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The Barbican is offering an extra incentive to use their meetings and event spaces with complimentary cinema tickets for delegates.
For every Day Delegate Rate booking made through April and May 2015 for events, the Barbican are offering complimentary tickets that can be redeemed in
Barbican cinemas. The tickets, which are valid until the 30th November 2015, are worth £11 each and create an additional opportunity for clients and
delegates to enjoy the unique Barbican offering of industry-leading Business Events within a world-class arts centre.
“We wanted to give something back to our clients and their delegates which offers something a little different to the traditional discount or breakfast upgrade!” comments
Oliver Hargreaves, Deputy Head of Sales at the Barbican. “The Business Events Team is always looking for ways to drive business and what better way than to draw upon
our arts influence? We have already seen great feedback about this incentive and hopefully it will really help to get our clients’ delegates invested in the Barbican and what
we have to offer.”
The Barbican’s three cinema screens offer film-goers an opportunity to watch the best new releases, major themed seasons and the performing arts on screen from National
Theatre Live and Met opera Live in a stylish venue in the heart of London. The cinemas boast state-of-the-art data and video projection supported by the Barbican's in-house
technical team and is the perfect venue for presentations and corporate meetings.
Cinema 1 is also the ideal venue for private film screenings, and can be combined with a dinner or drinks in the Garden Room and Conservatory.
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Yorkshire folk getting into the Christmas spirit
It might only be April but more than 1,000 people have already
booked to go to a Christmas party at Magna Science Adventure
Centre in South Yorkshire.
The Eat Bump Groove party nights are held over eight nights in
December in the Big Hall at the former steel works and feature full
size dodgems and casino tables.
Magna has venue space that can be hired to cater for between 5 and 5,000 people and has hosted
events including business conferences, wedding fayres, concerts and television filming.
The party nights have been attended by about 55,000 people over the last ten years.
Lisa Woolhouse, of Magna, said: 'We get a lot of businesses coming to the Eat Bump Groove
events as their works’ Christmas night out year after year. And it is proving more and more popular
as word gets out about what a unique night out it is.
'We might have only just had Easter, but people in the Yorkshire area obviously like to plan ahead.”
The Eat, Bump and Groove party nights will run on 4th, 5th, 11th, 12th, 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th
December.
Tickets are £64.95 per person all-inclusive for all nights, except 17th and 20th December, when
they are £54.95.
Magna, which is near junction 34 of the M1, can also host private Christmas parties.
Templeborough steelworks were built during World War One and shut in 1993. They remained
derelict until being transformed into Magna in 2001.
As well as being a corporate venue, Magna is also an award-winning visitor attraction with more
than 100 hands-on exhibits which explore the four elements of air, water, earth and fire, and it
hosts regular school trips.
Anyone wanting to book a Christmas party should email [email protected] or contact
01709 223118.
Contact
Telephone: 01709 223118
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: twitter.com/magnascience
Facebook: www.facebook.com/magnascience
Website: www.visitmagna.co.uk
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The Barbican taking delegates to the movies
The Barbican is offering an extra incentive to use their meetings
and event spaces with complimentary cinema tickets for delegates.
For every Day Delegate Rate booking made through April and May
2015 for events, the Barbican are offering complimentary tickets
that can be redeemed in Barbican cinemas. The tickets, which are
valid until the 30th November 2015, are worth £11 each and
create an additional opportunity for clients and delegates to enjoy
the unique Barbican offering of industry-leading Business Events within a world-class arts centre.
'We wanted to give something back to our clients and their delegates which offers something a
little different to the traditional discount or breakfast upgrade!' comments Oliver Hargreaves,
Deputy Head of Sales at the Barbican. 'The Business Events Team is always looking for ways to
drive business and what better way than to draw upon our arts influence? We have already seen
great feedback about this incentive and hopefully it will really help to get our clients’ delegates
invested in the Barbican and what we have to offer.'
The Barbican’s three cinema screens offer film-goers an opportunity to watch the best new
releases, major themed seasons and the performing arts on screen from National Theatre Live and
Met opera Live in a stylish venue in the heart of London. The cinemas boast state-of-the-art data
and video projection supported by the Barbican's in-house technical team and is the perfect venue
for presentations and corporate meetings.
Cinema 1 is also the ideal venue for private film screenings, and can be combined with a dinner or
drinks in the Garden Room and Conservatory.
Contact
Twitter: twitter.com/@BarbicanCentre
Website: www.barbican.org.uk
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April 2015 • www.conference-news.co.uk • 7
HBAA introduces new code of practiceIndustry association the HBAA has launched
new governance for parties involved in
meeting and accommodation procurement.
A review of the commercial and ethical
protocols between HBAA members resulted
in a new Code of Practice for the association.
The re-evaluation was overseen by Chris
Parnham, past Chair of the HBAA, along with
senior representatives from Hilton Worldwide,
Marriott Hotels & Resorts UK, Capita and
independent booking agents.
The Code of Practice overwrites the HBAA’s
Code of Conduct and has culminated in a
far-reaching template for business
methodology for stakeholders involved in
contracting and implementing
accommodation and meeting contracts.
