E-easy venue-finding in Cambridge
The Conference Cambridge website, www.conferencecambridge.com, continues to go from strength to strength and was recently awarded Silver in the Best Website Category of the Meeting Industry Marketing Awards.
The site features comprehensive venue details, information and pictures of each of the meeting and dining rooms, accommodation, technical and sports facilities, parking as well as other policies, e.g. whether the venues have civil wedding licenses and their policies on children.
Our facilities overview and simple search functions provide an indication of suitable venues for any particular event criteria (event type, capacity, seating style, catering etc.) and by using our free ‘Find a venue’ service you can ascertain the availability of all possible venues with a few clicks.
For lunch and dinner enquiries, www.conferencecambridge.com/dining will be of interest; where along with cuisine particulars about each venue, there are some mouth-watering sample menus.
We will keep the site posted with information relating to new or improved facilities and special offers.
Venues
New ensuite accommodation at Sidney Sussex
Within the Cambridge Colleges, we have in the region of 3000 ensuite rooms and a further 3,500 rooms with shared facilities, which help us to meet the requirements of residential events. As 42% of the enquiries we receive for accommodation are for single ensuite bedrooms, it’s good to know that new facilities are being developed each year.
Some of our clients have a preference for traditional venues, but still require ensuite accommodation; oh if it were only possible to go back in time to ask the architects to build, design and plumb the rooms for our modern needs!
It’s great news therefore, that Sidney Sussex College, a small, historic College founded in 1596, located in the centre of Cambridge, is the latest to add its name to the venues that can offer ensuite facilities.
The College now has 105 ensuite rooms on offer during vacation periods, which will make it an excellent choice for many residential events. The College is very friendly and offers superb facilities and delicious cuisine for non-residential events too.
To book an event in a Cambridge College, please use our online enquiry form,
or contact us via email: enquiries@conferencecambridge.com or tel: 01223 740578.
Cripps Court development, Magdalene College
A recent major investment from the Cripps Foundation in Magdalene College’s facilities has resulted in the exciting new development, Cripps Court. The Court, constructed from the refurbishment of two Victorian Villas with a range of additional new buildings, provides first class comprehensive conference facilities, which complement the existing facilities in the main College grounds.
This striking new facility, which has full disabled access, is comprised of a formal entrance hall, a 142 seat auditorium, a stunning oak-beamed gallery for informal dining, 5 seminar rooms, a large foyer with exhibition space, a bar, a computer room, 31 en-suite bedrooms and 11 bedrooms with shared facilities.
During term time, Cripps Court is available for day meetings, seminars or workshops. All meeting rooms have state-of-the-art AV facilities and the Court gallery provides an ideal setting for light snacks or buffet-style lunches.
The experienced Magdalene conference team will advise and assist you on all aspects to ensure your event runs smoothly. To book an event in a Cambridge College, please use our online form, or contact us via email: enquiries@conferencecambridge.com or tel: 01223 740578.
We can offer year-round residential facilities too!
The Møller Centre is now open 24/7, 12 months of the year.
Although many of our venues are limited in their termtime residential offerings, whether your requirement is residential or non-residential, weekday or weekend, the Møller Centre is now open for business 24/7, 12 months a year to meet your event specification.
The contemporary Scandinavian design of the Møller Centre makes this venue a perfect setting for conferences, training events, meetings or even just a luncheon. Facilities include four star equivalent ensuite bedrooms, flexible training and conference rooms, relaxing lounge and patio areas and a fitness suite. For clients looking for Quality Assured service, it’s an inspirational environment offered at a fully inclusive rate.
To book an event in a Cambridge College, please use our online form, or contact us via email: enquiries@conferencecambridge.com or tel: 01223 740578.
First Cambridge College to offer termtime residential facilities
From April 2006, New Hall will be the first College in Cambridge that can host residential events during termtime.
With an excellent range of facilities, including 2 raked lecture theatres and 15 meeting rooms, New Hall offers the perfect academic venue for a wide range of events, as of Easter, clients will also be able to benefit from 40 ensuite bedrooms for residential events during termtime.
New Hall have a very special Easter offer: 10% off every 10 bedrooms booked in April 2006.
To book an event in a Cambridge College, please use our online form, or contact us via email: enquiries@conferencecambridge.com or tel: 01223 740578; alternatively, for New Hall, please contact Dani Williams on 01223 762 267 dlw35@cam.ac.uk or Ruth Allwood – 01223 762 269 rba23@cam.ac.uk. and quote ref – 'Web Offer CC206'.
Special offers
Discounted prices for conferencing at Queens' College!
Book now for Summer 2006 ( 1st July 2006 - 27th September 2006) & Easter 2007 (22nd March 2007 - 18th April 2007) and enjoy a 50% discount off the cost of hiring the Fitzpatrick Hall lecture theatre, as well as further discounts on meeting rooms & bedrooms in Cripps Court. Due the construction of the Teaching and Research Centre, which will occupy a new fourth floor of Cripps Court, we are able to offer you the opportunity to stage your conference at Queens’ at greatly reduced rates.
Book the Fitzpatrick Hall lecture theatre and you will not only receive a 50% discount on the standard published 2006/2007 tariff, but also the complimentary use of the Bowett Room, Angevin Room and the Registration Office.
You will also benefit from a 50% discount on the cost of bedrooms situated in Cripps Court (please note there are bedrooms available in other areas of College that are not affected by the development).
