MENZIES GROUP VISIT to E&V Offices
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SUNDIAL GROUP – LATEST NEWS & UPDATES
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E&V had a recent visit from a Sundial Group representative.
Sundial offer beautiful buildings with a balance of modern conference facilities. Sundial’s 3 Country House meeting venues are owned and operated under the same family – so small enough to care but with big ideas.
They listen to what delegates are after so free wireless internet access throughout. Personal service is key – with over 80% of business being repeat so must be doing something right.
Venues in Surrey, Warwickshire and Northamptonshire. Read below for latest updates …
* Modern Conference facilities and Bedrooms
* Gatehouse with 2 Luxury Serviced Lodge Apartments – which are great for longstay
* A dramatic Baronial Hall and Library can be used for Private Dining, as well as a modern Terrace Restaurant
* Venue with 32 acres of grounds ideal for BBQ’s and Events
* Great Association Business with Charity Rates
SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN USING THESE VENUES FOR A FUTURE EVENT, AND TO REEIVE PREFERENTIAL RATES AVAILABLE THROUGH EVENTS & VENUES, CONTACT OUR TEAM DIRECT Tel: 0117 9414 888
SUNDIAL GROUP – LATEST NEWS & UPDATES
jackie.basden / 0 Comments / Venue News / country house, gatehouse, northamptonshire, private dining, sundial group, surrey, warwickshire /
E&V had a recent visit from a Sundial Group representative.
Sundial offer beautiful buildings with a balance of modern conference facilities. Sundial’s 3 Country House meeting venues are owned and operated under the same family – so small enough to care but with big ideas.
They listen to what delegates are after so free wireless internet access throughout. Personal service is key – with over 80% of business being repeat so must be doing something right.
Venues in Surrey, Warwickshire and Northamptonshire. Read below for latest updates …
* Modern Conference facilities and Bedrooms
* Gatehouse with 2 Luxury Serviced Lodge Apartments – which are great for longstay
* A dramatic Baronial Hall and Library can be used for Private Dining, as well as a modern Terrace Restaurant
* Venue with 32 acres of grounds ideal for BBQ’s and Events
* Great Association Business with Charity Rates
SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN USING THESE VENUES FOR A FUTURE EVENT, AND TO REEIVE PREFERENTIAL RATES AVAILABLE THROUGH EVENTS & VENUES, CONTACT OUR TEAM DIRECT Tel: 0117 9414 888
Site Visit to LILLE
jackie.basden / 0 Comments / Evie's Travels, Out & About / destination, dining, hotels, informal, lille, luxury, mansion house, restaurant /
FAMILIARISATION TRIP TO LILLE: –
We were invited by Hotel Barrière Lille
* Hotel Barrière has great views overlooking the City
* Contemporary Luxury 5* hotel
* Casino next door ideal to host events
* Location right next to the historical centre of Lille and all public transport
Dining in Lille:
There are amazing dining options to suit all events – choose from an Opera House and various Grand Mansion Houses, through to very informal dining in smaller Cafes and Restaurants.
Other Venues:
You will find several other leading brand Hotels represented in the City – so Lille is a great place for Meetings and Events to suit your budget.
Travel:
Eurostar travel couldn’t be easier… for example leave St Pancras London – next stop is Lille!
1 hour 24 minutes and you step out at Lille Station. The Hotel Barrière Lille is straight opposite.
Checking in time for Eurostar only 30 minutes beforehand! (No 2 hour check in as incurred with airports.)
Eurostar has a regular service from Lille directly to Brussels. The train service from Paris departs every 15 minutes, taking under 1 hour.
For those who don’t know… Lille has belonged to Spain and Holland. With mixed architecture, cobbled streets, little lanes and many boutique shops – everything in Lille is within walking distance.
“SO IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING LILLE AS A DESTINATION TO HOST YOUR NEXT EVENT, CONTACT OUR TEAM WHO CAN OFFER YOU FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE.”
