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organise concerts and the DEPOT at the Castle festival .”
Food and drink experiences
Cardiff has a good reputation for a great collection of bars and restaurants not just in the city centre but on the waterfront and in its neighbourhoods . There are many independent businesses , some great chefs and examples of businesses using locally sourced foods to reduce the carbon footprint . Cardiff Market is thriving and suppliers in the city are working with Food Cardiff to upgrade its current silver award for Sustainable Food City to gold in 2024 .
Cardiff Food Tours has gone from strength to strength giving groups an insight into Cardiff ’ s history as well as tastings and introductions to some great local food and drink businesses . Several bars offer cocktail making , barista classes , talks and tastings including the award-winning Hensol Distillery located in a Castle just outside Cardiff .
Adventure and tours
Steve Griffin of Griffin Tours knows the city well and takes delegates out on tours . He said : “ Business event organisers look to include visits or activities that not only introduce delegates to the city but also to provide them with memorable experiences . It could be using a boat to transfer delegates from the city centre to the Bay , it could be learning something new or coming together and sharing a special experience .
“ The variety of tours can add to the delegate ’ s experience of Cardiff . Cardiff Food Tours , ghost tours , nature trails or urban foraging , behind the scenes tours of Wales Millennium Centre and BBC Wales Studios , Cardiff Castle tours , Royal Mint Experience , stadia tours – we have lots of ideas .”
In addition to water-based activities such as boat trips and
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sailing there are adventurous experiences such as Cardiff International White Water , an Olympic-standard water rafting venue with a high ropes course , perfect for team building too .
Looking ahead
Meet in Cardiff recognises that it needs to build on the unique strengths of the capital city of Wales and keep developing new and exciting experiences for future delegates .
Faye Tanner adds : “ Cardiff will see exciting capital developments opening in the City and Bay in the next few years . Cardiff appears in the top four of UK ’ s cities that offer green spaces and parkland , it is pushing forward as part of its Stronger Fairer Greener commitment to reintroduce part of its canal network , new green spaces and attractions in Cardiff Bay including a 17k seater arena ”.
Support for business event organisers
Meet in Cardiff offers a free service for event organisers
Our city-wide business service promotes Cardiff to conference organisers but also provides a Convention Bureau with a full package of free and impartial support services .
Meet in Cardiff works closely with the Invest in Cardiff team and Cardiff business leaders to attract business events in this sector . Business event organisers can work with Meet in Cardiff and provide delegates with a bespoke online accommodation booking service for an event
The conference organiser ’ s toolkit / knowledge hub helps to gain easy and quick access to information to help to put together a Cardiff itinerary including delegate experiences .
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