Revisions to the Code give agents,
accommodation and meeting providers a
template for best practices while providing
corporate clients with quality assurances of
suppliers. Modifi cations include:
• A conclusive defi nition of the fi nancial
liability between supplier, intermediary
agent and corporate or association contract
holder
• Service level commitment between those
involved in the procurement and provision
of accommodation, meetings, conferences
and events and corporate
• Assurance to work in a transparent manner
• Revised terminology to refl ect the changing
face of business travel and live events.
New conference centre for Southampton Solent
The events, meetings and hospitality
mentoring programme for women founded by
Zibrant MD Fay Sharpe received 139
applications to participate by the 27 February
deadline. A panel of mentors then chose 15
candidates, which were announced at a
special launch lunch on 20 March at The Savoy
Hotel, London.
“I was delighted by the number of
applications,” said Sharpe. “It offers a great
depth of talent for the inaugural year, and
refl ects the obvious need for programmes like
Fast Forward 15.
“We were expecting a lot of graduates
applying, but in actual fact we found that there
were far more applications from corporate
event professionals, middle management and
under-26 year olds currently in employment
from all sectors including: agency, corporate,
venues. We even received applications from
some women who have been in the industry
for more than 20 years, which is great.”
The shortlisting process for FF15 threw up
some common themes.
Many women cited a lack of confi dence in
both their skill set and speaking publicly, a lack
of self-belief and personal perception
alongside doubting their own abilities.
Dr Kate Dashper, at the UK Centre for Events
Management at Leeds Beckett University, is
conducting a formal evaluation of Fast Forward
15, to help produce best practice guidelines for
future mentoring programmes. “It’s a really
exciting programme and a great opportunity to
produce robust evidence of the effectiveness
of such a scheme,” she said.
London's Barbican is hoping to cash in on an
increase in international visitors to the City of
London with the completion of Crossrail in
2018. The project will connect Barbican station
and Farringdon directly with Heathrow, as well
as Liverpool Street and Moorgate.
Management hopes Crossrail could open up
business opportunities in the City, including
growing the market for large-scale association
events.
“The prospect of Barbican becoming an even
more internationally accessible venue because
of Crossrail is an exciting one,” says Jackie
Boughton, head of sales at Barbican Business
Events.
“The route will quite literally be on our
doorstep and it is something to take
advantage of,” she adds.
Fast Forward receives 139 applicationsCrossrail opportunity
Southampton Solent University is to get a new
conference and exhibition space at East Park Terrace
as part of a £30m development.
Work is underway on the campus, with a projected
completion date of early 2016.
In addition to two bespoke lecture theatres, an
atrium suitable for large exhibitions, product launches
and gala dinners will form the hub of the new block.
The centrepiece of the new building, designed by
architects Scott Brownrigg, will be a multi-functional
suspended ‘pod’ housing a lecture theatre and
viewing platform above.
The new conference centre will feature two large
fl exible suites comprising four meeting rooms with
breakout hospitality areas overlooking the atrium; a
bookable business centre with reprographic facilities;
plus a new café and VIP dining area.
NEWS
April 2015 • www.conference-news.co.uk • 7
HBAA introduces new code of practiceIndustry association the HBAA has launched
new governance for parties involved in
meeting and accommodation procurement.
A review of the commercial and ethical
protocols between HBAA members resulted
in a new Code of Practice for the association.
The re-evaluation was overseen by Chris
Parnham, past Chair of the HBAA, along with
senior representatives from Hilton Worldwide,
Marriott Hotels & Resorts UK, Capita and
independent booking agents.
The Code of Practice overwrites the HBAA’s
Code of Conduct and has culminated in a
far-reaching template for business
methodology for stakeholders involved in
contracting and implementing
accommodation and meeting contracts.
Revisions to the Code give agents,
accommodation and meeting providers a
template for best practices while providing
corporate clients with quality assurances of
suppliers. Modifi cations include:
• A conclusive defi nition of the fi nancial
liability between supplier, intermediary
agent and corporate or association contract
holder
• Service level commitment between those
involved in the procurement and provision
of accommodation, meetings, conferences
and events and corporate
• Assurance to work in a transparent manner
• Revised terminology to refl ect the changing
face of business travel and live events.
New conference centre for Southampton Solent
The events, meetings and hospitality
mentoring programme for women founded by
Zibrant MD Fay Sharpe received 139
applications to participate by the 27 February
deadline. A panel of mentors then chose 15
candidates, which were announced at a
special launch lunch on 20 March at The Savoy
Hotel, London.
“I was delighted by the number of
applications,” said Sharpe. “It offers a great
depth of talent for the inaugural year, and
refl ects the obvious need for programmes like
Fast Forward 15.
“We were expecting a lot of graduates
applying, but in actual fact we found that there
were far more applications from corporate
event professionals, middle management and
under-26 year olds currently in employment
from all sectors including: agency, corporate,
venues. We even received applications from
some women who have been in the industry
for more than 20 years, which is great.”
The shortlisting process for FF15 threw up
some common themes.
Many women cited a lack of confi dence in
both their skill set and speaking publicly, a lack
of self-belief and personal perception
alongside doubting their own abilities.
