BEST WESTERN Fir Grove Hotel: Conference Brochure

FIR GROVE HOTEL Warrington

Meetings, Conferences & Events Let us organise the perfect event for your business

OUR PLEDGE “Hotel’s with personality” is a statement that BEST WESTERN celebrate as a brand, Here at the Fir Grove Hotel – Warrington, we really do take this to another level.

My pledge to every guest that walks through our doors, is that our staff are here to ensure that you are provided with your own unique “experience”. Through ensuring you as our guests are treated as individuals and to have your own individual needs serviced with such creative flair, is exactly the reason why we are celebrated as one of the North West’s premier conference venues.

With clients ranging from local family run businesses, to major nationwide “Blue Chip” companies, we take pride in our ability to adapt our service to meet your needs. With Senior Management available through every stage of your booking process, through to the logistics of the day itself, you really are in the very best of hands.

I look forward to welcoming you personally to the Fir Grove Hotel in the very near future.

John Knowles General Manager

ABOUT US The BEST WESTERN Fir Grove Hotel offers superb meeting, conference and event facilities from 2 to 300 delegates.

The creation of the brand new Venetian Conference and Banqueting Centre with the capacity of 300 has provided Warrington and the North West with a quite stunning state of the art venue for meetings and conferencing. When partitioned this space provides three great event spaces the Venetian Suite, Sorrento Suite and Palazzo Conservatory. These are supplemented by the Appleton Suite syndicate room with further possibilities of converting bedrooms

should you require a substantial number of syndicate areas.

All areas benefit from air conditioning, state of the art in built projection, wide variety of lighting scenes to suit your event and the larger suites boast a ‘Bose’ sound system with lapel and hand held microphones.

Free WiFi, provided by a super fast fibre connection, is available throughout the hotel.

We are proud to boast that the hotel has earned the Green Tourism Gold award and that our restaurant has been awarded an AA Rosette.

LOCATION Location is key to the success of any event and Warrington is well known for being in the ‘middle of everywhere’ We are a great choice for any Cheshire or North West conference and are ideally situated in South Warrington just over two miles from J20 of the M6 motorway and J9 of the M56 motorway.

We’re only a few miles from the town centre connected with multiple bus links, a great local taxi provision and our two rail stations are equidistant from the hotel, little over 2 miles.

Substantial easy access free car parking is available for all hotel guests and delegates.

SUITES The creation of the brand new Venetian Conference and Banqueting Centre with the capacities of hosting ‘everyday’ training for 300 has provided Warrington and the North West with a quite stunning state of the art venue for meetings and conferencing.

When partitioned this space provides three great event spaces the Venetian Suite, Sorrento Suite and Palazzo Conservatory. These are supplemented by the Appleton Suite syndicate room with further possibilities of syndicate conversions should you require a substantial number of additional small break out space.

Our main suites are all located on the ground floor level with easy access, This provides an ideal environment for loading and unloading of materials and infrastructure etc.. into any one of the main 3 rooms.

The positioning of the suites make them ideal for events where spill out facilities adjacent to the main room is necessary. The modern, spacious lounge and reception area provide a wonderful arrival area to provide refreshments and delegate registration.

Throughout your event, these areas can also provide a comfortable and relaxing extension to the main suites. Alongside the lounge area, our creative sculpture courtyard supplement the space and are ideal for BBQ’s, afternoon breaks with traditional lemonades or iced lattes, or even a post conference social drink.

“We can do BIG too!

When partitioned this space provides three great event spaces the Venetian Suite, Sorrento Suite and Palazzo Conservatory�

VENETIAN SUITE

SORRENTO SUITE

BANQUET THEATRE CLASSROOM BOARDROOM U-SHAPE

200 200 100 40 40

BANQUET THEATRE CLASSROOM BOARDROOM U-SHAPE

100 100 50 40 40

DIMENSIONS DAYLIGHT FLOOR AIR CON

18m x 13m YES GROUND YES

DIMENSIONS DAYLIGHT FLOOR AIR CON

10m x 9m YES GROUND YES

PALAZZO SUITE

APPLETON SUITE

BANQUET THEATRE CLASSROOM BOARDROOM U-SHAPE

100 100 50 40 40

THEATRE BOARDROOM

12 8

DIMENSIONS DAYLIGHT FLOOR AIR CON

10m x 9m YES GROUND YES

DIMENSIONS DAYLIGHT FLOOR AIR CON

4m x 3m YES FIRST FLOOR YES

TECHNOLOGY All areas benefit from air conditioning, state of the art in built projection, wide variety of lighting scenes to suit your event and the larger suites boast a ‘Bose’ sound system with lapel and hand held microphones.

For larger events we work hand in hand with a top reputable local supplier and can create stage sets, top spec lighting and sound systems, lecturns, multi screen projection and much much more.

