What's Floating Around Cloud 9? 12 May 2014

Welcome to another week and after yet another short week, normal service is resumed and we're all hands on deck here at Cloud 9.

The judging sessions have now taken place for the Midlands Media Awards, nominations have been announced and tickets are now are sale, which means we're in full preparation mode for the awards ceremony that will be taking place on Thursday 5 June at The Holte Suite, Aston Villa Football Club! 

Not only are we preparing and organising ourselves for that prolific event, but a week after, the CIPR Northern Conference will be taking place up in Manchester with a great line up of speakers and a fantastic networking opportunity!

So, in the run up to a rather hectic month, half of the team have been let loose and are attending a number of different conferences, exhibitions and familiarisation trips...

First of all, Paula has been kindly invited to an upscale & luxury MICE event by Accor from Tuesday to Thursday. It will begin with an overnight stay and networking at the Pullman's St Pancras Hotel, and a trip on the Orient Express the next day (which Paula was shocked when she found out Shannon had never heard of it!). 

After a luxurious train journey and a walking tour around Cantebury, the group will be travelling back on the British Pullman Train, with Afternoon Tea, to then finish the fam trip by checking out from the Pullman's St Pancras. Also during the trip, they will be introduced to a number of different other Accor Hotels, such as Sofitel Brussels, London St James, Luxemburg, Pullman Brussels Midi, Germany, Mercure Paris Hotels, MCGallery Italian Collection and many more!


Rubina on the other hand, will be attending the Academic Venue Show at Earls Court in London on Wednesday. During the show, you can meet representatives from such a great range of venues and be inspired by key industry speakers, all in one day.

Meeting, conference and accommodation teams from 50 locations across the UK are ready to show everything academic venues can offer. There is an incredible range of meeting and training facilities and quality accommodation, all supplemented by award winning catering and support services - all packed into one free-to-attend show.

With exhibitors Barcelona, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Colchester, Cornwall and many, many more you are sure to the perfect venue for your next event, at this show!

Also, at the end of the week, Shannon will be at the Office Management & PA Exhibition and Conference at ExCeL in London on Thursday. This show has been specifically designed to give Office Managers and PAs an educational, inspiring and fun day out of the office.

The Office Management & PA Exhibition and Conference will provide visitors with hundreds of ideas, expert advice, and real steps to career progression. At the show there will be an outstanding educational conference schedule to provide attendees with an expert knowledge and new skills to take back to the office, headline speakers from the world of business, hands-on training workshops, and there's a chance to relax and make contacts too in the Champagne bar or networking nail bar! 

We're all looking forward to attending these events and hopefully meet some lovely, interesting people along the way.

That's all from us this week folks, have a great week!