Norwich and Norfolk Conference News
Confex – Norwich & Norfolk Conference Bureau – a breath of fresh air on Stand B422
Norfolk's beautiful coast, countryside and world famous Norfolk Broads combine with Norwich's outstanding heritage to create a fresh and exciting destination for any conference or meeting. The Norwich & Norfolk Conference Bureau is promoting venues in Norfolk at International Confex, Earl's Court, London, 23-25 February 2010.
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NORWICH FIRST to join league of Historical Cities
The medieval city of Norwich has become the first city in England to be accepted into the League of Historical Cities.
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Newly launched, luxury spa at Barnham Broom Hotel & Golf
Opened in July 2008, the new spa offers large and opulent treatment rooms, each with private shower facilities. There is a special relaxation zone and a specially designed reception area.
MD of the popular hotel and golf resort, Noel Byrne, says, “the aim is to create a place of sanctuary where all the stresses of modern life can be forgotten.”
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Park Farm Hotel & Leisure is making great progress on its £1m development to enhance its lovely setting in quiet countryside just 6 miles from Norwich.
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Newest venues to join the Norwich & Norfolk conference bureau
The saints go marching in: St Andrews House and St Gabriel’s Conference Centre are the newest members of the bureau but they offer completely different environments.
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Norwich Hosts International e-Democracy Conference
Norwich hosted the third e-voice International Symposium on e-Participation on May 22 and 23. More than 100 delegates from Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden and the UK were based at The Maids Head Hotel. The conference was the final meeting of the four-year EU funded evoice project, which explored the opportunities for multi media communication to increase public involvement in local democracy.
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International Conference Gives Thumbs up to Norwich
More than 200 pig producers from 13 countries, including The Netherlands, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Finland and Poland were based in Norwich from June 5 to 7 for the European Pig Producers Association Annual Congress. It was the first time that the congress has been in the UK since 1997.
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Norwich is seeing pink elephants…
Summer 2008 sees elephants roaming the streets of Norwich! These painted, life size sculptures of baby elephants are an initiative led by NNCB venue, The Forum and Wild in Art. This fun idea is designed to move art out of the gallery and into the community for all to enjoy.
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Norwich - not Liverpool - is the UK’s Cultural Capital
Norwich may have launched an unsuccessful bid to be the European Capital of Culture in 2008, but it seems the judges were wrong. The East Anglian city has more cultural activity than anywhere else in the UK relative to population size, according to new research by local information website locallife.co.uk. Norwich has 10.96 art galleries, bookshops, museums, theatres, dance and drama schools, film venues, music studios, opera, ballet, arts and crafts shops and musical instrument retailers for every 10,000 residents.
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Survey reveals organisers top 10 concerns
Event organisers worry more about their event being useful and enjoyable to attendees than anything else, according to a new survey, while environmental and social factors have yet to rise in importance above commercial concerns.
The report, carried out by event insurance specialist Insurex Expo-Sure, found that 87% of respondents rated making their event useful and enjoyable to delegates their major preoccupation, yet only 49% said the environmental impact of their events was a priority, which ranked 10th in organisers’ concerns.
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Norwich Fastest Growing Tourist Destination
LateRooms.com's top ten fastest growing UK tourist destinations finds Norfolk capital in number one spot.
UK tourists flocked to Norwich last year with the city experiencing the fastest growth in overnight hotel stays in the UK.
This is according to research by late availability hotel specialist LateRooms.com, which compared bookings from 2006 and 2007 to find the UK's emerging tourist destinations.
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