For two decades, Hotel Summit has been bringing together senior hospitality professionals with suppliers. The two-day event consists of pre-arranged face-to-face meetings, seminar sessions and is complete with a gala dinner.
Date: 23rd – 24th November
Venue: Five Lakes Resort, Colchester.
If you are interested in exhibiting at the 2020 event, please contact Jennie Lane on 01992 374098 or email j.lane@forumevents.co.uk.
If you are a hotel operator, general manager or procurement manager and would like to attend the event free of charge, please contact Victoria Petch of 01992 374099 or email k.naumburger@forumevents.co.uk.
Further information on speakers will follow shortly.
Hotel Summit is brought to you by Forum Events and Hotel Designs:
The event will guarantee:
– An audience of pre-qualified buyers
– Selected and ‘matched’ meetings
– No time wasters
– No hidden costs
– Just face-to-face sales meetings throughout!
Tailored to meet your requirements like no other event.
Your time is precious, valuable and limited. At the Summit, we will deliver a first-rate return on investment, and put you in touch with hotel professionals who have specifically asked to meet you, would like to discuss your products and services, and are pro-actively looking for solutions for their organisation’s facilities and interiors.
The Summit also offers an unparalleled opportunity for you to promote your service solutions to senior decision makers, who have the authority to spend and are reviewing their current suppliers.
Key benefits
We organise personalised appointments between purchasing professionals and suppliers to meet in their own dedicated meeting booth. Each supplier will have a series of 25 minute meetings with key decision makers over the two days.
You are guaranteed a captive audience of professionals, pre-selected and matched meetings, and cost effective measurable ROI, without any time-wasters and hidden costs.
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FAQS
What is included in the cost to attend?
What will my stand look like?
What do I need to bring with me?
How do I know who is attending the event?
How does the matching process work?
How do you create my itinerary?
How much work is there before the event?
What happens if no one selects me?
What is the dress code?
GOLD Partners
ARCHITECTURAL TILES
For decades Parkside has been a trusted tile source to the UK contract market. We help specify contemporary porcelain, ceramic and natural stone tiles for every type of project.
Cole & Son
Cole & Son has been creating exceptional wallcoverings since 1875. Our in-house design studio is dedicated to creating innovative designs which help create beautiful interiors through colour and pattern.
Falcon Contract Flooring Sales Ltd
Since starting life as ‘two guys in a van’ our family business has changed considerably. What hasn’t changed is our dedication to honesty, integrity and transparency. You won’t beat our service!
Miele
Over its 120 year history, Miele has developed countless high-quality laundry and dishwashing machines, which has helped it to become one of the leading providers in the hotel sector.
NT Security
NT have provided the hospitality industry with tailored locking solutions for over 30 years. With exclusive UK distribution of world leading products, each design is as unique as your building.
PERRIN & ROWE | SHAWS | VICTORIA + ALBERT
Since their recent acquisition by Fortune Brands, Perrin & Rowe, Shaws of Darwen and Victoria + Albert now work together, as complementary brands, in the hotel and commercial market.
Room To Breathe
Insite Specialist Services Ltd trading as ‘Room To Breathe’.
We create hypoallergenic spaces that provide occupants with the ‘Wellness’ factor and the best opportunity to rest well and refresh. These spaces also improve cognitive performance and positive experiences.
Ruark Audio
Ruark Audio design and manufacture premium small audio systems. Their products can be found in some of the world’s top hotels include The Savoy London, Hotel at Six Stockholm and The Biltmore Mayfair.
Schlüter-Systems LTD
Schlüter-Systems LTD is a market leader in essential accessories for tile and stone. Formed in 1966 by Werner Schlüter, a man who set out to provide practical solutions for bathroom tile installations.
Silver Suppliers
Why attend?
– Pre-arranged meetings with solution providers of your choice
– 25 minute meeting slots will be relaxed and civilised, with no hard sell
– Attend a tailored programme of inspiring seminars
– Easily compare and benchmark potential products, services and solutions
– You will be one of just 65 VIP’s at the event, ensuring that you get personal attention
– Attendance is entirely free of charge, which includes entry to our seminars
A more targeted approach
We understand that your time is precious, valuable and limited. You tell us who you want to meet, and we handle all the details.
We arrange all meetings in advance based on your preferences, by providing you with details on solution providers, products and services.
98% of past attendees say that our events are a better way to find new suppliers than a traditional trade show.
What’s included?
– A full pre-arranged itinerary of one-to-one meetings
– Complimentary seminars hosted by some of the industry’s most dynamic minds
– Overnight accommodation
– Meals and refreshments throughout
– Evening gala dinner with entertainment
– Access to all presentation material
– Wi-Fi access
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FAQS
It’s free – what’s the catch?
What does the day include?
Is it a hard sell event?
What is the dress code?
How does the matching process work?
How do you create my itinerary?
Monday, April 27
Time: 08:45 – 09.30
Opening presentation: Happiness of Being You
Presented by: Danny Bent, Happiness Guru, Little Red Shorts Limited
Listen to Danny’s unique and sometimes unconventional ways to fill your life full of positivity. Packed with emotion, this is a wellbeing talk without the fluff and gloss. It’s gritty and stirs something in you that you can’t ignore.
- Positivity is a choice you make
- Your smile is more powerful than you know
- Together we can create the incredible
- Step past your fears
Tuesday, April 28
Time: 08:45 – 09:30
Presentation Title: Technology’s new place in hospitality
Presented by: Hamish Kilburn, editor, Hotel Designs
As hospitality continues to evolve, exciting developments in technology will allow us to push the limits further than ever to transform conventional hotels into immersive spaces. But are we thinking about technology meaningfully enough? Editor Hamish Kilburn will explore technology’s place in tomorrow’s hospitality.
Time: 09:40 – 10:25
Presentation Title: Protecting our Planet: How to Tackle Hotel Sustainability to #Maketravelmatter
Presented by: Alexandra Tollman, Director of Sales at Red Carnation Hotels
Looking at ways in which RCH and the industry can help tackle industry sustainability and protecting the world we live in.
- Intro on RCH
- Tread Right
- Sustainability projects
- Eliminating single use plastics in our hotels
- How to #MakeTravelMatter
Time: 11:40 – 12:25
Panel Discussion: Designing accessible spaces for modern travellers.
Chaired by: Hamish Kilburn, editor, Hotel Designs
Panelists: Robin Sheppard, CEO, Bespoke Hotels & Chairman, Institute of Hospitality
Ed Warner, Founder, Motionspot
Editor of Hotel Designs, Hamish Kilburn, will host a live interview with Sheppard and Ed Warner, founder of accessible design firm Motionspot which collaborated with Brooklyn interior designers, Squid Inc. This exclusive panel discussion will give delegates unprecedented insight to the design decisions involved in the creation of this 189-key hotel.
Set among rural English countryside on the outer edge of Colchester in the middle of 320 acres of parkland, Five Lakes Resort is one of the best hotels in Essex.
Address
Five Lakes Resort,
Colchester
CM9 8HX
Jennie Lane
Portfolio Sales Manager
01992 374098
