Insider collection InterContinental London Westminster

insider collection

INTROD U CTION

|

l oc at i on S

|

sp eakers

|

comm u nity

|

in te rac ti on s

|

B REAKS

|

c on tac t u s

InterContinental London Westminster 22-28 Broadway | London SW1H 9JS | England Go to www.intercontinental.com/meetings or click here to contact us

insider collection

Welcome

to the westminster Insider Collection Truly memorable meetings and events with authentic local flavour – that is the inspiration behind the InterContinental Insider Collection.

Our network of hotels and resorts is global; our knowledge and expertise local, giving planners guaranteed choice, range and depth to add to any meeting or conference. Each hotel offers its own bespoke selection of services which are firmly rooted in their location and are responsibly guided by our partnership with National Geographic’s Center for Sustainable Destinations.

The options are limitless, the local knowledge rich, the service professional and faultless, the delegate experience enriching and rewarding every time.

Sample for yourself some of our wonderful Westminster experiences.

INTROD U CTION

|

l oc at i on S

|

1 of 3

sp eakers

|

comm u nity

|

in te rac ti on s

|

B REAKS

|

c on tac t u s

InterContinental London Westminster 22-28 Broadway | London SW1H 9JS | England Go to www.intercontinental.com/meetings or click here to contact us

insider collection

Insider Locations Choose an InterContinental venue for your event and a world of possibilities opens up. As locals, your hotel team hold the key to a side of your locality tourists never see. What and who they know gives you an exclusive mix of authentic venues and experiences to play with.

Insider Speakers Bring your event to life with an inspirational speaker – someone who can really strike a chord with your delegates and enrich their experience beyond measure. Fascinating and engaging, motivating Insider Speakers range from celebrities and cultural experts to sporting heroes. Whatever their passion, they all have a local connection and you will discover that their unique insights and local know-how make your event one to remember.

Insider Community There’s nothing quite like immersing yourself in the community to gain an added depth and understanding to your experience in a new destination. Insider Community has been designed to benefit local people and create truly memorable and meaningful experiences for your delegates too.

Insider Interactions This team-building experience will help your delegates connect with each other as never before. Using the unique character, heritage or geography of your destination to inspire interaction, each experience, whether based on or off-site offers an original way to engage delegates and motivate them to build effective working relationships.

Insider Breaks With Insider Collection even your breaks are fulfilling experiences. From serving up a delicious lunch of provincial dishes for a taste of regional cuisine to spending some quality time with your Concierge team to get their best insider tips, a few minutes out of your busy schedule becomes a whole experience in itself.

2 of 3

INTROD U CTION

|

l oc at i on S

|

sp eakers

|

comm u nity

|

in te rac ti on s

|

B REAKS

|

c on tac t u s

InterContinental London Westminster 22-28 Broadway | London SW1H 9JS | England Go to www.intercontinental.com/meetings or click here to contact us

ENRICHING EXPERIENCES FOR OUR GUESTS AND OUR ENVIRONMENT We believe that a responsible meeting is not only what you experience in the meeting room but also knowing that your hotel respects the destination around it.

We’re proud to partner the leaders in geotourism, the National Geographic Center for Sustainable Destinations. Our ambition is that guests enjoy enriching experiences that reveal what makes a place truly special – its heritage, culture and tradition – and the importance of protecting it.

At InterContinental we use a holistic approach to being a responsible business: to work from the grass roots up, recognising each individual hotel team as the experts best placed to use their local knowledge for developing community and environmental initiatives that meet the specific needs of the destination.

This Insider Collection gives delegates access to some of these unique experiences, and for those meetings that stay in the meeting room, you can be assured our hotel is working behind the scenes to protect what is special about the place for fellow travellers.

Contact us for pricing specific to your group.

INTRODUCTION

|

locationS

|

speakers

|

community

|

interactions

| B REAKS

| Contact us

InterContinental London Westminster 22-28 Broadway | London SW1H 9JS | England Go to www.intercontinental.com/meetings or click here to contact us

i ns i d e r l o c at i o ns

DINNER AT CHURCHILL’S WAR TIME BUNKER

Nowhere delivers more of a sense of adventure to your private event than London’s historic wartime secret headquarters, the Churchill War Rooms. Recognised as one of the greatest individuals to ever walk the course of British history, Winston Churchill spent his and Britain’s finest hour here. Restored to look just as they did when the great leader last held court there back in 1945, the Churchill War Rooms are just a short walk from the hotel and promise a fascinating and intimate peek into Britain’s secretive past.

