- Wed 06 Aug 2008 – 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.
- Fri 25 Jul 2008 – Leading UK Energy Company Returns to the BIC for Fifth Visit – Scottish Southern and Energy (SSE) are returning to the Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) this week for their Annual General Meeting.
- 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!
- 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/Pavilion receive "OUTSTANDING" Award
The Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) and Pavilion have added to the venues’ collection of accolades by scooping the ‘Outstanding Contribution to Tourism Award’, at this year’s Bournemouth Tourism Awards ceremony.
As well as taking one of the top awards, the BIC / Pavilion venues were also highly commended in two other categories announced at a gala dinner hosted by the respected industry journalist Simon Calder, who is travel editor of The Independent.
It’s the second year in succession that the BIC / Pavilion has received an award from this scheme which rewards excellence across all tourism categories and is in addition to the BIC’s string of awards from the conference and event industry, including ‘number one venue’ in a conference industry national poll.
Business tourism adds an estimated £123 million to the local economy, of which £75 million is attributed to the BIC/Pavilion. This is in addition to the contribution of entertainments, which relies not only on ticket sales but includes extra revenue from restaurant and taxi use as well as local hotel accommodation booked by an estimated 10% of concert-goers.
Peter Gunn, managing director BIC/Pavilion, said: “We’re absolutely delighted to receive this award which recognises the all round value that we seek to deliver at all levels. Over the last year, our business has increased by 36% and it’s a credit to all our team that our customer satisfaction rates are currently 85% in the ‘good to excellent’ range. There’s nothing quite like an award to give our team an extra lift and now we’re on the trail for the next one!”
Mike Francis, chairman of the Bournemouth Tourism Management Board (BTMB), added: “Individuals and businesses play an incredibly vital role in Bournemouth’s reputation as a first class resort, and for that we celebrate their ongoing accomplishments and commitments to the town.”
The awards had 18 entry categories which were judged by members of Bournemouth’s Tourism Management Board, using individual assessment of venues together with mystery shopper reports.