From 13th to 16th May, Better Bankside attended the Times Créme exhibition at Olympia in partnership with Glaziers Hall, Shakespeare’s Globe, Southwark Rose Hotel and Etc Venues.  The exhibition is aimed at Executive PAs and Secretaries, many of whom are charged with organising departmental or company parties, business meetings, conferences and corporate hospitality for key clients.

 

Bankside offers a truly inspiring location to excite delegates and top-notch bars, restaurants and hotels. But many event organisers are still unaware of the product available in Bankside. In a recent survey carried out by www.londonmice.co.uk, a third of respondents had not heard of any Bankside venue and another third knew a couple of venues. Only 4% knew the venues well and had used some of them.

 

Our aims for the Times Créme show was to raise awareness of the wealth of venues available for corporate hospitality, conferences, meetings and events, start building a database for further marketing activities and to launch our new Bankside venue finder - www.banksidevenues.co.uk. 

 

The calibre of visitors was generally high with secretaries and executive PAs from large corporates looking for new venue ideas, many of whom were not aware of the range of venues available in Bankside. Over the three days we collated 380 interested contacts and our 25 press packs had all disappeared into the hands of journalists by the end of the show. The follow-up activity will include an email with a link to our venue finder on the new website and several venue showcases spread throughout the year.   

 

So what event can you hold in Bankside? 

Choose from rooms with view of the river Thames and the City to more rustic converted Victorian railway viaducts and wharves on cobbled medieval streets to create the setting for memorable events…

• Banquet elegantly at Glaziers Hall, Shakespeare’s Globe and Vinopolis
  
• Train your staff or hold away days at Prospero House, Jerwood Space and the Mercure London City Bankside
  
• Entertain Elizabethan style on board the Golden Hinde
  
• Hold networking events surrounded by art at the Bankside, Menier and Purdy Hicks galleries
  
• Organise an all day conference with break out facilities at Novotel London City South and Southwark Rose Hotel. 

More information on individual venues and the area can be found at www.banksidevenues.co.uk