Free WiFi, provided by a super fast fibre connection, is available throughout the hotel.

Our technically gifted senior manager can discuss requirements with you and provide complete peace of mind and competitive pricing.

EVENT CATERING Our very able kitchen team is headed up by our Head Chef, David Phythian. David is a true Feathers Group graduate having grown up over the last 20 years from a young commis chef in our Liverpool hotels to now being renowned as one of our groups most senior and talented chefs. David regularly heads up our corporate and events division, providing catering for up to 700 people in prestigious venues such as both the Anglican and Metropolitan Liverpool Cathedrals and St Georges Hall to name but a few. David’s flair and creativity helped the hotel to attain a prestigious AA rosette in June 2014 for the quality of the food.

David has compiled a number of sample menus which work extremely well during events, from simple cost effective sandwich lunches, to fluid networking ‘pick up’ lunches to sit down two course options. Our flexibility will ensure we deliver a package which is just right for you.

Highly commended 2013 and runner up 2014 Best Western Conference venue of the year from over 280 UK hotels!

BEDROOMS Accomodation at the BEST WESTERN Fir Grove Hotel offers a choice of Classic bedrooms which are ideal for one night stays. Executive double bedrooms overlook our courtyard area and are equipped with King Size beds, iPod docking stations and a little more space for comfort. Our very spacious and stylish Superior bedrooms are all individually designed and

are situated in the original house over the lounge area.

All bedrooms are ensuite and benefit from super high speed free to use WiFi, have large free view flat screen televisions, complimentary toiletries, hot beverage services and everything else you’d expect of a top quality three star hotel.

WINE Our open plan reception and lounge area are perfect for casual drinks and light refreshments, a quirky and highly stylish bar with modern artefacts offering creative bar snacks and a bar service available throughout your stay.

Weather permitting you can enjoy an early evening drink, light snack or perhaps even a barbeque in the Sculpture Garden.

DINE Enjoy the very best food from our award winning chef at the Fir Grove’s newly created Capri restaurant and sculpture bar which has been awarded an AA Rosette.

The Capri Restaurant is contemporary in style and provides substantial local and regional dishes to tempt your palette.

PACKAGES Our options are extensive but not exhaustive. We would be delighted to create a bespoke package to suit the nature and timings of your specific conference or event. From a half day room hire coupled with some ‘pick and mix’ catering items to a comprehensive delegate package with private dinner and overnight accommodation or anything in between our experienced senior management team will work through your requirements and provide a bespoke package and written quotation.

Delegate Packages are our most popular options, priced per person and based on minimum numbers depending on the conference suite required. All three

packages include hire of the selected room coupled with the inclusions listed.

Twenty four hour delegate rates – One of the delegate packages with the addition of overnight accommodation in either a classic or executive bedroom plus a quality three course dinner with tea & coffee and full English breakfast. Options for private dining, entertainment, theming packages, inclusive beverage options are just some of the possibilities.

Classic Delegate Package

Executive Delegate Package

Superior Delegate Package

Our most cost effective option includes:-

Our most popular package with everything you need, including:-

With nothing left out, this really will ensure you impress those in attendance! In addition to the executive package enjoy:-

› Conference room hire, with equipment including inbuilt projector, screen and flip chart. › Stationary package including pads, pens and name cards. › Iced water and quality Britvic cordials throughout. › Freshly brewed coffee, tea, herbal infusions and fruit teas on arrival with danish. › Mid morning hot refreshments as above, with chefs sweet treats. › Light sandwich buffet lunch including home made chips, with juices, tea & coffee, served in the conference suite, or lounge area. › Mid afternoon hot refreshments, with chefs sweet treats.

› Conference room hire, with equipment including inbuilt projector, screen and flip chart. › Stationary package including pads, pens and name cards.

› Individual ‘days gone’ pick n mix bags for each delegate.

› Fun confectionery.

› Enhanced quirky treat options at each refreshment break.

› Mineral waters and ‘Green Bottle’ luxury cordials throughout the day.

› Vintage carbonated soft drinks with lunch.

› Fresh fruit bowls throughout the day. › Freshly brewed coffee, tea, herbal infusions and fruit teas on arrival with danish. › Mid morning hot refreshments as above, with chefs sweet treats. › Your choice of either; two course hot & cold buffet lunch with tea & coffee served in our Restaurant, or a two course fluid ‘networking’ buffet lunch. › Mid afternoon hot refreshments, with chefs sweet treats.

› Delegate drinks voucher, enjoy a relaxing drink in our lounge with colleagues at the end of a busy conference day.

FIR GROVE HOTEL Warrington

BEST WESTERN Fir Grove Hotel Knutsford Old Road Warrington WA4 2LD 01925 267 471 firgrovegm@feathers.uk.com

www.feathers.uk.com/firgrove