- Wed 10 Mar 2010 – Future Looks Bright for BIC – The future looks bright for the Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) after recently winning a new event for 2010, the Unlock the Future Conference.
- Fri 05 Mar 2010 – EMAIL NEWSLETTER – TECHNICAL PROBLEM – Please note we are currently experiencing technical problems sending our weekly email newsletter.
- Wed 03 Mar 2010 – Beach Huts Make Bournemouth STAND OUT At Confex – It’s Beach Hut inspired stand at International Confex really made Bournemouth stand out this year, and meant it won Best Stand in the UK venues and destinations section.
- Fri 19 Feb 2010 – BIC Secures £8m Worth of Business for Bournemouth – The Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) is on a roll after securing ten big events for future years - as far ahead as 2017 - that combined will bring an estimated £8m to Bournemouth in terms of delegate expenditure.
- Fri 19 Feb 2010 – BIC Promotes Boscombe’s Beach Pods at Meetings and Incentive Exhibition in London – The Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) and Bournemouth’s conference bureau, the BICB, exhibit annually at International Confex, the largest UK meetings and incentive travel exhibition in London.
- Tue 19 Jan 2010 – BIC Makes it Mark by Winning New Event – The Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) has definitely made its mark by winning a two day tattoo convention called Bournemouth Ink, crammed full of interesting and unusual entertainment. The event is taking place on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th May in the BIC’s Purbeck Hall and Tregonwell Hall.
- Fri 27 Nov 2009 – BIC Voted Best Evening Experience at Bournemouth Tourism Awards – The Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) won Best Evening Experience of the Year at the Bournemouth Tourism Awards last night, held at the Carrington House Hotel.
- Thu 13 Aug 2009 – BIC team win Labour Party vote! – The Labour Party has chosen Bournemouth to host their Annual Conference at the Bournemouth International Centre and Pavilion in 2013
- Wed 22 Jul 2009 – Bournemouth Flies the Green Flag – Bournemouth has raised its green credentials by winning the bid to host the prestigious Green Flag Award winners event next month.
- Wed 29 Apr 2009 – BIC Wins Business Worth £10.8m for Bournemouth – The BIC conference and exhibitions sales team are on a roll
- Thu 11 Dec 2008 – BIC and Pavilion Make the Energy Grade – The recent government requirement for Display Energy Certificates (DEC) has demonstrated that the Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) and Pavilion Theatre make the energy grade.
- 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 Flies the Green Flag
Bournemouth has raised its green credentials by winning the bid to host the prestigious Green Flag Award winners event next month. Event organisers, Keep Britain Tidy, are expecting 1,800 delegates to the 2 day event, which is taking place on Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd of July at the Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre and Ballroom.
The event is split into four award ceremonies which will be held in the Pavilion’s Theatre, with a formal dinner in the Pavilion’s Ballroom. Wildlife expert and TV presenter Michaela Strachan will present the awards. Paul Todd, Green Flag Award Scheme Manager, said: “The Bournemouth Pavilion is an ideal location for the event with its large theatre and ballroom and its situation overlooking Bournemouth’s wonderful Green Flag Award winning lower gardens. There’s an excitement around this year’s event, what with it being the Pavilion’s 80th Anniversary, the anticipated significant rise in awards and the fact that Bournemouth is the host; a town committed to flying the green flag.”
The Green Flag Award is the national standard for parks and green spaces in England and Wales. The award scheme, launched in 1996, recognises and rewards the best green spaces.
Managing Director of the Pavilion and its sister venue the Bournemouth International Centre, Peter Gunn said of the awards: “It’s a real honour to host the Green Flag Award event. Bournemouth is internationally recognised as being clean, lean and green; being host reinforces this message. With over £500,000 being injected into the town from delegate expenditure, the event is win-win situation for Bournemouth.”
With a record of Green Flag Awards expected, the event looks set to impress. Last year 743 parks and green places received a Green Flag Award but this year the number of sites receiving the top accolade is set to rise substantially and could well reach the 1,000 mark. The reason being that more green spaces, often found in obscure places like allotments, hospital grounds and shopping centres, are now being considered for awards.