- 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
BIC pulls the crowds to Bournemouth
Thousands of extra business visitors could be heading for Bournemouth following a familiarisation visit arranged by the Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) which was attended by some of the UK’s top conference and event organisers.
The visit was arranged as part of the BIC’s ongoing programme of business development for the venue and the town, and this time included organisers responsible for events that attract from 300 to 2,000 people. Organisations represented included the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, the National Union of Journalists and the British Neuroscience Association.
A full ‘Bournemouth experience’ was arranged by the BIC team which included hotel accommodation, lunch at the new Aruba restaurant overlooking the pier and Bournemouth bay, followed by an evening’s entertainment of dinner plus tickets to Le Grand Cirque with the BIC’s hospitality partner Red Eventful Cuisine. There was also a full tour of the BIC’s facility to demonstrate the venue’s flexibility and suitability for all types of events.
Already the visit has generated serious enquiries for events and the organisers were particularly impressed with the investments in the facilities at the BIC/Pavilion as well as around the town - which was the purpose of the exercise, explains the BIC’s sales manager Lisa Ashurst.
“Visits that allow these professionals to test the various facilities out for themselves always result in extra business for the local economy from industry professionals and this should be no exception. It was a good mix of business and pleasure and our VIP guests were genuinely impressed and had a good time. Most importantly we’re already getting results and are working with several of the organisers to select suitable dates for meetings and larger conferences as far ahead as 2012,” she says.