M&IT Industry Awards winners celebrate in style

A capacity audience of 710 packed the Novotel London West at the Meetings and Incentive Travel Industry Awards on Monday night.

The ceremony was hosted by popular BBC news presenter Kate Silverton with a speech by football legend Sir Geoff Hurst MBE in this year of the World Cup. The gala presentation included a special performance by the pupils of the Sylvia Young Theatre School and a video message from Bishop Desmond Tutu.

Several CCE member venues received awards, including Best UK Conference Centre Gold: imago at Burleigh Court & Bronze: The RBS Williams F1 Conference Centre, plus best UK Management Training Centre Gold: Scarman, Warwick Conferences & Silver: Conference Aston.

76 Portland Place London boosts Conference Centres of Excellence to 40 members

76 Portland Place, the elegant conference venue in the heart of London’s West End, has become the latest member of Conference Centres of Excellence, the UK's leading consortium of specialist meetings providers. It becomes the 40th leading venue to join the group.

76 Portland Place London boosts Conference Centres of Excellence to 40 members

Final day of International Confex - come and see us on Stand B862

Today is your last chance to attend International Confex, and find all the venues, destinations and event service suppliers you need for 2010.

Today's Keynote Speaker is Jo Fairley, 13:00 - 14:00
The Story of Green & Black’s: From a Portobello bedroom to a £100 million global ethical brand
Jo will use her own experience to give tips on entrepreneurialism, how to grow a small business and leadership and motivation.

http://www.international-confex.com/page.cfm/Link=229/t=m/goSection=22#PageAnchor04

International Confex off to a great start !

Thousands of visitors descended on Earls Court, enjoying the inspirational line-up of speakers that formed Confex Knowledge.
Today looks set to be even better though, with so much going on at the show. If you haven't already you can register for free entry http://www.international-confex.com/page.cfm/Action=PreReg/PreRegID=1/t=m/trackLogID=1026599_E7302E21A4 .

Amazing Spring Deals from Roffey Park Conference Centre, West Sussex

Spring has sprung at Roffey Park - we are delighted to offer a special discounted rate of £50.00 (23% discount) for our day delegate rate and £150.00 (14% discount) for our 24 hour rate. These rates are for bookings made for March and April 2010, and are subject to availability and plus VAT

Please contact 0845 230 1414 to check availability

Roffey Park, West Sussex - Conference Centres of Excellence

Easter offers from Ashorne Hill, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire - Conference Centre Midlands

'Eggstravagant' Easter offers at Ashorne Hill

Book your conference or meeting between 29th March -1st April and 6th -9th April and take advantage of our attractive 2010 Easter offers:

24 hour delegate rate of £120 +vat

Day delegate rate of £32 + vat


Customers will also be eligible for our current calendar offer. Call 0845 230 1414

Ashorne Hill, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire - Conference Centre Midlands

Imago strengthens position by adding another property to portfolio

imago, the leading conference and events business based at Loughborough University, has announced that it has acquired the Compass Hotel Loughborough on New Ashby Road (formerly the Quality Hotel) and its land, approximately four acres. imago is expected to officially be in possession of the hotel on 29th January, as the contract completes.

imago at Burleigh Court International Conference Centre, Leicestershire

Join us at International Confex 23-25 Feb - 3 great prizes to be won!

We've got some breaking news to celebrate at the launch of the show. Visit us on Stand B862 for the fantastic opportunity to win one of 3 great prizes including a pair of Jimmy Choos, a 22 inch Flat Screen Plasma TV and a Nintendo Wii.


Call 0845 230 1414 for more information or visit http://www.cceonline.co.uk/

Cambridge training venue The Moller Centre rewarded for Technical Excellence

The Møller Centre in Cambridge has recently received several awards for its facilities, service and on-going commitment to quality improvement. Three of them are national awards, including one which sees the centre as one of only 17 venues nationwide to achieve the gold level in a new quality standard.

