BH Live and Business Events Bournemouth have scooped a Dorset Tourism Award celebrating their continued contribution to generating business tourism.
Millions of pounds are generated for the local economy and thousands of jobs supported thanks to a thriving programme of business events, conferences and exhibitions at Bournemouth International Centre and other locations across the town.
Business Events Bournemouth is the region’s conference delegate booking, venue finding and destination marketing hub. Since 2014, with the support of the town’s business improvement districts, steering groups and Bournemouth Borough Council, Business Events Bournemouth has been leveraging the town’s status as a major business destination to encourage more organisations to host meetings and events in Bournemouth’s purpose-built venues and hotels.
BH Live manages Bournemouth International Centre, the region’s largest event venue, in partnership with Bournemouth Borough Council.
In a collaborative entry, they brought back a Venue and Business Tourism Award aimed at organisations that excel in the business tourism sector.
Winners and finalists will automatically be considered for matching categories in the South West Tourism Excellence Awards in February 2017, with the chance to go on to represent Dorset at the National Visit England Awards later in the year.
Find out more at dorsettourismawards.org.uk
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About Bournemouth International Centre
Bournemouth International Centre is managed and operated by BH Live in partnership with Bournemouth Borough Council.
With licensed capacity for 10,000 delegates, it is the South Coast’s largest and most versatile event venue. Four main halls and numerous smaller meeting and hospitality areas can be blended and scaled to host multi-hall conferences, exhibitions, meetings, sports events and concerts. In 2015/2016, more than 118,000 delegates attended events at the centre, bringing an estimated £66.3 million to the local economy through business and cultural tourism. Visit www.bhlive.org.uk/business
About BH Live
BH Live is the South Coast’s leading operator of leisure and event venues; a social enterprise that designs and builds engaging experiences to inspire people and enrich lives.
With more than three million visits a year and over £36.5 million turnover, the organisation is changing lives – placing it at the heart of the UK’s growing social economy.
In 2015/16 BH Live hosted more than 500 events, sold over half a million cultural, sporting and entertainment tickets. They welcomed 2.4 million active participants into its leisure centres and 118,000 conference and exhibition delegates into its venues. This contributed an estimated £66.3 million to the local economy through business and cultural tourism.
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About Business Events Bournemouth
Business Events Bournemouth is the official conference destination marketing, venue finding and delegate booking hub for businesses and groups organising conferences, exhibitions, seminars, workshops and meetings.
BH Live, Bournemouth Borough Council, and the town’s Business Improvement Districts (BID), supported by BAHA, work in partnership with Buiness Events Bournemouth to promote Bournemouth as a business event destination and provide a single point of contact for venue finding and delegate reservations.
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For more information about Business Events Bournemouth, please contact:
Karina Gregory
T: 01202 055556
info@businesseventsbournemouth.org.uk