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Compass Hospitality is set to make a debut in London through the signing of Arosfa Hotel, which has been recently acquired by Singapore-based Buxani Group. The Arosfa Hotel will be Compass Hospitality’s 16th hotel in the UK, further establishing the hotel chain’s commitment to consolidate its footprint in Great Britain.

Grade II-listed Georgian townhouse, the Arosfa Hotel dates back to 1780 and was a former home to the famous Pre-Raphaelite artist Sir John Everett Millais. The boutique hotel houses 17 charming bedrooms and enjoys exceptionally central location in the historic Bloomsbury district of Fitzrovia, a short walking distance to major landmarks in the area including The British Museum, Oxford Street, University College London, and Regent’s Park. The hotel also benefits from excellent transport links; London Underground tube network, as well as three of London’s busiest railway stations – London Euston Station, London King’s Cross and London St Pancras International – are all within walking distance from the hotel. The last of the three railway stations also connects London with major cities in Mainland Europe such as Amsterdam, Brussels, and Paris.

“We are thrilled to welcome the Arosfa Hotel into our diverse portfolio of projects,” says Kishore Buxani, Founder and CEO of Buxani Group. “This strategic expansion in London marks our third hotel in the UK managed by Compass Hospitality since last year and highlights our robust confidence in the market. 
Harmil Singh, CEO of Compass Hospitality, added “On the back of encouraging performance across our UK portfolio, we are happy to expand and to set foot in the Capital. We continue to be committed to the UK market and we are eyeing further expansion in the coming months.”

 

IET Venues has completed over half a million pounds in AV and technology upgrades to its two conference and events venues in London and Birmingham as part of its continued investment in providing state-of-the-art facilities.

IET Birmingham: Austin Court has received over £450K of redevelopments including upgrades to the 150 seated capacity Kingston Lecture Theatre.

The investment has seen the Kingston Lecture Theatre transform into a flexible live event space with an improved AV and tech offering.

A new state-of-the art sound system offers an enriched audio experience perfect for award ceremonies. Two new HD projection walls will further enhance future events by allowing presentations, such as lectures or training sessions, to be displayed in an ultra-wide format. Additionally, newly installed LED coloured lighting allows for increased branding capabilities making the room suited to events such as product launches.

As one of the UK’s leading event venues, IET London: Savoy Place’s Riverside Room has undergone over £280K of investments, adding to its existing high quality AV and further transforming the versatile event space, which has a 180 cabaret capacity, into one of London’s leading locations for award dinners, banquets and conferences.

New cameras have been installed allowing presenters to be filmed from any angle and live relayed onto two new video walls and two additional LED screens ensuring full delegate visibility. Newly installed cutting-edge video mapping software can now also be used to compose and manage multiple content across the screens and enhancements to the audio system allows for multiple mapping of the sound to different zones within the building, including on the roof terrace which overlooks the River Thames.

The upgrades will have endless benefits to delegates and event organisers alike and the new technology will significantly reduce set-up times and costs.

Sean Spencer, Head of IET Venues and Facilities says: "We receive a tremendous amount of positive feedback from our clients regarding the AV and the AV team, however it is important to us that we continue to provide the latest cutting edge technology and AV systems to remain as one of the leading STEM conference and events facilities in London and Birmingham. We are confident the new upgrades will enable our clients, especially repeat clients, to maximise the impact of their digital content and we are extremely proud of the investments we have made."

Both venues are available to book now, visit www.ietvenues.co.uk, speak to the IET Venues on 020 3468 9678, or email savoyplace@ietvenues.co.uk.

SCC Plc has appointed Conference Care as preferred supplier for Venue Finding Services.

The scope of the contract covers all areas of the business. SCC Plc originated as a family run business, and has developed into a global leader within the IT industry, with over 5,500 members of staff and over 65 international locations.  They are trusted in delivering bespoke IT Solutions to businesses to encompass positive and progressive change. The contract has been awarded for an initial period of two years.

“SCC runs lots of events, big and small, and Conference Care’s service has been invaluable to us,” said Fay Gleeson, Executive Personal Assistant to James Rigby, SCC Chief Executive. “Their venue finding service is highly personalised and has helped us save so much time, relieving the burden of trying to find suitable venues. The team there are highly responsive and find fantastic, suitable locations for our events, which is why we’ve made Conference Care our preffered supplier.”

Conference Care’s Business Development Manager, Sally McNamara said ‘Our ability to deliver creative venue finding services, combined with our highly personal service and proven purchase to payment buying process is a great fit for SCC Plc. There is a perfect synergy not only given some of our long-standing clients, but also an alignment with the vision and values of both companies; independence, passion, care, excellence and most importantly, partnership are core values of SCC and Conference Care shares these principles. We are absolutely delighted to be aligned and collaborating with them.’

For further information please contact Chris Peacock, Director on 02476 369720 or chrisp@conferencecare.com

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