Improved A421 brings even easier access to Wyboston Lakes

There’s no doubt that a growing number of event organisers are fed up with the negative impact which traffic congestion, unreliable transport links and expensive, inconvenient parking have on events organised in city and town centres. However well organised the event is, its impact can be significantly reduced if delegates or guests are frustrated, late or more concerned with getting home.

Out-of-town venues like Wyboston Lakes eliminate all these risks, especially when they’re well served by convenient road links, stations and airports, and offer plenty of free parking close by the venue.

We’ve certainly acquired more clients during the year for this reason. We’re literally a few metres away from the A1, and short drives away from the M1 and the M11 – with a mainline rail station in our nearest town which is five minutes drive away. And also due to the fact that each of our three venues has large free adjacent car parks!



And now, we’re even easier to get to with the opening of the newly dualled A421 in the Bedford area, giving our visitors an even faster link with the M1. It has eight miles of new dual two and three lane carriageways, cutting congestion, reducing journey times by two thirds and improving safety on the route.

For more information call 0845 230 1414 or email info@cceonline.co.uk 

Corporate accommodation offers at Wyboston Lakes

Wyboston Lakes is so much more than the UK's largest privately owned conference and meetings venue.

There are superb residential facilities, high quality food, an excellent choice of leisure options ... and beautiful open spaces on its picturesque 350 acre rural estate between Cambridge and Bedford.

With more than 400 ensuite bedrooms on site, and a convenient central location, it's hardly surprising that it's a progressively more popular choice for corporate accommodation. And if you book corporate accommodation, you could win a completely free overnight stay for two people the very next time you make a booking.

Ask us about special corporate accommodation offers at Wyboston Lakes. Call 0845 230 1414 or visit www.cceonline.co.uk

Wyboston Lakes launches latest generation online booking tool

Wyboston Lakes launches latest generation online booking tool

Wyboston Lakes has introduced an enhanced, state of the art online booking option for conference and training organisers. The new, easy-to-use process is available for all day-based events up to and including 20 delegates. Two of the group’s three venues, Robinson Executive Conference Centre and the Waterfront Conference Centre, are members of Conference Centres of Excellence.

The venue has been a pioneer of the development of online booking, to help handle the demands created by the fact that it is the UK’s largest privately owned dedicated conference and training centre, with more than 70 conference and seminar rooms, and in excess of 400 bedrooms. “More than ever, it’s as much in our interests as our customers that relatively small events – of which we host hundreds every year - can be booked simply and without unnecessary processes or dialogue,” said Sales and Marketing Director Clive Bache.

The most important feature of the new, enhanced system is that it is dynamic, always reflecting the very latest available delegates’ rates with complete accuracy. The system automatically loads those rates as soon as they are established, so that they are instantly available to online bookers.

For more information about Wyboston Lakes visit Conference Centres of Excellence or call 0845 230 1414.

Special rates at Wyboston Lakes this winter - Conference Centres of Excellence

Special rates for December and January at Wyboston Lakes starting from:

DDR – from £25.00 + VAT per person
24hr – from £90.00 + VAT per person

To check availability call 0845 230 1414.

Waterfront Conference Centre, Bedfordshire - Conference Centres of Excellence

Connection upgrade for Wyboston Lakes

The conference and training centre at Wyboston Lakes has upgraded its site–wide broadband service to 100 MBs. It is ten times the speed previously supplied, and is believed to be by some way the fastest speed available within any UK specialist conference venue.

The enhancement reflects the fact that Wyboston Lakes is the country's largest privately owned single site dedicated conference provider, often with several events happening simultaneously across the three separate venues on its 350 acre site between Cambridge and Bedford.

The improved broadband facility means the availability of a completely reliable site–wide service in all working, residential and rest areas, which is free to all conference clients and delegates. It will provide a sector-leading platform for video–conferencing and the streaming of events. The service will also ensure that 'internet–hungry' events – such as particularly large training events and conferences where delegates need to access the web to download files, run live links, view webcam presentations or network with other groups – can be run with complete confidence, and do not put at risk the service to other clients.

"Our previous capacity of 10 MBs was more than adequate for most situations, but now we have truly immense flexibility," explained Mark Jennings, information and communication systems manager at Wyboston Lakes.

Waterfront Conference Centre, Bedfordshire - Conference Centres of Excellence

Waterfront Conference Centre, Bedfordshire - Conference Centres of Excellence

The Waterfront Conference Centre is a modern, purpose-built, dedicated, residential conference and training venue incorporating a specialist day meeting centre.

Offering excellent value for money, this comfortable venue set in 350 acres of rural countryside on the Cambridgeshire/Bedfordshire border, provides distraction-free surroundings conducive to learning.

The Waterfront Conference Centre provides the perfect learning environment for the widest range of events. It is ideal for mid-week or weekend residential training, conferences, assessment days, breakfast, day or evening meetings, product launches and corporate hospitality events. Delegates enjoy a choice of quality menus with flexible options.