SITE VISIT TO BERLIN – July 2011
jackie.basden / 0 Comments / Evie's Travels, Out & About / museum, opera house, palaces, stately homes, traditional /
This was Evies first visit to BERLIN but accompanied by Jackie who had been to Berlin twice before.
The 3 days were packed with visits to some new hotels and old favourites from the modern to traditional.
Evie was amazed by some of the dinner venues on offer from Beach Bars, Rverside Settings, Old Industiral Pumping Stations as well as the amazing Stately Homes and Palaces.
Whilst the weather wasn’t great the options were very diverse so something to suit everyone. With so much recent history with parts of the Wall, Checkpoint Charlie and Museum, Opera House – there is history but also striking new buildings.
Berlin is a little spread out with two City Centres inherited from the old East and West, but there are some very interesting modes of transport: Trabi Cars available for corporate group hire, Beer Bikes where 10 of you can sit around a bar peddaling. Your guide does the steering so you’re quite safe but a unique way of getting around.
“SO CALL OUR TEAM IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING BERLIN AS A YOUR NEXT DESTINATION TO HOST YOUR NEXT EVENT – AND OUR TEAM CAN OFFER YOU FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE.”
Site Visit to ROTTERDAM and THE HAGUE
jackie.basden / 2 Comments / Evie's Travels, Out & About / 5 star, amsterdam, architecture, dinners, locations, rotterdam, the hague /
ROTTERDAM and THE HAGUE– you may not be sure exactly where they are so:
1. Fly into Amsterdam which is one of the biggest European hubs
2. Use the walkways straight down to the station below the concorse
3. Pick up the regular service and 30 mins later you’re in Rotterdam
A great Old Port City now revitalised with great modern architecture situated around the waterways.
Then on to The Hague– just 15 mins drive and you will find the very respectable city Das Hague – the home of the famous painting ‘the girl with the pearl earring’.
You will discover a range of Hotel options from a beautiful historic conversion from an Old Bath House to a 5 star Luxury Hotel. Amazing venues for dinners, and following dinner some great Jazz Clubs on the Beach.
Amsterdam is a great City but very expensive – so these other locations are a great alternative and very reasonably priced in comparison.
WELL WORTH A TRY!
“Contact our Team for more details reviews on these locations”
E&V Visit DUBLIN – Event Industry Forum
jackie.basden / 0 Comments / Evie's Travels, Out & About / appointments, bedrooms, conference, dublin, estate, facilities, golf club, resort, suppliers /
THIS WAS A 3 DAY TRIP…
“Meet in UK & Ireland” Industry Forum was hosted at the magnificent Carton House, in Dublin. This beautiful Country House Hotel offers excellent conference facilities, a 1,100-acre private parkland estate with permanent on site team building structures. Carton House Hotel Golf Club & Spa has 165 bedrooms, and is situated only 20 minutes from Dublin City Centre.
The Forum offered an opportunity to:
* attend a series of appointments
* meet with lots of suppliers
* spend lots of time then looking at all the major Conference Hotels in Dublin
* have 1 to 1 meetings with venues ranging from Castles, to a privately owned Island Resort, along with many of the exclusive Golf and Spa Resorts throughout Ireland.
With the economic climate as it is, Dublin Hotels are extremely good value for money.
There are lots of regional flights into Dublin with 63 airlines flying to over 158 destinations. Over the last 10 years €2bn has been invested to improve Dublin Airport, which opened a new terminal November 2010.
No trip to Dublin would be complete without a visit to either the Guinness or Old Jameson Distillery.
“To add… our stay at Carton House was shared with a whole premiership football team! If the view out of the window wasn’t enough, watching the team do stretch and warm up in the pool and leisure would certainly guarantee this hotel business!!”
SO IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING IRELAND AS YOUR NEXT CONFERENCE OR EVENT DESTINATION – CONTACT THE E&V TEAM WHO HAVE FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF VENUES, LOCATIONS AND CURRENT OFFERS … Tel: 0117 9414 888
CALL +44 (0)800 7723443