A return on your objectives and a competitive edge

By Anthony Lishman, Executive Director


The key principles of Conference Centres of Excellence: genuine all-inclusive pricing and dependable, comprehensive knowledge of our venues

Anthony Lishman - Executive Director

CCE has had a long held belief that to be successful we have to do all we can to support businesses deliver the objectives of their events. Over the last couple of years that’s meant being as competitive as we can, being innovative and listening to our clients. At the same time we have had to look after our own business to ensure its survival, looking at new markets offering new products and efficiencies that don’t compromise quality.

As we head, hopefully, out of recession the experience of the difficult times has taught us not to take business for granted, continue to believe in our quality ethos and to be as flexible as possible. That’s why we, at Conference Centres of Excellence and our members continue to offer competitive all inclusive pricing packages with no hidden extras as well as individual pricing, for those times when you as event organisers need to compare apple with apples. So if you don’t want to get charged for Wi-Fi or additional cups of coffee check out our range of quality venues located across the UK, Conference Centres of Excellence the UK’s only Marketing Consortium for Venues that’s quality assured. It’s not all about free venue finding (although we offer that too!!!!)

Have you ever asked the question 'have you visited this venue you are recommending to me?' you might be surprised by the response you get from most venue finders. Fit for purpose is a term you hear a lot these days but how can you measure if a venue is fit for purpose for your event by looking at a venues’ website or a brief description on a conference listing site, even our highly detailed information on our website sometimes is not enough.

You have to trust the specialist knowledge of someone who has actually been and carried out a site inspection of the venue. Our enquiry handlers have been to all our member venues and have an excellent understanding of the constituent elements that make for a successful event. We pride ourselves on matching the right venue to the requirement of the customer. Our team have great listening skills and take a little time in finding out what is important to you before selecting the most suitable venue, but don’t take our word for it try us for free and find out for yourself, in fact it’s always free whenever you place an enquiry with our team.

For us it doesn’t end with a successful placement, our team follow up with a call both to you and the venue after every event and our member venues participate in and independent quality assurance programme, Venue Verdict, managed by BDRC continental.

Quality doesn’t cost more, it just takes a little time and expertise, ours, to source and remember a better more suited venue delivers more of the important things, like a return on your objectives and a competitive edge.

Conference Centres of Excellence: www.cceonline.co.uk - 0845 230 1414