All-inclusive 8 hour delegate rates typically £29.00 +VAT and 24 hour rates £99.00 +VAT. Please enquire for current offers - call 0845 230 1414.

18 hole golf course, floodlit driving range, wet and dry team-building activities, health and fitness centre including: multi-gym, indoor swimming pool, steam room, sauna, jacuzzi, solarium and beauty treatments

Waterfront Conference Centre, Bedfordshire - Conference Centres of Excellence

IMPROVEMENTS costing £250,000 have been completed at Wyboston Lakes, Waterfront Conference Centre

IMPROVEMENTS costing £250,000 have been completed at Wyboston Lakes, the UK’s largest privately owned single-site training and conference venue near St Neots.

The latest developments relate to the relaxation and leisure facilities on the venue’s 350 acre site and focus on its Waterfront Conference Centre.

The improvements to the leisure facilities will also be available to people who use the other conference venues, the Robinson Executive Conference Centre and the Willows Training Centre.

The Brasserie’s kitchen area has had £75,000 spent on it, including a range of new appliances and a new extraction system. The restaurant and bar areas have been re-decorated, with improvements to seating and new signage, together with outside lighting to enhance views over the site’s south lake.

After an investment of £110,000, a new 120-space car park has been opened outside the Waterfront Centre and its adjacent 18-hole golf course.

The golf course itself has been enhanced, with a total of £25,000 spent on planting trees and enhancing tee areas. Golfing facilities at Wyboston Lakes include a floodlit driving range and on-site professional support.

The latest enhancements follow the recent relaunch of the Paris Suite, one of the Waterfront Conference Centre’s main conference and banqueting suites, after a £40,000 programme of improvements.

Waterfront Conference Centre, Bedfordshire - Conference Centres of Excellence

Venue of the Week: Waterfront Conference Centre benefits from latest £250,000 investment at Wyboston Lakes myvenues.co.uk

Further significant enhancements to facilities at Wyboston Lakes have been completed, focusing primarily on its Waterfront Conference Centre. This means that in the first five months of the year, Wyboston Lakes – the UK's largest privately owned single site training and conference venue – has completed a range of improvements involving an investment of £250,000.

The latest developments relate to the relaxation and leisure facilities on the venue’s 350 acre site between Cambridge and Bedford. Although they focus on the Waterfront Conference Centre and its surrounding areas, as improvements to leisure facilities they are also relevant to users of its other conference venues, the Robinson Executive Conference Centre and the Willows Training Centre.

'Paris' re-opened at Waterfront Conference Centre, Bedfordshire - Conference Centres of Excellence

The Waterfront Conference Centre has re-opened its ‘Paris’ conference and banqueting suite after a £40,000 programme of enhancements. The venue has developed the suite - which has a maximum capacity of 60 diners - to enhance its suitability for dining-based events. This includes banquets, award ceremonies and company functions such as presentations and retirement parties. Changes include a set of 90 new upholstered chairs with lumbar support.

Waterfront Conference Centre, Bedfordshire - Conference Centres of Excellence

Wyboston Lakes launches remodelled 'Paris' Suite at Waterfront Conference Centre

Wyboston Lakes, the UK’s largest privately owned single site conference and training centre, has re-opened its ‘Paris’ conference and banqueting suite after a £40,000 programme of enhancements.

The venue, which is centrally situated between Cambridge and Bedford, has developed the suite - which has a maximum capacity of 60 diners - to enhance its suitability for dining-based events, including banquets, award ceremonies and company functions such as presentations and retirement parties.

The ‘Paris’ suite is one of the two principal event areas within Wyboston Lakes’ Waterfront Conference Centre, which is the largest of its three separate venues. The suite is located at ground floor level, adjacent to the centre’s main reception and atrium area.

Read more at http://www.myvenues.co.uk/news/Venues/Wyboston-Lakes-launches-remodelled-%26%2339%3BParis%26%2339%3B-Suite/1658/

Top tips to maximise training and meeting sessions at CCE venues, Wyboston Lakes

Wyboston Lakes is Northern Europe’s largest privately owned single site conference and training centre, set in 350 acres of countryside midway between Cambridge and Bedford

• Wyboston Lakes is made up of three dedicated conference and training centres
o Robinson Executive Conference Centre, premier award-winning venue with 120 bedrooms
o Waterfront Conference Centre, 103 bedrooms
o Willows Centre, 183 bedrooms
• Wyboston Lakes offers guests an 18-hole golf course, watersports activity centre and full leisure facilities on site
• Wyboston Lakes was ‘Training Venue of the Year’ runner-up at the 2007 World of Learning Awards in Birmingham
• Wyboston Lakes has invested over £35m in the 350-acre site
For more details visit http://www.cceonline.co.uk/our_venues/our-venues/Waterfront_Conference_Centre