Mandy Jennings (pictured), CEO at Venues of Excellence, shares top tips for selecting a venue for post pandemic conferences and events… As the Government lifts restrictions on the MICE sector, I would love to share my top tips to give you confidence and reassurance as you start planning your company events for 2021 and beyond. […]

Venues of Excellence has launched its ‘Confidence in Us’ campaign, which aims to underpin the commitment of its venues to deliver safe meetings and events as the UK opens up to ‘business as usual’. Mandy Jennings CEO, Venues of Excellence, said: “We have recognised throughout the pandemic that we needed to keep in contact with […]

John Carson, the popular and personable Managing Director of Ashorne Hill and previous Chair of Venues of Excellence has retired after a hugely successful tenure. Carson started his career in the Royal Navy which then led to a HR Director and learning and development role for British Steel/Tata Steel.  Responsible for graduate recruitment and development, […]

Venues of Excellence, the consortium for conferences, training, meetings and events, has been acquired by Mandy Jennings, Director of Paje Consultancy. Jennings has been involved with Conference Centres of Excellence since 2015, leading the consortium and members through a major rebrand in 2016 to Venues of Excellence, growing the consortium membership and taking it from […]

As many venues prepare to reopen their doors for business, Venues of Excellence launched a six-month membership offer to give venues an extra sales and marketing boost. Events @ No 6 opened its doors in 2019 as an innovative new venue in the bustling Aldgate, in the City of London with facilities for 2 to […]

Venues of Excellence (VoE) has confirmed the latest Affiliate Member to the consortium’s Preferred Partner Programme – Hospitality Digital Services. The consortium has over 15 companies providing products and services to the hospitality industry within their programme, with Hospitality Digital Services (HDS) the latest company to sign up to network with our member venues. Stewart […]

Venues of Excellence has leapt into 2021 with a new campaign to offer venues a six-month Introductory Membership, to gain an insight of all the benefits offered by full membership to the consortium. It will also give independent venues a springboard to engage with the conference and event sector as the industry reopens in the […]

Venues of Excellence announce to members two new partners who have joined the Preferred Partner Programme in 2021. Mayan Furniture was first introduced to the Venues of Excellence Members when they exhibited at the annual conference in 2020. Members were really impressed by the team and the bespoke nature of their contract furniture which is […]

Venues consortium Venues of Excellence (VoE) won the Best UK Representation Company at the CHS Awards 2020, which were presented on 27th October during a Virtual Awards Ceremony. The Awards, organised by Emma Cartmell, CEO of the CHS Group, were co-hosted by Neil Thomson of Delegate Wranglers, with the virtual ceremony attracting in excess of 150 […]

Good days start with a great cup of coffee, and the coffee industry has over the past few years gained strength providing the market with great coffee menu choices. The Venues of Excellence (VoE) consortium members share the love of great coffee and want to ensure their coffee offers the best quality and choice. So […]

Venues of Excellence is one of the UK’s largest sales and marketing consortium of specialist conference, meeting and training spaces. With the impact COVID-19 on the conference and events industry and, as venues continue to open their doors, Mandy Jennings, Executive Director of Venues of Excellence (VoE) has launched a ‘Stronger Together’ campaign targeted specifically […]

UK Consortia Venues of Excellence (VoE) and Academic Venue Solutions (AVS) have announced a new business collaboration for members, as venues in both memberships continue to reopen their businesses after the COVID-19 lockdown. The events industry has been hugely impacted during the lockdown, and as restrictions slowly ease, both consortia recognised the challenges their members […]

As venues plan to open their doors once again to the MICE sector, leading UK Consortium Venues of Excellence (V0E) has become a Strategic Partner of the Institute of Hospitality. Over the past few months, VOE have been integral to position additional membership benefits to with their 47 member venues and their hospitality teams, and […]

We recently spoke to to Venues of Excellence Executive Director Mandy Jennings about the benefits of Membership Consortiums in challenging industry times, how they planned to support members through the pandemic, plus the views of both members and industry partners… How did Venues of Excellence (VoE) react with a plan for members as we went […]

UK consortium Venues of Excellence has published a commitment from its members in how they will work towards providing the  highest standards of hygiene and cleanliness, in doing so providing peace of mind for our customers, their teams and suppliers as the hospitality industry plan to reopen businesses over the next few months. Venues of […]

A good venue team will act as memory makers – providing far more than just space to host an event, writes Mandy Jennings (pictured), Executive Director of Venues of Excellence… Once upon a time, if you were tasked with booking a venue you’d do just that – hire the space and tick the boxes when […]

Thursday 12th March 2020 Venues of Excellence is the UK’s leading collection of exceptional venues delivering excellence in conferences, training and events. With over 50 venues, we cover a geographic footprint from the south coast of England to Scotland with collectively, over 3500 bedrooms and 900 meeting rooms. The consortium is made up of a diverse […]

We’re excited to invite you to our exclusive Meet Up networking event at Venues of Excellence onstage with Unique Venues Birmingham on Thursday 12th March. This promises to be a fantastic event for PA Life members to meet and network with over 25 venues who have great facilities suited to your meetings, conferences and events. […]