1 of 2 Contact us for pricing specific to your group.

INTROD U CTION

|

l oc at i on S

|

sp eaker s

Hold an event at Chu rc h ill’s War R ooms

|

comm u nity

|

inte rac ti on s

|

B REAKS

|

c on tac t u s

InterContinental London Westminster 22-28 Broadway | London SW1H 9JS | England Go to www.intercontinental.com/meetings or click here to contact us

i ns i d e r l o c at i o ns

Be a spy for the day

We invite you into the shadowy world of British espionage.

Take the intelligence trail and go on an in-depth tour of the top spy locations in the world’s spy capital. (Maximum 30 delegates.)

Take part in fun interactive sessions at the hotel and discover some of the key events and personalities associated with MI5 and MI6 throughout the decades. At your side to guide you through the maze of bluff and double bluff will be intelligence guide and writer ‘Mr. X’, an acclaimed presenter with an impressive background in international relations and lecturing.

Don’t miss this!

Contact us for pricing specific to your group.

INTROD U CTION

|

l oc at i on S

T H E INTELLI G ENCE TRAIL – London’s in-depth spy tour

|

sp eaker s

|

comm u nity

|

inte rac ti on s

|

B REAKS

|

c on tac t u s

InterContinental London Westminster 22-28 Broadway | London SW1H 9JS | England Go to www.intercontinental.com/meetings or click here to contact us

i ns i d e r s p e a k e r s

Get current with political commentator, Andrew Neil Known for his inimitable style and incisive commentary, Andrew Neil makes the perfect insider speaker. No one is better placed to give an up-to-the-minute; no holes barred take on the British political scene. A journalist and broadcaster, currently working on the BBC’s flagship political programmes, Andrew Neil is at the top of his game. He is Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Press Holdings Media Group, publishers of The Spectator, Spectator Australia and Apollo, the world-renowned art magazine. During his career, Andrew has been House of Commons lobby correspondent, White House correspondent, Wall Street correspondent and British Editor of The Economist, Editor of The Sunday Times of London and Executive Chairman of Sky Television, which he launched in 1989 as Britain’s first multi-channel satellite TV platform.

Sign up for an entertaining and thought provoking talk.

Contact us for pricing specific to your group.

INTROD U CTION

|

l oc at i on S

|

sp eaker s

A ndre w N eil, Ch airman of Th e Spectator and presenter of Daily Politic s and Th is Week

|

comm u nity

|

inte rac ti on s

|

B REAKS

|

c on tac t u s

InterContinental London Westminster 22-28 Broadway | London SW1H 9JS | England Go to www.intercontinental.com/meetings or click here to contact us

i n s i d e r c o m m u ni t y

Help to clean up the River Thames

The Thames is one of the world’s most fascinating and beautiful rivers. From source to sea its 200-plus miles flow from bubbling springs in Gloucestershire to the site of the old London Bridge, then on to the imposing tidal estuary to the east of London.

Always a hive of activity, whether commercial, industrial, recreational, ceremonial or administrative, the river is constantly in need of environmental improvement. So why not invest some of your delegates’ efforts and time into helping to clean the banks of the River Thames – it is a great teambuilding exercise and good for London.

Contact us for pricing specific to your group.

INTROD U CTION

|

l oc at i on S

Help to clean up t h e River Th ames

|

sp eaker s

|

comm u nity

|

inte rac ti on s

|

B REAKS

|

c on tac t u s

InterContinental London Westminster 22-28 Broadway | London SW1H 9JS | England Go to www.intercontinental.com/meetings or click here to contact us

i n s i d e r i n t e r a c t i o ns

Get to know the true spirit of London

Housed on the top floor of 171 Portobello Road is the fascinatingly named Ginstitute – London’s second smallest museum. It is also home to London’s smallest working copper pot still, ‘Coppernicus’ – which produces spirits in the traditional way using centuries old techniques. Visitors to The Ginstitute are given a whistle-stop tour of gin and its history and have the opportunity to sample, taste and blend 25 different single botanical flavoured distillates to make their own gin in the Still Room – where Portobello Road Gin was first developed.

