Business Events Venue of the Year

Imago Venues, Leicestershire

Imago Venues are Leicestershire’s premier award winning venue brand, combining year-round conference venues and hotels with Loughborough University’s campus facilities. The company started trading in March 1991 with just one venue and their portfolio has expanded to include Burleigh Court, Holywell Park, The Link Hotel, Elite Athlete Centre & Hotel and Loughborough Nursery. They provide high-quality conference and meeting spaces, accommodation, and world-leading sports and leisure facilities to over 55,000 delegates annually. Imago ensures their quality facilities are supported by staff with the right skills and confidence to deliver exceptional service and go above and beyond expectations. Imago Venues gift aid their profits back to Loughborough University, contributing over £1 million every year to research and academic excellence on campus.

National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire

Aspects at the National Memorial Arboretum, the nation’s centre of Remembrance, offers a completely unique conferencing proposition. This award-winning building, is home to seven flexible spaces, suitable for 10 to 500 guestsdelivering over 370 events each year. Aspects at the Arboretum was designed to provide stunning and contemporary facilities for the remembrance events formerly held onsite. Situated within a 150-acre green, open landscape home to over 25,000 trees punctuated with over 400 memorials, Aspects is a truly extraordinary and unique backdrop for events that matter and is the perfect place to bring teams together.

The ICC Birmingham, West Midlands

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The ICC began as the UK’s first purpose built International Convention Centre. Bringing people together and pushing technology boundaries, hosting both hybrid and in-person physical events. From international medical association conferences to awards dinners, from product launches to political party conferences, ICC Birmingham welcomes events of all shapes and sizes and forms part of Birmingham’s exciting and diverse city offer. The ICC is owned and operated by the NEC Group and typically hosts more than 400 events each year, accommodating over 350,000 delegates. It has been acclaimed with multiple awards, recognising everything from its position in the international conference market to its impact on British business tourism. As a major events venue the ICC looks to lead the way on environmental, social, and governance issues, sourcing food locally, reducing energy consumption with smart technology, zero waste-to-landfill and a commitment to net zero carbon emissions.