52 conferencing/hospitality A green venue in the
heart of the countryside Situated just outside Henley-on-Thames, in the beautiful Oxfordshire countryside and set in its own 30 acre estate is Greenlands
Greenlands, home to Henley Business School and part of the University of Reading, offers truly exceptional conference, meeting and event facilities with an emphasis on sustainability and greener events. With the increased emphasis on the need for organisations to be more environmentally aware, booking an event at Greenlands comes with the guarantee that organisers are choosing one of leading green venues in the UK, whose ethos of best quality, highly sustainable operating carries across into all areas of the business and the venue holds ISO 14001, ISO 9001, IACC Platinum rating and Green Tourism Gold accreditations for sustainability.
Greenlands provides 11 conference rooms offering a selection of room sizes and layouts, seating up to 115 people, 40 smaller meeting and syndicate rooms,seating up to eight people each, plus a dedicated video
summer hospitality Cricket hospitality – a sound investment
Keith Prowse, leading hospitality partner to some of the UK’s most high-profile sports and cultural occasions, recognises the importance of quality face-to-face interaction to ensure a significant return on corporate hospitality investments.
South central and Solent businesses are being encouraged to maximise marketing budgets with local international cricket fixtures at The Ageas Bowl. Research from Keith Prowse singles out cricket hospitality for offering the most amount of time for hosts to spend with their guests during the format of the day, thereby giving one of the best returns on investment in marketing spends.
Based on Keith Prowse’s sample cricket hospitality itinerary, up to 10.5 hours of time can be spent socialising with guests throughout a day at the cricket with its unique rhythms of calm and nail-biting action, which can include a three-course lunch, afternoon tea and post-match refreshments in between watching the innings.
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a menu that incorporates regional dishes including: Poole Bay shellfish with Chablis and dill jelly and a citrus and caviar dressing; chilled Hampshire watercress mousse with a warm focaccia; and fillet of local sea bass with braised fennel and orange and Poole Bay mussels.
An exciting timetable is lined up for this summer at The Ageas Bowl including a mixture of one day international and faster-paced t20 matches. Highlights will include a NatWest series one-day international between England and New Zealand on June 2, and another between England and Australia on September 16.
Keith Prowse prides itself on offering hospitality for a range of budgets and to meet differing
requirements – with hospitality packages also available for shorter t20 fixtures. The Ageas Bowl will host a series of Friends Life t20 matches throughout June and July and a t20 between England and Australia on August 29.
Keith Prowse’s focus on quality food is reflected in the ground’s recent appointment of head chef Mark Pilgrim, whose ardent passion for local provenance is underlined by
The Ageas Bowl is an iconic, state- of-the-art cricket ground designed by the international award- winning architect, Sir Michael Hopkins. The home to Hampshire Cricket, it is perfect for corporate entertaining and was recently voted the best international ground in a survey of 7,000 fans conducted by the ECB. The bowl provides unobstructed viewing for up to 20,000 seated spectators and permanent world-class floodlights allowing the entertainment to continue after dark.
Details: 023-8047-5660
www.keithprowse.co.uk/ ageasbowl
conferencing suite, each designed to provide comfortable and well equipped work areas, whilst at the same time moving towards fully sustainable operations. All rooms have natural light sources to minimise the requirement for artificial light and electronic equipment is upgraded to the highest environmental performance standards. Maximum levels of recycled and recyclable materials for non-mechanical equipment are also available in each room. FairTrade beverages are provided at all refreshment areas and at meal times, the venue’s chefs create menus based on local and seasonal produce, to ensure that food miles are kept to a minimum.
Located just 40 minutes from Heathrow Airport and easily accessed from the rail network, Greenlands provides a beautiful, rural location with all of the benefits of urban
access and connectivity, allowing event organisers to take advantage of public transport to reduce the carbon footprint of events.
Greenlands also operates an extensive recycling and re-use programme covering all materials used on-site, from computer equipment and furniture, to light bulbs and paper waste. Food and green waste are turned into natural peat-free compost using technology from Kompost which is then used to feed and nourish the estate gardens and food oil is recycled to produce bio-fuel which is then used in the grounds machinery. For end of life recycling Greenlands uses an approved supplier which has a zero landfill policy.
In addition to the multitude of eco- friendly technologies and processes employed throughout the business areas of the house and grounds,
there is an ongoing programme of initiatives to conserve and preserve the unique riverside environment around the whole of the extended estate. Maintaining the riverbank and protecting natural habitats as well as creating additional areas of wildlife value wherever possible. Greenlands also maintains a wild meadow area containing many specimens of local flora, encouraging insect and mammal activity and has introduced bee hotels across the estate to help rebuild the failing indigenous population that has been so widely reported recently.
Details: The conference team 01491-418810/414550
conference@henley.com www.henleyconferences.co.uk
THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – THAMES VALLEY – MAY 2013
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