David Vaughton, director of venues for EEF Venues, has been appointed to the board of Conference Centres of Excellent (CCE), the UK's only marketing consortium to represent specialist, quality conference and training centres in the UK.
CCE now has 34 members nationwide, including many of the country’s best known specialist conference and training venues, covering a geographical area extending from the South East of England to Scotland. Before joining, venues have to meet stringent criteria in terms of quality, facilities, accommodation and customer care.
Commenting on his appointment, David Vaughton said: “Having previously served on the board of CCE, I am delighted to be involved again with this quality-driven organisation which promotes best practice throughout this niche sector, allowing members to market themselves on a shared ethos of high quality standards.
‘I see my appointment as a great opportunity to help shape CCE’s future strategy and growth and build on the superb job the Consortium has done to date in attracting like-minded, specialist venues to come together under one umbrella to provide a targeted solution for discerning meetings buyers.”
The majority of CCE’s members are independent operators, all of whom avail of the Consortium’s venue sales team and marketing support.
David Vaughton continued: “CCE’s strengths are many, not the least of which are its emphasis on the transparency of relationships and understanding of buyers’ needs. CCE’s geographical footprint and shared ethos and vision give independent players an additional arm to their marketing strategies, as well as strength by numbers. Most importantly, independent quality mechanisms such as BDRC Continental’s bench-marking scheme give CCE members industry credibility, allowing them to compete on par with bigger operators and chains in this challenging and busy marketplace.”
David Vaughton is director of venues for EEF Venues, a group of three conference venues dedicated to meetings, conferences, team building, training and corporate events: Engineers’ House in Bristol; Broadway House in Westminster, and Woodland Grange in Warwickshire.
“We are delighted David Vaughton is joining the board – his wide experience of dedicated training centres, both residential and non-residential will further enhance the wealth of experience brought together with the existing board members. David is well known and respected within the industry as having a clear quality focus in all of his previous work and we are sure that he will serve the board well.” commented Anthony Lishman, Chairman of Conference Centres of Excellence.
For more information please contact pr@cceonline.co.uk or call 0845 230 1414.
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