Delegates leave with a bottle of Portobello Road and a bottle of their very own handcrafted gin. Their recipe also stays on file just in case they should ever like to reorder. Maximum delegate group is 10 people at a time.

1 of 2 Contact us for pricing specific to your group.

INTROD U CTION

|

l oc at i on S

|

sp eaker s

|

comm u nity

Th e Ginstit ute, a u niq u e and unrivalled opport u nity to bet ter understand th e true spirit of London

|

inte rac ti on s

|

B REAKS

|

c on tac t u s

InterContinental London Westminster 22-28 Broadway | London SW1H 9JS | England Go to www.intercontinental.com/meetings or click here to contact us

i n s i d e r i n t e r a c t i o ns

Ride a classic British icon through the streets of London Picture yourself whizzing through the streets of London in one of Britain’s great motor icons, the classic Mini Cooper.

The Mini Cooper originally hit our streets in 1961, fast becoming a cultural icon and symbol of “the Swinging 60s”.

Tours can be tailor-made to suit any theme, including, a Monty Python London Tour, the British Gangster Film Tour or even a Beatles London Tour. However you choose to ride this legend, your group is assured of a unique and quintessentially British experience. What a way to spend part of your meeting in the heart of the capital.

Contact us for pricing specific to your group.

INTROD U CTION

|

l oc at i on S

|

R ide a cla s sic Britis h icon t hro ugh t he streets of London

sp eaker s

|

comm u nity

|

inte rac ti on s

|

B REAKS

|

c on tac t u s

InterContinental London Westminster 22-28 Broadway | London SW1H 9JS | England Go to www.intercontinental.com/meetings or click here to contact us

insider breaks

Take afternoon tea in St. James Park

…At half past three everything stops for tea…

During the early nineteenth century, Anna, the 7th Duchess of Bedford is said to have complained of ‘having that sinking feeling’ during the late afternoon. The solution for the Duchess was a pot of tea and something tasty to nibble on. So we invite you to carry on a grand tradition and take tea with us in one of the most regal of all the Royal Parks, St James’s. A stone’s throw from our doors and in sight of Buckingham Palace, the English flora and fauna of Henry VIII‘s favourite park has inspired our floral Afternoon Tea theme and is the perfect setting for tea and a stroll along Birdcage Walk.

1 of 2 Contact us for pricing specific to your group.

INTROD U CTION

|

l oc at i on S

P icnic at S t. James Park

|

sp eaker s

|

comm u nity

|

inte rac ti on s

|

B REAKS

|

c on tac t u s

InterContinental London Westminster 22-28 Broadway | London SW1H 9JS | England Go to www.intercontinental.com/meetings or click here to contact us

insider breaks

Borough Market

Street markets are a living, breathing part of London’s history and each reflects the unique character of its neighbourhood.

Borough Market below London Bridge is London’s oldest fruit and vegetable market and has been trading for over a century.

We invite you to take the Borough market break. Your host, the chef from the Blue Boar Smokehouse, chooses all natural English ingredients fresh from Borough Market to create the finest selections of charcuterie and fish especially for you.

Contact us for pricing specific to your group.

INTROD U CTION Boro ugh Market

|

l oc at i on S

|

sp eaker s

|

comm u nity

|

inte rac ti on s

|

B REAKS

|

c on tac t u s

InterContinental London Westminster 22-28 Broadway | London SW1H 9JS | England Go to www.intercontinental.com/meetings or click here to contact us

insider collection

THANK YOU

Contact us to learn more about the Westminster Insider Collection and how we can help you create a truly memorable experience with authentic local flavour.

Whichever Insider Collection experience is right for you, you can be assured that it reflects the best principles of Responsible Business, a commitment demonstrated by our partnership with the National Geographic Center for Sustainable Destinations.

Email address: icwestminsterevents@ihg.com

INTROD U CTION

|

l oc at i on S

|

sp eaker s

|

comm u nity

|

inte rac ti on s

|

B REAKS

|

c on tac t u s

InterContinental London Westminster 22-28 Broadway | London SW1H 9JS | England Go to www.intercontinental.com/meetings or click here to contact us