The Moller Centre, Cambridge - Conference Centres of Excellence

Maple House, Birmingham wins prestigious IITT Award

Not only have we just won 2 awards from the BDRC AND a place in the prestigious Sunday Times Buyout Track 100 league table, but Maple House has also clinched “IT Training Venue of the Year” from the IITT - the second year in a row one of our venues has won it!

The Institute of IT Training’s Training Awards were announced on 4th February at a glittering awards ceremony at The Dorchester in London, and continues a great run of success for our Birmingham venue – Maple House.


Maple House, Birmingham - Conference Centres of Excellence

Limited period special offer from award winning conference centre Maple House, Birmingham

Maple House are proud Silver winners of 'The Heart of England Business Tourism - Best Conference Venue' award.
And to celebrate, we're offering our all inclusive Day Delegate package for £35 + VAT per person (reduced from £62.00 + vat) for all new bookings placed at Maple House from today until 28th February 2010 (subject to availability).
To make an enquiry at this fantastic rate, call 0845 230 1414 or email the team and simply quote 'Tourism Awards'

Maple House, Birmingham - Conference Centres of Excellence

Conference Centres of Excellence back at Confex with even stronger offering

Stand B862 at International Confex sees Conference Centres of Excellence, the UK’s leading consortium of specialist conference and training venues, returning to the event with a broader choice of venues than ever.

The quality-centric consortium passed up on last year’s event while it was establishing its own in house venue-finding team and re-focusing its membership and its geographical spread to address new trends in the recession-affected market. Now it’s presenting an enhanced line-up, together with the advantages of Hotline, its dedicated, one-to-one service to event organisers.

http://www.myvenues.co.uk/news/Venues/Conference-Centres-of-Excellence-back-at-Confex-with-even-stronger-offering/1639/

New Special Offer from Aston Business School Conference Centre Birmingham !

Bridge the gap into a new decade with 10 delegates for the price of 9!
Special Offers - Conference Centres of Excellence

The Møller Centre Awarded for Technical Excellence

The Møller Centre in Cambridge has recently received several awards for its facilities, service and on-going commitment to quality improvement. Three of them are national awards, including one which sees the centre as one of only 17 venues nationwide to achieve the gold level in a new quality standard.

At the Institute of IT Training Gala Awards, The Møller Centre was awarded Silver for 'Training Venue of the Year’, based on its ability to offer clients the technical facilities and support they require, including its recent extensive investment in additional AV/PA; video recording and relay, video conferencing, and web- conferencing and casting.

The highly respected Business Weekly, the newspaper for business innovation in the East of England credited The Møller Centre in its Service sector ‘New Year Honours List’Tony Quested, Editor of Business Weekly said ‘Possibly saving the best till last, The Møller Centre becomes the first ever conference venue to appear in our Honours. The Møller Centre is the only dedicated, residential executive training and conference centre in Cambridge. Based at Churchill College, it’s more than a stunning and stimulating environment for business gatherings. The whole atmosphere created at the venue by a management determined to ensure organisations derive the maximum from their event is an object lesson to corporate events venues everywhere.'

In January, BDRC (the UK’s leading independent market research agency specialising in hospitality) announced the launch of its new ‘VenueVerdict Gold Standard’, awarded only to venues delivering the very highest levels of customer satisfaction over a period of time, based on large volumes of customer feedback. Of the 200 venues taking part in this survey, only 17 achieved Gold standard, of which The Møller Centre was one.

Completing the 2010 Sunday Times ‘Best Companies to Work For’ survey, The Møller Centre has been awarded the status of ‘Ones to Watch’ – out of 38 organisations in the East of England to achieve accreditation. ‘Best Companies’ established the accreditation award scheme to acknowledge excellence in the workplace. Based on staff feedback, it looks at employee engagement as an integral part of a company’s success and growth, and sets a benchmark for other employers.

