The UK’s leading sales and marketing consortium Venues of Excellence welcomes three new members to join its membership. Increasingly, more unique, independent and diverse venues see the consortium as a natural partner to support their business…
Quality and excellence have always been key factors for Venues of Excellence (VOE) when auditing potential new members. It’s therefore not surprising to see the stellar line-up in membership of the UK’s top conference and event venues underpin the Quality Pledges of the consortium.
Center Parcs Conference and Events joins Venues of Excellence
Center Parcs, with extensive conference and event facilities, have joined the VOE membership with their Sherwood Forest and Woburn Forest venues. These two exceptional spaces offer unique experiences for delegates, plus a host of teambuilding activities that are second to none. Julia Green, Sales and Commercial Manager, Center Parcs Conference and Events on joining commented: “We are thrilled to join the Venues of Excellence consortium, a partnership that reflects our commitment to delivering fantastic event experiences. This collaboration will enable us to build strong partnerships within the industry, share valuable insights, and continually improve our team’s skills through learning and development opportunities. Being part of this network will open the door to new business opportunities, so even more people can enjoy unique and unforgettable events in the forest.”
Venues of Excellence adds Friends House in London to its venue portfolio
By contrast to Center Parcs excellent forest venues, London City centre venue, Friends House, is perfectly located for conference and event organisers planning to host events in the Kings Cross, Euston and Bloomsbury areas of the capital. Friends House has conference facilities for up to 1,000 delegates and 35 meeting rooms. Eamonn Cole, Head of Operations, Quiet Company, around their decision to join the VOE family, said: “It is a huge privilege for Friends House to have been taken into membership of Venues of Excellence. Having been in membership with Venues of Excellence in the past with other conference centres, I am fully aware of the very high standards required in quality of facilities and services, efficiency of operation, and absolute commitment to customer service for venues to be accepted. The consortium does very much encapsulate many of the very best conference and meeting venues in the country.
We welcome the marketing and promotional opportunities membership affords for Friends House in growing our business. We also really appreciate the commitment to shared best practice, continuous improvement and the excellent networking events provided that will prove invaluable to the development of all our Teams across Friends House.”
CEO of Venues of Excellence welcomes three new members
Mandy Jennings, CEO for Venues of Excellence works with the Advisory Group of member venues to ensure that all venues are audited before being invited to join the membership. This ensures that the ethos of the business sits strongly within the VOE family and members gain value from all the benefits of the membership. Mandy commented: “We are delighted to bring 3 new and diverse venues into our membership, all with a golden thread of excellence and offering our clients completely inspiring spaces in Central London and regionally in the UK. We are continuously on the lookout for “best in class” conference and event specialist venues, which match our values and ethos. We invite venues we know will fit our fantastic community of operators who have a passion for our wonderful industry.
It is a pleasure to welcome Center Parcs and Friends House to our collection of excellent venues. We cannot wait to tell our customers all about these amazing locations and just how proud we are to represent them.”
More about Venues of Excellence
Venues of Excellence now offers 53 venues with over 10,500 bedrooms and 1200 meeting rooms collectively within the membership. Choosing to work with the Free Venue Finding Service, conference and event planners can be confident that the VOE team will work with them to find the right solution and venue to host their event each and every time.
Venues of Excellence is the UK’s leading sales and marketing consortium representing with 53 independent venues in the UK. As a membership organisation we bring together the leading collection of spaces for training, conference, events and meetings. Each venue is hand-picked based on a number of quality and service criteria that means they truly represent Excellence.
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