What's Floating Around Cloud 9? 15 February 2016

Welcome to another week and it's crackers as ever here at Cloud 9 Towers. Friday was the deadline for the Midlands Media Student Awards which we run for the Birmingham Press Club and also the first official deadline for the CHS Awards which we run for the CHS Group - and for anyone panicking they have missed the deadline for CHS, fear not, the deadline has been extended for a couple of weeks more so still plenty of time to get your entries in!

In other news this week Paula is signed up for the WINiT European Conference and Drinks Reception which is hosted by the Luxury Hotels Group and being held in the Grand Ballroom at the Montcalm Hotel in London on 22 February.

Highlights include Craig Kreeger, Chief Executive, Virgin Atlantic Airways as keynote speaker, and panel discussions on negotiating skills and dealing with challenging people - always a useful tip in this business!

Hosted by Luxury Hotels Group in partnership with Women in Travel’s European conference and the Business Travel Show 2016, this is a rare opportunity to debate the industry's key issues and meet the people who could make a difference to your business in 2016 and beyond. Naturally, networking will be accompanied by drinks and delectable canapés, in the prestigious setting of the Ballroom at the Montcalm.

The event precedes the The Business Travel Show, held annually in London for more than 20 years, which is Europe’s largest specialised exhibition and conference bringing together 7,424 European travel professionals. 

This long established and reputable event provides corporate travel buyers and managers with the suppliers, knowledge and contacts to help create and develop successful travel programmes.

In other news this week we are also finally planning to get round to following up with all of the great people we met at CONFEC Red which was held in Abu Dhabi a couple of weeks ago.

Held in an exclusive and intimate results-oriented setting, CONFEC Red 2016 bought together the United Kingdom’s top agencies, corporate and incentive organisers to meet with international major and emerging hotel chains, individual properties, unusual venues, convention bureaux, tourist boards and DMCs to participate in a series of one-on-one meetings over two dedicated business days.

It was pretty exhausting but highly enjoyable and the venue was certainly a great one - the Ritz-Carlton Abu Dhabi, Grand Canal which had a luxury beach, and amazing pool and whilst the schedule meant there was very little time for sunbathing, we did manage a quick dip and a little sun!

So that's it for this week, busy, busy and we wish everyone a great week!