is possible for organisers to expand the event once the museum closes to the public, with private viewings of the exhibitions or a drinks reception and dinner.

Home to the Institution of Civil Engineers, the One Great George Street was designed by Scottish architect James Miller and celebrated its 100th birthday in 2010. It has been a Grade II listed building since 1984 and first became available for public events in 1989. Offering 21 flexible event spaces, the Edwardian building with rich neo-Palladian and Baroque interior, will undergo a series of works designed to further improve facilities, energy efficiency and accessibility. 

Key activities will include: 

• A full deep clean of the external stonework
• Maintenance of the historic four glass domes and ornate, painted Great Hall ceiling 
• Transformation of the venue’s historic library into an inspirational exhibition and events space, in addition to the existing 21 event spaces 
• Replacement of all boilers with new energy efficient models in keeping with the venue’s ongoing commitment to sustainability. The new boilers are estimated to be between 30 and 50 per cent more efficient. The venue also operates a 0% to landfill policy, innovative recycling solutions and procures sustainable catering produce 

The venue will be closed to the public from 20th June to 18th September 2016. During this refurbishment period, it will not be possible to book meeting rooms or use the venue for conferences.  It will be business as usual for The Café Bar and Brasserie One, although Brasserie One will be closed in August as usual. Entrance to the building will be via the Storey’s Gate entrance until the refurbishment works are complete. 

One Great George Street will fully re-open on the 19th September 2016.

IET London Savoy Place now offers external events after their two year development which lasted 2 years and costed around £30m. The Savoy Place now offers two lecture theatres holding around 600 delegates. The fantastic layout of the room makes it even better with a futuristic digital chandelier in the foyer. There are also video walls located on the second floor, this can be connected to live feeds or may be personalised to event requirements. 

They have also added the new Johnson Roof Terrace, which can hold 200 guests and would be perfect for drinks receptions with the stunning views over London.