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UK EXHIBITOR NEWS Visitors can expect to meet more than 600 exhibitors at The Meetings Show this year – from venues and hotels to destinations, DMCs and technology suppliers.
As well as welcoming back many familiar faces from previous shows, 2019 will see plenty of exciting new exhibitors joining the line-up, including hotels, venues and destinations around the UK such as Hever Castle, Goodwood, Sea Containers in London, Conference Eastbourne, Hotel Football, Allianz Park, Meet in Nottingham and Lime Venue Portfolio. This round-up of news from exhibitors in the UK is just a taste of what’s waiting to be discovered at the show. Imago Venues returns to the show with a new member of its team – performance bot and mascot, Patch. With Patch’s help, Imago Venues will be showing people how they can perform better in meetings and at networking events. Visitors will also be given a #GoPerformance kit which includes tips for getting a good night’s sleep, hotel room work-outs and how to eat well on the road. Details of the newly-transformed Woodlands Event Centre at Wyboston Lakes will be revealed at the show. The latest phase of the £3m investment in the centre, part of Wyboston Lakes Resorts, conference and events facilities, includes new design, reconfigured flexible space and the latest technology. Westminster Venue Collection will showcase its five new members – RSA House, Royal Over-Seas League, 110 Rochester Row, Dartmouth House and London Library – on stand J503. This brings the marketing consortium up to a total of 34 member venues. Reducing the industry’s reliance on single-use plastic will be the theme of the Meetings Industry Association’s mia Pavilion at this year’s show. After highlighting the plastics problem at its conference in March, the mia will be encouraging the sector to sign its pledge asking organisations to commit to eliminating single-use plastic. Team building is being taken to new heights by Tylney Hall Hotel & Gardens in Hampshire with its new treeclimbing package. The package, in partnership with The Great Big Tree Climbing Company, offers groups the chance to climb a 130-year-old Deodar cedar tree, one of the tallest trees on the hotel’s 66-acre estate. Representatives from Stadium Experience will be on the CHS Stand this year. Stadium Experience is a collaboration of 60 major football and rugby clubs across the UK and Ireland, working together to promote these unique venues for meetings, conferences, exhibitions or events. The new-look Sea Containers London (formerly Mondrian London) will be on stand I301 sharing details of the hotel’s new branding, interior updates and more now it is under the management of international hospitality company Lore Group. Find out about corporate incentive packages at The Grand, York’s newest attribute The Cookery School. Following the much-anticipated opening, a selection of express, half and full day courses are on offer from £55 per person. Hotel Vintry & Mercer opened in the City earlier this year boasting three new meeting and event spaces inspired by the unique story of the city’s past while over in South Kensington, The Hotel Ampersand continues to offer meeting and event spaces to guests in South West London.
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