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Stokewood Leisure Centre is one of the top-performing leisure centres in the UK, according to a recent mystery shopper visit carried out by Sport England’s leading national quality scheme, Quest. Quest is the best-known improvement programme within the leisure industry and its rigorous assessments challenge even the very best leisure centres in the UK. The […]
Social enterprise and UK venue operator BH Live has once again met the challenging criteria for Hospitality Assured’s Premier Standard for Business and Service Excellence at Bournemouth International Centre and Bournemouth Pavilion, its conference, exhibition and entertainment venues in Bournemouth. This follows an independent assessment of performance in customer research, service, business leadership, planning, training […]
Stokewood Leisure Centre is marking its 85th birthday with 85p swimming sessions over the weekend of Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 July 2015. The centre is a bustling community hub with over 260,000 visits each year. Its learn to swim programme is one of the busiest in the region with more than 600 people learning […]
BH Live is one of 14 businesses to be shortlisted for this year’s AIPC Innovation Award. The prestigious international award reflects AIPC’s mission of Encouraging and Recognising Excellence in Convention Centre Management and is made for specific projects or initiatives that show genuine innovation; that is, the development of a new, more creative or more […]
Scams Awareness Month is just one of many topics to be aired at the annual Consumer Affairs and Trading Standards Conference and Exhibition, run by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI). This, the largest event of its type in Europe, is being held at Bournemouth International Centre, until Thursday 2 July 2015. Millions of people […]
BH Live, the social enterprise that manages venues and provides more than 500 cultural events a year across the South of England, is expanding its theatre education programme to encourage even more people to get involved in performing arts and culture. Recently awarded the Arts Awards Centre status, accredited by Trinity College London, the trust […]
Bournemouth Pavilion and Littledown Centre are hosting two bumper family fun days over the summer to give local families and visitors lots of free activities to thrill and entertain. The Bournemouth Pavilion’s Big Bournemouth Family Fun Day will take place on Saturday 1 August from 10am til 4pm on its outdoor terrace overlooking Bournemouth’s Lower […]
This week the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is filling Bournemouth International Centre with more than 4,000 delegates a day, sending an energetic buzz throughout the venue. The 2015 RCN Congress one of the biggest annual events hosted in Bournemouth, booking out all the venue’s halls, breakout spaces and open plan areas, and many hotels. […]
Since its launch in November 2014, Business Events Bournemouth, the region’s conference destination marketing, venue finding and delegate booking hub, has been leveraging the town’s growing status as a major business destination to encourage more organisations to host meetings and events in Bournemouth’s purpose-built venues and hotels. Free to anyone planning, running and attending major […]
The Green Party has confirmed it will hold its Autumn conference at Bournemouth International Centre, 25-28 September 2015. This is the first time the conference has come to Bournemouth, bringing up to 2,000 visitors to the town over four days. The event, which comes a week after the Liberal Democrat Party Conference, will make full […]