Date: July 8 – 9
Venue: Heythrop Park, Oxfordshire
The Hotel Summit is specifically organised for senior professionals who are directly responsible for purchasing and procurement within their organisation, and those who provide the latest and greatest products and services within the sector.
A highly focused event that brings together hotel professionals and key industry solution providers, the Summit consists of one-to-one business meetings, interactive seminars and valuable networking opportunities; in less than two days!
This year’s Hotel Summit takes place from July 8 – 9 at Heythrop Park, Oxfordshire.
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.
FAQS
What is included in the cost to attend?
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What do I need to bring with me?
How do I know who is attending the event?
How does the matching process work?
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How much work is there before the event?
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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
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?
July, 8
08.45 – 09.30am: Opening Presentation: Seminar 1
Presentation: How to increase revenue by utilising on blesiure trends
A recent study concluded that 75 per cent of business travellers would extend their business trip for leisure purposes. Changing attitudes and welcoming guests into flexible working spaces is therefore key in order to operate a hotel suitable for modern travellers.
- How through design hotels can open flexible spaces
- How to market your hotel to business travellers
- Adding value through bleisure facilities
Presented by: Pedro Colaco, CEO, Great Hotels of The World and Hamish Kilburn, editor, Hotel Designs
09.45 – 10.30am: Seminar 2
Presentation Title: How design adds value to a hospitality brand
The hospitality experience creates brand loyalty. Defining and differentiating this experience is the design challenge. Adding value is achieved through ensuring the experience reflects locality and the brand promise.
• Renovation versus new build
• To upscale or downscale?
• Defining brand ethos through design
• Performance and profitability issues
• Respecting functionality and RevPAR
Presented by: Andrew Linwood, Head of Hospitality Design, Areen Design
09.45 – 10.30am: Seminar 3
Presentation Title: TBC
Presented by: Francisco Macedo – Operations Director, Cliveden House
17.00pm– 17.45pm: Seminar 4
Presentation Title: TBC
Presented by: Marco Novella, Managing Director, The Lanesborough and Hamish Kilburn, editor, Hotel Designs.
July 9
08.30 – 09.15: Seminar 5
Presentation Title: Turning More Lookers into Bookers!
The direct bookings formula that produced 96 per cent direct bookings in my hotel and a jargon-free, practical approach to improve the conversion of your website and pay less in commission.
• Why you should invest in conversion, not SEO (Search Engine Optimisation)
• The system my hotel uses to keep the bad reviews off TripAdvisor
• How to (and how not-to) use video in your marketing
• The 12-steps to a better converting website
• How to advertise over 50,000 times a month to a highly targeted audience for FREE
Presented by: Adam Hamadache – CEO of DHM
Set amid stunning scenery on the edge of the Cotswolds, Heythrop Park is a place of both age-old decadence and contemporary style – incorporating an 18th century manor house and a stylish Crowne Plaza hotel, creating limitless opportunities for business or pleasure.