Mark Carberry, Sales and Marketing Manager for The Møller Centre, said ‘We are delighted to receive these awards in recognition of our service and facilities. Service is at the core of what we do, starting from the first point of contact with a client and working with them every step of the way to ensure a successful outcome for their event, and our staff are at the very heart of this process.’

‘Each of these awards emphasises that it is the quality of the facilities and the staff that make a venue successful,’ added Mark: ‘The Møller Centre has identified a number of key elements that enables them to consistently improve on service levels and customer satisfaction. These are staff training and engagement, investing in the facilities and benchmarking the organisation.’

Training Journal Conference & Awards 2010

It’s not just winning that makes applying for a TJ Award worthwhile, a survey of last year’s short listed finalists proved that at every level of award entry, from putting together your submission to winning the award, there are real benefits to reap with improvement in evaluation being top of the list for most.

"Going through the process of writing an award submission forced us to scrutinise our training design and evaluation processes and this was extremely beneficial"

Karen Fleming, Global Learning and Development Manager, Hydratight Ltd

This year sees two new categories added to the TJ Awards list: best apprenticeship and the peer award for innovation. The peer award is assessed at the informatology 2010 conference in April and subsequently online. Applications for this award as well as all other awards should be submitted as soon as possible using the TJ entry form which can be accessed via their website

The 2010 categories are:
• Best public service initiative
• Best not-for profit initiative
• Best commercial training initiative over 1000 employees
• Best commercial training initiative under 1000 employees
• Best training partnership programme of the year
• Best customer service programme of the year
• Best e-learning programme of the year
• Best coaching programme of the year
• Best change management programme of the year
• Best apprenticeship programme of the year - New for 2010
• Peer award for innovation - New for 2010
• TJ's learning and development professional of the year
• TJ's Special Achievement Award

Further information on the criteria can be found at www.trainingjournal.com/awards  where you can also download the application form.

The closing date for this year's awards is Monday 8th March 2010 and if you need further guidance or support with your application then email awards@trainingjournal.com or contact us on 01353 865340.

The shortlist of finalists will be announced in the May issue of TJ. The awards ceremony will be held in London on the 21st September, 2010, following the Annual TJ Conference.

If you are interested in sponsorship opportunities, please contact Benedict Greenwood at benedict.greenwood@trainingjournal.com  or on 01353 865326.

Counselling workshop at East Midlands Conference Centre

Counselling with deaf people who have language and learning challenges


Workshop with Neil Glickman

Tuesday 11th May 2010

East Midlands Conference Centre, University of Nottingham.


Neil has presented well-received workshops in the US and Oslo. He will work intensively with a group of people through activities that cover: Preparations for treatment including assessment of cognitive skills within a developmental framework, and their motivation to engage; Adaptations of cognitive behavioural therapy for this client group, including visual, experiential and narrative approaches; Strength-based interventions with people who function poorly and behave badly; Developing coping and conflict resolution skills.

To register for a place at this workshop please contact:

Susan Hooper

Division of Rehabilitation & Ageing, B Floor,

Medical School,

Queens Medical Centre,

Nottingham. NG7 2UH

susan.hooper@nottingham.ac.uk

0115 8230426

Improving diversity at Lane End Conference Centre, High Wycombe

Japanese Chef is set to improve diversity in Lane End Conference Centre’s cuisine.

Lane End Conference Centre has entered into an exchange programme with British Hills, a reconstructed Victorian-period village offering the true essence of Britain in Japan, where an experienced chef will come to England to learn from and also train the team of chefs at Lane End Conference Centre.

The finest London Conference Centres and Meeting Venues in the City

London venues and members of Conference Centres of Excellence 2010 :

• The Royal College of Physicians, London NW1
• The IET London: Savoy Place London WC2
• Broadway House, London SW1
• 76 Portland Place, London W1
  
• For more details and the best rates please email info@cceonline.co.uk or call our Hotline Team 0845 230 1414.

