About.

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: April 27 – 28
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 374082 or email v.petch@forumevents.co.uk.

Further information on speakers will follow shortly.

Hotel Summit is brought to you by Forum Events and Hotel Designs:

Suppliers Info.

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



Supplier Profiles.

GOLD Partners

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!

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.

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.

NT Security 

Silver Suppliers

Birchall Tea
Genson Limited
Luqel Water
Matrix Fitness
SICO Europe Ltd

Delegates Info.

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

Delegates Booking Form.

  • Delegate Booking Form

  • Should you be unable to attend, who would come as your replacement?

  • Please select the products and services you wish to discuss at the event:*

  • Further Info

  • Your booking includes:

    Complimentary accommodation, meals, refreshments and seminars.

    Once we have received your booking form we will confirm your attendance and send you regular emails up until the date of the event. If you have any questions, please call us on 01992 374100. We are a voicemail-free zone during office hours, and you will be able to talk to an event manager who will be delighted to assist you.

    For a unique, tailored experience, we recruit national and regional solution providers based on the collective and individual needs and requests of our attendees. The sooner we receive your form, the sooner we can personalise this event to your requirements. Thank you for your booking.

    Your attendance at our events is free of charge; however, due to the fact that we restrict the number of attendees, a cancellation fee of £500 will apply should you cancel from 27/03/2020 and your organisation does not provide a suitable replacement. Your information will be shared with the relevant suppliers attending this event. By ticking this box, you confirm that you have read and accepted the terms and conditions of this booking, and understand that a charge will apply should you cancel from 27/03/2020.

Seminars.

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.

 

Venue.

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

Directions by plane
London Heathrow, London Gatwick, London Heathrow
Directions by train
The local railway station is Witham which is just a 15 minute taxi journey. The hotel is only 20 minutes from Colchester Train Station which is easily accessible from London Liverpool Street, Stratford, Ipswich and Chelmsford stations.

Contact.

Jennie Lane

Portfolio Sales Manager

01992 374098

Liam Cloona

Delegate Sales Manager

01992 374089

Victoria Petch

Delegate Sales Manager

01992 374082

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