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Eastside Rooms welcomes NASUWT

The Eastside Rooms is preparing to welcome NASUWT – The Teachers’ Union for two specialist member events in November, continuing a positive relationship between the Birmingham venue and the union’s events team.…

Warwick Conferences Expands Events Offering with Iconic Coventry Cathedral Partnership

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Bedfordshire venue shortlisted for two prestigious industry awards

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Nottingham Venues Earns Three Nominations at the Visit East Midlands Tourism Awards

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Glenn Corby recognised with IACC European Ambassador Award

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Eastside Rooms wins Best Venue at Memcom Excellence Awards for second consecutive year

The Eastside Rooms has been named Best Venue at the Memcom Excellence Awards 2026 for the second year running, building on its commitment to helping associations and membership organisations deliver inclusive, successful events.…

Renowned Denbies Wine Estate joins Venues of Excellence

Venues of Excellence is delighted to welcome one of the South East’s most distinctive event venues – Denbies Wine Estate, offering corporate and event planners a distinctive venue set within a working vineyard in the heart of the Surrey Hills.…

Multiple Wins at M&IT Awards for Venues of Excellence Member Venues

We love to celebrate our members’ successes and last week was a big one for some our member venues. The M&IT Awards 2026 saw several wins for Venues of Excellence members and we are so proud to see them recognised for their hard work, dedication and commitment to excellent events and hospitality.…

Five years, 4,400 bookings and 654,000 teas and coffees: The Eastside Rooms celebrates Birmingham milestone

Purpose-built venue marks five years since its first booking with figures that show the scale and variety of events it has brought to the city. Birmingham’s purpose-built conference and events venue, The Eastside Rooms, is celebrating five years since taking its first booking in 2021, having since welcomed thousands of meetings, conferences, dinners, training sessions, celebrations and exhibitions.…

Victory Services Club’s Housekeeping Team Wins National Award

The Victory Services Club’s (VSC) Housekeeping Team has been named Housekeeping Team of the Year at the 2026 Triple ‘H’ Awards – The Hotel Housekeeping Honours. Based near Marble Arch, VSC is a charity that supports serving and former members of the Armed Forces and their families, including through welfare and respite breaks.…

Nottingham Venues Shortlisted in Three Categories at the mia Awards 2026

Both flagship venues in the running for Venue of the Year, with learning and development manager Michelle Osborne shortlisted for Individual of the Year. Nottingham Venues has been shortlisted in three categories at the Meetings Industry Association (mia) Awards 2026, with two of its venues named among the best in the country and one of its team recognised for her contribution to the industry.…

‘Polarisation in bookings this year as larger events grow larger while smaller meetings continue to decline’

Wyboston Lakes Resort directors reflect on the year to date in the meetings and events sector “The trend for fewer small events is still there to see, but larger programmes are growing larger and are happy to spend on additions and upgrades.…