Discover your perfect conference venue, whether it’s at St George’s Park or The Grand York Hotel. Or if you’re looking for something different, experience Ziferblat’s new pay-per-minute meeting room, plus more in our June Conference Top Picks
St George’s Park
St Georgeโs Park is a world-class high-performance training centre and the home of 24 England football teams. Set in 330 acres of Staffordshire countryside just outside Burton-Upon-Trent, it is also a purpose-built meetings and events venue that has already hosted over 2,300 conferences, exhibitions, banquets, smaller-scale meetings, team building and corporate experiences.
Visitors to the site will enjoy impressive accommodation with a 228 bedroom on-site Hilton hotel and an Outdoor Leadership Centre that delivers development programmes in the areas of leadership, management and team development. Email SGPenquiries@hilton.com, or call 01283 576626.
A choice of world-class conference venues in Oxford suitable for any event
Two fully accredited, unique and diverse world-class conference venues based in Oxford at Saรฏd Business School.
Park End Street Venue:
This venue is located in the heart of Oxford city centre, offering immediate access to the train station adjacent to the venue.
Egrove Park Venue:
This residential venue is located two miles from Oxford City Centre and offers a retreat setting with plenty of free parking. The venue is located in 37 acres of parkland, and is just a short journey from the bus and train stations. Away from the noise of the city centre, comfortable bedrooms ensure a great nightโs sleep. Email conference@sbs.ox.ac.uk, call 01865 288846, or visit the website.
Barony Castle speeding up the planning of outstanding team-building events
The Mercure Peebles Barony Castle Hotel, located just 35 minutes from Edinburgh city centre, offers five versatile conference rooms, as well as 75 bedrooms and 25 acres of grounds, which can be used for all different kinds of conferencing and team-building events.
The events team at Barony Castle has developed โActivity Day Delegate Ratesโ, including everything you need in one price for various activities to make the team-building planning process much easier for you as the organiser.ย Email events@baronycastle.com, call 01721 730 395, or visit the website.
Ziferblat: the North West’s first โpay-per-minuteโ meeting rooms
With central Manchester and Liverpool locations, Ziferblat is a new kind of creative workspace where everything inside is free except for the time you spend.ย The themed meeting rooms are charged at six pence per delegate per minute, with unlimited Zifer-kitchen treats including teas, coffees, juices, soft drinks, cakes, biscuits, fruits, cereals, breads and more. Each room includes flip charts, projection equipment, stationery, help from Ziferblat hosts and super fast wifi.
To receive an exclusive 15% discount on your room booking quote ZIFPA15 with your enquiry. Byย doing so you will also be entered into a prize draw to win a free afternoon tea for five guests at Ziferblat. This offer is valid on all bookings made andย paid for before 1 September 2016 (please note the meeting doesnโt need to take place before this date). Email bookings@ziferblat.co.uk, call 07802 726606, or visit the website.
The Grand Hotel & Spa, York โ a palace of business
The Grand Hotel & Spa, York boasts some of the finest meeting rooms in Yorkshire. From the magnificent Grand Boardroom and adjoining Chairmanโs Suite, which offers fabulous views over York Minster and the City Wall, to a series of immaculate meeting rooms perfect for smaller meetings. Each meeting room offers natural daylight, free wifi, and Click it โ a wireless device that mirrors content from your laptop to the plasma screen.
Throughout July and August, The Grand will be offering a ยฃ45 DDR. Email events@thegrandyork.co.uk, call 01904 380038, or visit the website.
Event spaces for the incurably curious
Wellcome Collection offers a variety of spaces to hold events in, with its centre piece being a tiered auditorium and four smaller meeting rooms around it, all of which can be hired together or individually, therefore being a great venue for all types of events, from AGMs to board meetings.
The Medicine Now gallery offers a great backdrop for evening drinks receptions. Wellcome Collection is also a great destination, with four exhibition galleries, a cafรฉ, restaurant and library. Email conferencecentre@wellcome.ac.uk, call 020 7611 2200, or visit the website.
Lucknam Park Hotel and Spa โ for conferences, training and team building
Five miles outside Bath, this Rolls Royce of country house hotels has a Michelin-starred restaurant, an award-winning spa, a renowned equestrian centre, innovative cookery school and 500 acres of lush parkland.
Accommodates conferences of up 24 people and offers team-building and incentive opportunities including horse riding, bake-offs in the cookery school, yoga or pilates sessions in the Wellbeing House, tennis or croquet matches, clay-pigeon events, or treatments in the spa. Call 01225 740520, or visit the website.
