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The Jockey Club’ s Sandown Park Racecourse has launched its new Business Adventures teambuilding package, allowing delegates the chance to race karts, play golf or attempt the Skywalk assault course. Dan Smyth, business development executive, the Jockey Club, says:“ The launch ties Sandown’ s activities and pursuits together to offer affordable, tailor made packages for team building and corporate events.” |
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Emirates Old Trafford to host stadium summit |
New dishes at Wimbledon
Visitors to the Championships at Wimbledon in July were treated to a new on-the-go food range. The catering team partnered with Allegra McEvedy, MBE, co-founder of LEON, and offered to tennis-goers healthy snacking pots and homemade salads.
Etihad partnership continues
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Wembley Stadium is the biggest stadium in the UK, with a total capacity for 90,000 on matchday. |
Hampden Park won a third honour for its first-class hospitality offering. Sodexo Prestige Venues & Events, the stadium’ s events partner, collected the‘ Sports Venue of the Year’ award at the Scottish Hospitality Awards.
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The National Football Museum, Manchester, held a showcase dinner for 200 people in July, with eventprofs able to experience the venue’ s event space first hand.
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Emirates Old Trafford, home of Lancashire County Cricket Club, has announced that it has been appointed as the destination and host for TheStadiumBusiness Design & Development Summit 2018- a leading gathering of stadium, arena and sports venue business leaders. Taking place at Emirates Old Trafford from 12-13 June 2018, the event, owned by Xperiology, will deliver a conference, exhibition, stadium tours, networking events and TheStadiumBusiness Awards, to a gathering of many of the sports and entertainment sector’ s most respected stadium and events professionals. Daniel Gidney, chief executive at Lancashire County Cricket Club, said:“ We are absolutely thrilled and incredibly proud that Emirates Old Trafford have been appointed by Xperiology as the host of the prestigious TheStadiumBusiness Design & Development Summit 2018. That we will once again be welcoming the leading individuals from the stadium industry to Manchester in 2018 is a real testament to the continuing growth and development of the stadium and the city.” |
Conferences-UK has re-signed its agreement to continue supporting the corporate hospitality function at the Etihad Stadium, home to Manchester City Football Club. The announcement marks a decade-long partnership. The company, one of the UK’ s leading venue finding agencies, said that following a record sponsorship agreement between MCFC and Etihad Airways in 2011, which saw City’ s ground renamed Etihad Stadium, the venue has grown into a world-class sporting, music and business destination. Etihad Stadium boasts 14 high quality finished purpose-built suites, 66 executive boxes and the capacity for 1500 delegates. |
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