- Thu 27 Nov 2008 – BIC Brings Big Business to Bournemouth – October saw a variety of medical events take place at the Bournemouth International Centre (BIC), bringing big business to Bournemouth.
- Wed 26 Nov 2008 – e-Safety Conference Back in Bournemouth – Tomorrow (27th November) will see the South West Grid for Learning’s (SWGfL) e-safety Conference at the Bournemouth International Centre (BIC).
- Mon 24 Nov 2008 – Dance Day at BIC a ‘Strictly’ Success! – Over 500 people ‘quickstepped’ to the Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) for a free Dance Day.
- Thu 13 Nov 2008 – Happiness and Angel Orbs Phenomenon Comes to the BIC – Angelology, the study of angels, has become increasingly popular recently.
- Mon 10 Nov 2008 – Double Chance for BIC and Pavilion at Bournemouth Tourism Awards – The Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) and Pavilion have been short listed for two awards at the Bournemouth Tourism Awards 2008; Outstanding Customer Service of the Year and Best Evening Experience – Entertainment of the Year.
- Thu 23 Oct 2008 – Summer Season Sales Success for the BIC and Pavilion – Despite the Indian summer we have had over the last few weeks, summer seems to be truly behind us. Looking back on it, the Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) and Pavilion have had one of the busiest summer seasons in recent years!
- Wed 22 Oct 2008 – BIC and Pavilion Short Listed for South West’s 2008 Business Tourism Award – The Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) and Pavilion have been short listed for the finals of the 2008 South West’s Tourism Excellence Award for Business Tourism.
- Wed 27 Aug 2008 – Business Tourism in Bournemouth up by Over 3% to £127m – The latest statistics, based on the UK Tourist Board’s Estimate of Delegate Expenditure, show that the Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) and Pavilion Theatre and Ballroom inject £73m annually into the local economy through business tourism.
- Tue 19 Aug 2008 – BIC and Pavilion Awarded Top Corporate Fundraiser by Charity – Top fundraisers, who took part in the Midnight Wish Walk in April for the Round Table Children’s Wish charity (RTCW), were recognised at a glittering awards ceremony on Tuesday 5th August at Aruba.
- Tue 17 Jun 2008 – BIC has Just the Ticket! – The Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) has launched an innovative parking scheme that offers visitors a guaranteed parking space in the BIC multi-storey car park, as its website sees major growth in ticket sales!
Bournemouth Gets on Board with Event UK
Surf’s up for the Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) and Bournemouth International Conference Bureau (BICB) at Event UK. The leading UK conference and exhibition venue and conference bureau will be riding the waves of success at the exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham on 16th-17th September with their surf themed stand, including surf board tables, right down to their surf branding with VW camper van giveaways.
The surf theme is in honour of the £2.6m scheme for Europe’s first artificial surf reef which is currently under construction in Bournemouth, due for completion by the end of October. The reef is estimated to provide direct income of £3m a year when finished; land based preparation work started in July. The surf reef is part of the wider £9m Boscombe Spa Village Regeneration Programme, including super beach huts designed by Wayne and Gerardine Hemingway, a surf retail outlet, surfing school and glass fronted restaurant.
Visitors can catch up with surf dude representatives from the BIC and BICB, who will be in their uniform of T-shirts and flip-flops. Lisa Ashurst, Conference and Exhibitions Sales Manager at the BIC said: “Competition has always been fierce in this industry and every venue has to compete to be innovative and original. The sales and marketing team at the BIC and BICB came up with the surf theme stand and branding to show what Bournemouth is all about – sea, sand, sun and great meetings!”
You can visit the BIC and BICB on stand V714 in hall 12 to find out more about what’s going on in the cosmopolitan town and the premier UK congress centre. If you pop your business card into the beach bucket on the stand you’ll automatically be entered into a competition to win an incentive themed weekend trip for two to Bournemouth, including hotel stay, a meal, tickets for a show and surf lessons.
Karina Gregory, BICB Manager, added: “Bournemouth is buzzing; it’s full of incentives! August sees the More Bus Bournemouth Air Festival, which expects 500,000 to a million visitors and the surf reef will offer a young and fresh activity for the event organiser market. Come and have a chat with our reps about what’s going on whilst you put your feet up in one of our deck chairs or listen to some classic surfing music.”
It really is a case of get on board with Bournemouth, with the BIC and BICB having won Best Stand, Space Only at International Confex earlier this year.