Welcome to another week and its a busy one all round this week again, kicking off with a photocall this morning for Shannon at Birmingham Airport, who are once again headline sponsors of the 2014 Midlands Media Awards, which we run for the Birmingham Press Club.
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| Adrian, Shannon, Paula & Ed at the MMA Editors Lunch |
Last week we hosted an editors luncheon at Bournville College to officially launch the awards and today's event at the airport is sure to be a heightened one as we understand its taking place in the control tower.
Just in case Shannon gets her hands on any controls, we would like to apologise in advance to any airline diversions taking place today!
In
other news this week, we are off to Confex on Wednesday. In addition to
catching up with some of our favourite venues we always use the event
as an educational platform to discover new venues and options for our
clients.
Also
this year, there are some great speakers including Karren Brady CBE,
Vice-Chairman of West Ham Football Club, business ambassador, UK
sporting executive and star of The Apprentice, who will provide the keynote speech on day one of International Confex this year.
Following Confex, Paula is off to enjoy the hospitality of Visit Scotland which is running a whirlwind tour over the weekend of some of the finest venues. We kick off with a showround of the Best Western Plus Keavil House Hotel in Edinburgh before travelling to The Bay Hotel.
From here its off to the Balbinie House Hotel for lunch and then to the Hill of Tarvit Manion House which includes some traditional Hickory Golf on the Kingarrock Golf Course.
After a little free time in St Andrews we are then off to Fairmont St Andrews for an overnight stay and dinner in the Squires Restaurant.
Saturday is time
to blow the cobwebs away! Get the
adrenaline pumping and try our hand at Land Yachting along the famous West Sands Beach where Chariots of Fire was filmed. A hugely popular activity for groups apparently, but we are not too sure this is Paula's thing and Carol and Rubina in the office have an ambulance booked on stand by!
After we have enjoyed
a showround of the five star Old Course Hotel & Golf Resort
followed by a lovely lunch in the new Ham’s Hame overlooking the Old Course, we'll travel a short distance to the city of Dundee, famous for Jute, Jam and Journalism, where we will
visit the Apex City Quay Hotel & Spa to see the facilities available for meetings and
conferences.
 Our next stop is Malmaison
Dundee, which opened its doors in February this year. We will see the meeting and F&B options
available and then relax with some free time prior to dinner.
Dinner
this evening will be hosted in the beautiful Kinnettles Castle not far from the city. We will discover how the Castle can be booked exclusively
and enjoy a fantastic dining experience before returning to Malmaison overnight.
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Sunday starts with a trip to Perth Racecourse
for a look at the facilities available for conferences, meetings, incentives
and corporate hospitality. We will meet Land Rover Experience who work closely with the racecourse and provide team building
activities either on site or at their home location in Perthshire.
Our last visit takes us to the breath-taking Gleneagles Hotel, host to the Ryder Cup 2014. We will see the vast facilities that are on offer at
this resort and sample some of the delicious cuisine over lunch before
participating in some of their onsite activities to conclude our visit before
departing for returning flights home.
Sounds like a great trip, if somewhat exhausting and we have been warned to pack our waterproofs just in case of the weather! So fingers crossed it will be warm and dry outside and as wet as we like inside (the various bars!).
That's all for this week folks, have a good one!
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