Conference Aston Launches iPad App

Conference Aston, the conference centre and hotel venues at Aston University in Birmingham, are leading the way in the world of venue finding by launching the first iPad app in the Academic Venues arena. 

Offering a sneak preview at the Academic Venue Show on the 16th May in London the new venue guide app, which incorporates a delegate information feature, attracted a lot of interest from industry associations and other venues ahead of its official launch on the 1st June. 

As the tablet revolution has gripped the business world, the new app has been developed in response to increasing interactions from the hand held devices. 

“We are constantly looking at how event organisers and delegates are finding out about the venues and in the past 6 months we have seen a notable increase in traffic from tablet devices. Although the website is always available, we wanted to develop something customised for tablet users that would allow quick and easy access for everything from room capacities for organisers looking for the perfect meeting space, to hotel check in times for delegates arriving for their conference, it even has a copy of the bar menu so delegates can choose what they would like to eat before they get here! 

The app also offers 24/7 access. Once the app has been downloaded, there is no need to worry about connecting to the internet to find out information about the venues, it’s in the palm of your hands, all the time.” says Paul Bunce, Marketing Manager for Conference Aston. “So far we’ve received fantastic feedback on how easy the app is to use and the information it provides, and it’s great to be able to say we’re the first academic venue in the UK to launch an iPad app, even more so that it’s from a Birmingham based venue. 

We have also had interest from event organisers who can offer the tool to their conference delegates to provide them with all the information they will need during their events.” continues Paul. 

Conference Aston offers Birmingham’s leading Academic Venue with two year round centres, Aston Business School Conference Centre and Hotel, and the Lakeside Conference and Banqueting Centre, as well as the extensive University teaching and accommodation facilities which are available during the summer. 

Aston Business School Conference Centre and Hotel has recently completed a quarterof a million pound investment into their stylish hotel facilities and offers Birmingham’s largest residential conference centre. All of the venues can be found within the green and focussed campus of Aston University and the impressive choice of facilities offer flexible meeting space for small meetings for five people, up to large conferences for 235. 

Conference Aston also offers one of the city’s greenest meeting venues having recently achieved the British Standard ISO14001 for commitment to providing an integrated Environmental Management System. The brand new Conference Aston iPad app is now available to download from the app store