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PEOPLE MOVES
1. Sodexo has appointed
Lauren Olney as
sales manager for the
conference and events
business at Brighton’s
American Express
Community Stadium.
2. George P. Johnson,
a global experience
marketing agency,
has announced that
Lucie Fox has been
made executive
producer. The
agency’s integrated
production team has
been strengthened by
Alexandra Keech and
Chris Heyland also
being promoted to
executive producers.
3. The Scottish Event
Campus has
announced the
appointment of
Jennifer Ennis as
Environment & Waste
Manager. She wiil be
developing the SEC’s
sustainability strategy.
4. Zoe Daniels to
has been made
client services
director for Aspect.
Previously at Upstage
Communications,
Daniels has a wealth
of experience in
attracting and nurturing
big brand clients.
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06 — April
The month at a glance
The stories, topics and trends making headlines in recent weeks
ESSA mental health
workshops met with
acclaim
The Event Supplier
and Services
Association (ESSA)
Future Focus Board
has announced the
completion of its
first round of mental
health workshops,
and Jess Corbett,
Future Focus Board
chair, is considering
them a ‘resounding’
success.
Delivered in
partnership with
Stress Matters,
a Mental Health
First Aid approved
training company, the
workshops developed
the attendees’
understanding of their
own mental health
with a combination of
reflection, group work
and open discussion.
Activities included
creating a resilience
plan, identifying
stressors and coping
strategies, and
learning to track
energy levels.
The first session
took place on 3
February, 2020, at
QEII Centre London.
Ricoh Arena announces new
development plans
Ricoh Arena has announced plans for a new 150-room hotel
to be built at the complex.
The hotel is set to create more than 30 new jobs and have a
substantial economic impact on the regional economy.
Wasps Group’s Ricoh Arena complex already boasts a
32,600-capacity stadium alongside 20,000sqm of event
space, including the 6,000sqm exhibition hall, casino, and
various lounges; and the proposed hotel – which will be
located at the stadium’s Car Park C – will further strengthen
the group’s commercial operations.
The new £15m Hampton by Hilton hotel will complement
the complex’s 121-room DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel and
will enable the Ricoh Arena to attract more conferences and
exhibitions to the site.
Plans for the new hotel will be showcased at MIPIM, a
commercial development and investment show.
A planning application has already been submitted and,
if successful, work on the new hotel could begin in the
summer.
The venue is scheduled for completion in Q4 2021 –
in time for Coventry City of Culture and ahead of the
Commonwealth Games which will be held in Birmingham in
the summer of 2022.
Wasps Group also confirmed that the new hotel would not
impact on the Ricoh Arena’s ‘Green Travel Plan’, one of the
conditions of the venue being built which encourages 75 per
cent of visitors to travel to the arena by public transport,
bike or foot.