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Academic Venues
The De Vere
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Premium brand De Vere shows off its academic venue wares at East Midlands Conference Centre,
De Vere Orchard Hotel and De Vere Jubilee Conference Centre
e Vere has three flexible
conference and
accommodation venues
situated within the
University of
Nottingham’s campus, just two miles
from Nottingham city centre and
close to the M1 motorway; De Vere
East Midlands Conference Centre,
De Vere Orchard Hotel and De Vere
Jubilee Conference Centre. Together
they offer over 30 conference and
event spaces and 297 bedrooms.
The conference centres boast
lecture theatres, training rooms and
versatile event spaces, including the
550-seated auditorium at De Vere
East Midlands Conference Centre.
All spaces are equipped with
state-of-the-art modern facilities for
meetings and events which, when
combined with the University of
Nottingham’s continual investment
into its buildings and facilities, offers
event organisers and delegates an
exceptional academic venue. At the
2019 CHS Awards, De Vere Orchard
Hotel picked up the Best Sustainable
Venue and the Chairman’s Award
whereas De Vere East Midlands
Conference Centre was crowned the
Best Large Conference Space.
The three properties all operate
De Vere’s innovative Smart Space
meetings concept, which comprises
of nine service elements, including
inspirational meeting rooms, a
personal conference host and
tech-savvy support. In addition, they
all serve nutritious seasonal menus
created by De Vere’s Group
Nutritionist, Wendy Martinson OBE.
De Vere Orchard Hotel is home to
the refurbished Bramley’s Brasserie
Above: De Vere
Orchard Hotel
Below left: Daivd Ross
Sports Village
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which serves a range of locally
sourced and seasonal dishes. De
Vere Jubilee Conference Centre
boasts The Spokes restaurant,
located on the site of the original
Raleigh manufacturing site. The
restaurant serves coffee from 200
Degrees Coffee, a local Nottingham
Barista school, fresh cakes, pastries,
salads, flatbreads and pizzas.
Delegates have access to free,
superfast Wi-Fi with a maximum
bandwidth of 1GB and
complimentary access to the
state-of-the-art gym and 25m
swimming pool at the University of
Nottingham’s £40m David Ross
Sports Village. Offering extensive,
cutting-edge sports facilities,
the sports village provides
motivating breakout spaces and
team building options for delegates
as well as a variety of flexible event
spaces.