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14 Academic Venues The De Vere touch 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 www.conference-news.co.uk 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.