Book now for Christmas 2006 at 2005 prices at Queens' College
Queens' can host your festive luncheon /dinner in the spectacular surroundings of the Old Hall and Old Kitchens for up to 114 guests, or in the Cripps Dining Hall, which when coupled with the Fitzpatrick Hall & bar/conservatory, can accommodate up to 350 for a Christmas party with dancing and bar facilites to ensure you have the party of the year!
Dining with accommodation at Queens' College
If you are organising a banquet, wedding or dinner dance at Queens', during student vacation periods, you are able to reserve en-suite bedrooms for single or twin occupancy bedrooms. The College is currently offering a discount of 10% off the standard favourable tariff for bookings in excess of 10 rooms, or 20% for bookings in excess of 25 rooms per function.
Free cheese & wine at Queens' College
Hold your dinner/banquet in the Old Hall at Queens' on a Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday evening, before 16th March 2007 and your guests will enjoy 2 complimentary glasses of House Wine each and a free cheese board with dinner!
All rooms are subject to availability.
To book an event in a Cambridge College, please use our online form, or contact us via email: enquiries@conferencecambridge.com; alternatively, for Queens' College, call Alan or Tim in the Catering Office: Tel 01223 335592, E-mail: info@queensconferences.com. and quote ref – 'Web Offer CC206'.
Events
At Conference Cambridge, we place a vast range of events in an extensive portfolio of venues. We thought it would be interesting and useful for you to put together an album of event experiences, to give a flavour of the personality of the venues on offer.
We invite clients, who successfully place events using our service, to write a brief event summary that we will make available to other clients here and online.
Client: Cambridge University Press
Event: Dinner for 50 guests, 4 April 2005
Venue: St John’s College
‘We recently used Conference Cambridge to help find a venue for one of our conference dinners. Within 3 days I had received replies from 8 of the Colleges with details of the facilities they could offer. We decided to use St John's as it was close to the conference venue and we booked the Wordsworth Room for dinner with pre-dinner drinks in The Old Music Room.’
On arrival we were greeted with a choice of drinks and then we moved on to the Wordsworth Room for dinner. The food was well served and presented and extremely tasty, however, the room was a little cosy as we were close to limit on numbers for dinner within the Wordsworth Room.
Conference Cambridge is an excellent facility which provides a unique and extremely useful service, particularly for those within Cambridge trying to organise a large function. I would definitely recommend their services and will use them again to organise further functions.’
Becky Binney, Cambridge University Press
Client: The Open University in the East of England
Event: Day meeting for 40 guests, 23 April 2005
Venue: Møller Centre
‘We have held staff development events at the Møller Centre before but this time we were looking for a cheaper venue. I contacted Conference Cambridge as I thought it would be an efficient way of finding out which of the Cambridge Colleges and associated venues could accommodate us on the date we wanted. I received two replies. The first was from the Møller Centre, on the same day as my initial enquiry, offering us the day delegate rate I had specified. As I know the Møller Centre and have always been impressed by the venue and the service we receive from staff there, I immediately took them up on the offer. A couple of days later I received an enquiry from Homerton asking if we had found a venue yet. By this stage I had already confirmed my booking with the Møller Centre.
I did not receive any brochures or written material from the Møller Centre (other than the contract) as staff knew that we had booked the venue several times before.
As always, everything went very smoothly on the day. Meeting rooms were set up as we had requested and the catering was very good (we always get positive feedback about the food at the Møller Centre on the evaluation sheets filled out by those who attended!).
I spoke with Emma Williams-Wynn on the telephone several times before the event and was extremely impressed by her professional and friendly manner and with the efficient way in which she dealt with my requests and changes to the arrangements I had made.
I will definitely use the Conference Cambridge service again when we need to find an external venue in Cambridge for an Open University event and will also recommend it to friends who may find your service useful for weddings and other private functions.’
Karen Cafferkey, The Open University in the East of England
Clients
Champagne prize draw winner
Thank you to everyone who has recently completed a post-enquiry customer satisfaction questionnaire; each quarter, we hold a draw for those clients who have completed and returned a customer satisfaction questionnaire.
Congratulations to Sheila Jeffery of Mott MacDonald Ltd, who was very happy to be the winner of our most recent Champagne Draw!
Happy Clients
Just a few of our happy clients!
‘Impressively fast response from a good number of venues.’
Alan White, Jubilee Centre
‘I was very impressed with your service and the contacts from the Colleges. I would happily use it again and have recommended it to colleagues.’
Gerard Walker, Certification Office
‘The replies we received were very helpful, particularly when we were requesting a date which was in termtime and at very short notice. Because of the limited time available we eventually made use of some rooms at the Press Site. I would, however, like to thank you for all your help and impress upon you that from our point of view the exercise was very valuable. It has made us aware of the resources that are available and how we can access these resources when necessary.’
Carole Cornthwaite, Cambridge Printing Promotional
‘Information received (from three Colleges) was excellent. We are still finalising arrangements for their meeting and no decision has yet been made yet as to which College they will choose. Your service is excellent - from the initial telephone enquiry through to information received - all very impressive!’
Carole Noble, The Council of the Oxford Farming Conference
‘Thank you for your help with this. We had many responses and have chosen Robinson College as the only one who could really cope with the numbers we anticipate. We have written to all the other respondees, thanking them but refusing their offers. Conference Cambridge, as always, saved us countless hours of phoning and puts the onus on the Colleges to offer their services, which as far as I am concerned is essential. Thank you - invaluable assistance.’
Jackie Jenkins, Cambridge University Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre
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