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Destination
‘millennial-
focused’
brand sits right in the heart of the city
and brings with it a fresh and
innovative boutique-hotel concept
with a fun stylish design, a super cool
lobby, fast and furious Wi-Fi, meeting
spaces for up to 50 and a bar.
Holiday Inn Winchester is also
soaring eagerly into 2020 fresh from
its £2.5m refurbishment in 2019.
The 131-bedroom hotel is 10
minutes from central Winchester and
just seven minutes from the M3. It’s
a great choice for businesses looking
for fresh contemporary open lobby
spaces for small informal meetings,
or larger events catering up to 180
delegates. Events and receptions
can also be held it the new Odyssey
Restaurant, and the ANA Spa is
available as part of breakout time
packages for delegates.
Experience
beyond London
Treat your most valuable clients to a
dinner at The Chef’s Table at
Lainston House, an Exclusive
Collection Hotel. Guests can relax
and dine within a unique open
Partner
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To further explore destinations in
the region with the help of local
experts, visit the websites below.
• www.visitbrighton.com/
conferences
• www.hampshireconference
bureau.co.uk/
• www.destination
southampton.com/
• www.guildford.gov.uk/
visitguildford/
touristinformationcentre
• www.visitwinchester.co.uk/
meet-in-winchester
• www.windsor.gov.uk/
conference/event-planning
Meet Beyond London offers a
free service aimed at helping
organisers find the perfect
venue and experience for
their delegates. Visit
www.meetbeyondlondon.com
to get in touch.
kitchen as chefs aspire to create your
dream meal. The surprise tasting
menu, created just for the Chef’s
Table, includes the highest quality
ingredients including produce grown
in their very own Kitchen Garden.
Adding to this interactive dining
experience, the chefs personally
present and describe each dish to
guests. Following the tasting menu,
up to eight guests have the
opportunity to take a tour of the
kitchen.
Brand new for 2020, Bombay
Sapphire Gin Distillery has
introduced a ‘Tasting Experience’, an
opportunity for delegates to explore
the full range of Bombay Gins,
expertly tutored by Gin specialists.
After a hosted tour, small groups will
be invited into a private room where
an expert guides them through
samples of Bombay Sapphire gins
before enjoying a complimentary
drink in the Mill Bar.
Spanning the entirety of the
cricketing season, a private box
experience for County Championship
cricket matches offers the ideal
opportunity for you to wow your
clients with a full day of traditional
Division One Hampshire Cricket
Above:
Tom
Heatherwick’s
Glasshouses
at the Bombay
Sapphire gin
distllery
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action at Hilton at The Ageas Bowl.
Parties of a maximum of 12 can be
accommodated in a formal dining
style, with parties of a maximum of
eighteen accommodated with
informal leaning tables.
Leeds Castle in Kent has launched
a Murder Mystery Experience. Take
over the castle for your next
corporate event. As actors help to set
the scene, your guests will be
immersed in this truly interactive
evening of dinner theatre. The
emphasis is on having fun and
solving the crime as a team.
Explore the Lanes of Brighton, on
one of the city’s newest teambuilding
adventures, as part of a ‘Vintage
Bargain Hunt Experience’. With kitty
money, teams are sent off to
purchase items from various vintage
and antique shops within The Lanes
of Brighton before returning together
for a fun ‘final valuation’ by a
qualified and much animated
Brighton Auctioneer.
The Auctioneer will determine
which person or team has made the
shrewdest of purchases. The items
will then be submitted to a real live
auction (at a later date) and proceeds
will be donated to charity.