Dr Kate Dashper, at the UK Centre for Events
Management at Leeds Beckett University, is
conducting a formal evaluation of Fast Forward
15, to help produce best practice guidelines for
future mentoring programmes. “It’s a really
exciting programme and a great opportunity to
produce robust evidence of the effectiveness
of such a scheme,” she said.
London's Barbican is hoping to cash in on an
increase in international visitors to the City of
London with the completion of Crossrail in
2018. The project will connect Barbican station
and Farringdon directly with Heathrow, as well
as Liverpool Street and Moorgate.
Management hopes Crossrail could open up
business opportunities in the City, including
growing the market for large-scale association
events.
“The prospect of Barbican becoming an even
more internationally accessible venue because
of Crossrail is an exciting one,” says Jackie
Boughton, head of sales at Barbican Business
Events.
“The route will quite literally be on our
doorstep and it is something to take
advantage of,” she adds.
Fast Forward receives 139 applicationsCrossrail opportunity
Southampton Solent University is to get a new
conference and exhibition space at East Park Terrace
as part of a £30m development.
Work is underway on the campus, with a projected
completion date of early 2016.
In addition to two bespoke lecture theatres, an
atrium suitable for large exhibitions, product launches
and gala dinners will form the hub of the new block.
The centrepiece of the new building, designed by
architects Scott Brownrigg, will be a multi-functional
suspended ‘pod’ housing a lecture theatre and
viewing platform above.
The new conference centre will feature two large
fl exible suites comprising four meeting rooms with
breakout hospitality areas overlooking the atrium; a
bookable business centre with reprographic facilities;
plus a new café and VIP dining area.
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An hour-long pop in ‘Advice from Leaders – Pop in Rising Star Zone’ session at IMEX Frankfurt on the 20th May (3.30-4.30pm) will give young professionals
with less than three years industry experience the opportunity to take advice and guidance from a team of industry leaders.
The Barbican-led initiative will bring industry advisors and rising talent together so they can have informal and constructive conversations. Each industry leader will host four
sessions throughout the hour lasting 15 minutes and will also be on hand following the sessions to offer further guidance.
“The whole idea of the session is to give young professionals the opportunity to learn, educate and share knowledge,” comments Jackie Boughton, Head of Sales at Barbican
Business Events. “The chosen advisors are from differing areas of the industry but all have a wealth of knowledge they are ready to share with the next generation of
professionals. We are all very excited about this event and feel that IMEX is the perfect stage in which to host it.”
The industry leaders taking part in the event include:
• Jackie Boughton, Head of Sales at Barbican Business Events
• Sue Etherington, Commercial Director at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre
• Paul Colston, Managing Editor of Mash Media
• Kerrin MacPhie, Director of Sales at ACC Liverpool & ICCA UK & Ireland Chapter Chair
• Adam Baggs, Creative Director & Founder of Soaring Worldwide
• Tracy Halliwell, Director of Business Tourism and Major Events at London & Partners
• Sue Burgess, Senior Director of Operations at BCD M&I
• Alistair Turner, PR Director of Davies Tanner
• Alan Newton, Co-Founder and COO of Eventopedia
• Jacqui Kavanagh, CEO of Trinity Event Solutions and HBAA Chair
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Industry leaders to offer advice and guidance to rising
stars
An hour-long pop in ‘Advice from Leaders – Pop in Rising Star Zone’ session at IMEX Frankfurt on
the 20th May (3.30-4.30pm) will give young professionals with less than three years industry
experience the opportunity to take advice and guidance from a team of industry leaders.
The Barbican-led initiative will bring industry advisors and rising talent together so they can have
informal and constructive conversations. Each industry leader will host four sessions throughout the
hour lasting 15 minutes and will also be on hand following the sessions to offer further guidance.
“The whole idea of the session is to give young professionals the opportunity to learn, educate and
share knowledge,” comments Jackie Boughton, Head of Sales at Barbican Business Events. “The
chosen advisors are from differing areas of the industry but all have a wealth of knowledge they are
ready to share with the next generation of professionals. We are all very excited about this event
and feel that IMEX is the perfect stage in which to host it.”
The industry leaders taking part in the event include:
• Jackie Boughton, Head of Sales at Barbican Business Events
• Sue Etherington, Commercial Director at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre
• Paul Colston, Managing Editor of Mash Media
• Kerrin MacPhie, Director of Sales at ACC Liverpool & ICCA UK & Ireland Chapter Chair
• Adam Baggs, Creative Director & Founder of Soaring Worldwide
• Tracy Halliwell, Director of Business Tourism and Major Events at London & Partners
• Sue Burgess, Senior Director of Operations at BCD M&I
• Alistair Turner, PR Director of Davies Tanner
• Alan Newton, Co-Founder and COO of Eventopedia
• Jacqui Kavanagh, CEO of Trinity Event Solutions and HBAA Chair
The event will take place in Seminar Room 2, Inspiration Hub, Stand G680 at IMEX Frankfurt.
Further information on events at the Barbican can be acquired by contacting the Business Events
Team: +44 (0)20 7382 7043 | [email protected].
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