- Fri 18 Jul 2008 – BIC is the Only English Resort Venue to Make Finals of the World’s Best Congress Centre Award – Up against international city venues, the Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) was the only English resort venue to make the finals of the 2008 International Association of Congress Centre’s (AIPC) Apex Award for World’s Best Congress Centre.
- Tue 08 Jul 2008 – Bournemouth Hotels Voted Best Value in the World – Bournemouth hotels have been voted the best value hotels in the world, by a survey of guests who use website hotel.info.
- Thu 03 Jul 2008 – Come and Tour Behind the Scenes the BIC and Pavilion – The Bournemouth International Centre and Pavilion Theatre and Ballroom are going to be open to the public, for behind the scenes tours, every Friday from July to September this year.
- Wed 25 Jun 2008 – Busy Times Ahead for the BIC – The Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) has a busy couple of weeks ahead what with hosting the Consumer Affairs and Trading Standards (TSI) Conference and Exhibition and welcoming back the Local Government Association (LGA) for the ninth time!
- 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!
- Thu 05 Jun 2008 – New Marketing Face at the BIC and Pavilion – There is a new face in the Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) and Pavilion Theatre’s Conferences and Exhibitions team.
- Fri 18 Apr 2008 – Ideal Home Exhibition Touches Down in Bournemouth – Bournemouth will be all action from Thursday 28th until Sunday 31st August as the popular Ideal Home Exhibition lands at the Bournemouth International Centre, on the same weekend as the new Bournemouth Airshow.
- Thu 21 Feb 2008 – BIC Bride of the Year – Hundreds of brides-to-be recently attended the successful Wedding Show at the BIC which saw Rachel Bunce from Salisbury scoop the Bride of the Year title
Three Into One Will Go for Police
The Police Federation is returning to the BIC for its national conference in May, and unlike any other organisation it will be staging three conferences at the same time.
Keith Carr, Police Federation conference and events manager, explains: “We hold separate conferences for constables, sergeants and inspectors before the whole federation comes together for the joint national conference which covers three days.
“The BIC is the only venue with three large conference rooms that can accommodate us in the same building, it just fits our requirements like a glove. And Bournemouth as a whole suits us as it has a wide variety of quality hotels to choose from for accommodation.”
The conferences, with keynote speaker Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, will be held in the Tregonwell Hall, Windsor Hall and Solent Hall over 19-22 May, with the Royal Bath Hotel acting as the event headquarters. The Police Federation has booked annual conferences at the BIC until 2013 and 2,500 people are expected to attend the May event and exhibition which will be staged in the Purbeck Hall and feature 88 stands.