London Conference Centres and Meeting Venues

Greener Meetings in the Midlands - Conference Centres of Excellence

Planting the seed of Greener Meetings - Cotswold Conference Centre Broadway has now introduced a new sustainable meetings package for organisations sharing a passion for minimising their carbon footprint.
Cotswold Conference Centre, Midlands - Conference Centres of Excellence

Recognising the value of learning - Training Journal event at The Møller Centre, Cambridge

Thursday 25th February, The Møller Centre, Cambridge

One of emerging themes of the L& D 2020 Phase 1 report was the question of how to validate workplace learning and as more learning at work becomes social and informal this becomes an even greater challenge. In this one-day workshop we will be looking at the accreditation of learning. McDonalds' Restaurants will be describing how they deliver and accredit their education and learning and experts in accreditation, HE@Work will be explaining how to turn that learning into a degree.

Key benefits of attending:
• Learn how training and work-based learning can count towards a higher education award
• Understand the criteria required for different levels of award
• Gain insight on how existing L&D programmes have potential for accreditation
• Understand the principles of accreditation
• Gain awareness of the processes to gain accreditation
• Work on a case study for accreditation.
The workshop will offer participants the opportunity to find out how to gain recognition for the quality of the learning and development they currently offer, whether this is training, existing professional institute qualifications or on the job learning, and to incorporate this with evidence of learning from the workplace to gain a higher education award. You will see how this can enhance and integrate with existing personal development programmes and appraisal processes and bring benefits in improved retention and better motivated staff. To read more about HE@Work’s approach download this free article
There will also be a chance to learn about personal learning environments from Karen Velasco from The British Institute of Learning and Development and you can read more about PLEs by reading Karen’s article for free from the current edition of TJ.

Price: £249 plus VAT - this fee covers your attendance, refreshments and lunch.

To book call 01353 865340 or e-mail events@trainingjournal.com

Seminar & Networking Event 15 March - Eynsham Hall, Oxfordshire

Seminar & Networking Event - Improving disabled accessibility for delegates & visitors

Monday 15th March 2010, Eynsham Hall, Oxfordshire. 12 noon - 2pm

Brian Seaman - Tourism for All UK

Brian has represented Tourism for All on several national committees reviewing criteria that relate to accessibility including reviewing access and facilities at large hotels as part of a working group at British Standards. He will use his vast knowledge of the Tourism/Business Meetings industry especially with reference to disabled visitors to assist you in reviewing your facilities to ensure that you meet current regulations.


Prices Inclusive of seminar and networking buffet lunch

MIA, MPi & HBAA members Free of Charge
£35.00 + VAT non members

To book phone 0845 230 5508 or email juliel@mia-uk.org

New CCE Offer for Oxfordshire Conference Venue

New Offer on Our Website Call 08452301414 RBS Williams F1 Conference Centre, Oxfordshire

New special offer from RBS Williams F1 Conference Centre, Oxfordshire

We are kick-starting 2010 with a special Day Delegate rate for meetings held in February and March:

* Hire of main meeting room and private catering room from 08:30-17:30
* 3 servings of tea, coffee, water & biscuits
* Sandwich, crisps and fruit luncheon with water
* Data projector & screen
* Flip chart & pens
* Free secure car parking
* Free Wifi
* Walk through of the private Williams F1 Grand Prix Collection

£47.50 plus VAT per person - call 0845 230 1414 to check availability and find out more RBS Williams F1 Conference Centre, Oxfordshire

Valentines DDR offer from the IET Birmingham: Austin Court Conference Centre of Excellence, Birmingham

The IET Birmingham Austin Court are offering their beloved customers a special rate on DDRs for February only !
All bookings made between 1-28 February for this month will qualify for an exclusive 8 hour Daily Delegate Rate package of £27.50 excl VAT. Call 0845 230 1414 today !! IET Birmingham: Austin Court Conference Centre of Excellence, Birmingham