Manchester’s innovative entertainment and dining hub, Escape to Freight Island, have added their support to an exclusive PA experience in Manchester on September 21st and 22nd.  They join the event planners, the Taylor Lynn Corporation, Manchester Convention Bureau and PA Life, in hosting up to 50 PAs with an exclusive showcase of the city. Free […]

After so many missed celebrations in 2020, many of us are looking forward to celebrating an extra special Christmas this year. So, let’s make it a December to remember for all the right reasons. With over 45 hotels across the UK, Marriott is the perfect venue for your festive celebrations. From intimate gatherings to big, […]

When you start travelling for business again, look no further than the new Marriott Bonvoy Business Ready programme. Wherever you need to go, there are Marriott hotels in and around every major city in the UK with simple booking, access to exclusive benefits and trusted service, so you can focus on what’s important. Experience more […]

By Robin Figg, Vector Lighting & AV As human beings we like to socialise, since records began people from across the globe have gathered for sport, fun and more recently business. Face to face meetings are more important now than they have ever been, bringing staff and customers together. Vector Lighting & AV has for […]

Following on from a difficult 18 months, hosting a Christmas party may seem challenging. However, events remain possible with the help of the latest tech trends and a bit of Christmas spirit. It could still be the season to be jolly… In a pre-Covid world, event planning platform Eventbrite revealed that UK organisations were set […]

By Belmond Hotels The Cadogan, A Belmond Hotel, is your home in the heart of the city. Stay with us and become real Chelsea residents, with an exclusive key to the hotel’s vibrant surroundings. Discover the city’s secret gems from a bespoke menu of experiences; from art tours and boat trips to private alfresco picnics. […]

British restauranteur and events caterer Searcys has been appointed the new catering partner for 116 Pall Mall, home to the Institute of Directors in London. Founded in 1903, the Institute of Directors is the UK’s longest-running membership organisation for professional business leaders. Its London headquarters are located at 116 Pall Mall; a Georgian Grade-I listed […]

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. […]

Join the teambuilding experts at Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve for bespoke day of activities designed to make your team work effectively together while crafting essential enrichment toys for rare and endangered animals. Located in the rolling Kent countryside, just over an hour from central London, Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve offers unique teambuilding activities […]

Sandals Resorts International (SRI) has unveiled new details for its flagship brand’s highly anticipated 16th resort and the Company’s first venture into Curaçao, Sandals Royal Curaçao, which is now open for bookings. Situated on 44 acres of land within the Santa Barbara private estate, an exclusive 3,000-acre protected nature reserve, Sandals Royal Curaçao will intertwine […]

Make Venues has continued its investment in the businesses senior team with the high-profile recruitment of Oliver Wortley to General Manager of its Woodland Grange property. Wortley joins Make Venues with over 20 years’ experience in the hospitality industry, the majority of which have focused around both conference & meetings and operational positions. As well […]

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 […]

80% of UK office workers could fight back against short sighted bosses who are not planning future place of work options or not preparing effectively for flexible working after Freedom Day (today, July 19th). That’s according to research from the UK’s largest online venue booking platform VenueScanner, based on survey responses from 1000 office workers, revealed […]

With the end of the pandemic hopefully in sight, hotel stays for business and pleasure are back on the agenda. PA Life checked in to the Kings Arms Hotel Hampton Court for dinner and an overnight stay… Given its location, it’s no surprise that the Kings Arms is steeped in history. Though built in the Georgian […]

Aquavit is the name of a tasty Scandinavian spirit – and also of a Swedish-inspired restaurant opened a few years ago in London’s St James’s. PA Life went along to try both for a recent lunch meeting… The Aquavit restaurant in New York has received all sorts of praise in recent years, so we were […]

The QEII Centre, London, has created a humorous cartoon series to help ease the business meetings and events sector back into live events and celebrate the joy of meeting face-to-face once again. The leading conference and events venue commissioned cartoonist Will Kevans to create the exclusive comic strip, which takes a light-hearted view of re-integration […]

Make Venues has seen more than £1m of confirmed meetings business across its three sites, since the unveiling of the UK roadmap in March. The brand is also predicting a further surge between ‘Freedom Day’ on July 19th and the end of the year as well as the return to pre-pandemic levels in its training […]

The CHS Group, in partnership with the wider West Midland meetings and events industry, has launched a celebratory week for event professionals. The week coincides with the inaugural CHS Birmingham Show (October 26th), and will be made up of satellite networking, educational and entertainment sessions across the region. The week begins on October 25th and […]