One step ahead...Free wifi in all 41 Conference Centres of Excellence venues

With increasing demand for free wifi to be standard in venues within the meeting, training and conference industry, Conference Centres of Excellence are proud to be one step ahead with all 41 venues offering free wifi.
“Our dedicated training and conference venues are all highly focused on providing fantastic learning environments and with technology improving at such a rapid rate we believed that wifi would be and has become a necessity.” Anthony Lishman. Executive Director, Conference Centres of Excellence

As leading providers of dedicated training and conference venues within the UK, Conference Centres of Excellence know the things that are important to the client so it is no surprise that all venues already offer free wifi.

“Free wifi is just one of the many tangible parts of our overall offering. We believe it is important to understand what clients expect and need, and what we can offer to make their experience the best it can be. Whether it is good transport links, free wifi or residential capability that our venues already offer or a personalised service that involves going the extra mile.” Richard Harrison, Chairman of Conference Centres of Excellence.

The Association of British Professional Conference Organisers (ABPCO) recently launched the Conference Cloud campaign, which calls for free Wi-Fi for conference delegates at venues across the UK. The campaign follows feedback from PCO members regarding the negative impact of high Wi-Fi access prices for delegates and calls from buyers for venues to review their pricing strategies when it comes to separate charging for Wi-Fi. An open forum debate on the topic at the recent Summer Summit in Belfast further reinforced the need for a campaign to address this issue for PCOs.

Newly appointed ABPCO Chair Michael Foreman commented: ‘The Conference Cloud campaign has already achieved great support from both venues and individuals signing the petition. Providing Wi-Fi free of charge to conference delegates is a growing demand and as ABPCO we are pleased to have highlighted this issue and stimulated debate on the topic in the industry. We are currently planning a round table debate in the next few months.’