News and Press Releases

January 2019

Conference Plymouth Launches New Business Development Strategy

We’re delighted to announce that we’ve been successful in the recruitment of a new business development service for Conference Plymouth.

After sifting through and interviewing applications earlier this year, we have invited Jo Butler Consulting to assist us in driving forward our plans to attract more conferences and business tourists to Plymouth.

Jo Butler Consulting has already been assisting Conference Plymouth in delivering its marketing plan and this new role should ensure a dedicated focus on the wider needs of our membership forum.

Conference Plymouth has been growing from strength to strength over recent years driven by the voluntary assistance from Kim Downer of Plymouth Pavilions. Kim will remain as Vice Chair of Conference Plymouth and continue to guide its strategic direction.

With the committed funding support from the Plymouth Waterfront Partnership (PWP) Business Improvement District, Conference Plymouth has been able to create a funded role that will see a dedicated and focused emphasis on development of the core business to support the membership, including member benefits, income generation, fam visit management and development of advertising campaigns.

Upon being offered the role, Jo Butler said “I am delighted to be part of the new chapter for Conference Plymouth, to help position Plymouth as a key conferencing destination and to work more closely with our wonderful venues and suppliers.

August 2018

Conference Plymouth launches a new website to target conference buyers to Britain’s Ocean City.

2018 has been an exciting year to date for Conference Plymouth with a launch of their new fresh branding and the rebuild of a multi-functional website to attract new corporate bookers to Plymouth Britain’s Ocean City.
The new website has a new search functionality which makes it easier for conference bookers to search for venues by capacity, themes or if they are looking for somewhere different in the city to host their conference.  The website also showcases the benefits of hosting an event in Plymouth and highlights the key industries which are on offer in the city – marine science, manufacturing and tourism and hospitality.
Conference Plymouth is a membership organisation made up of great venues and unique suppliers from Plymouth and the surrounding areas and this website now enables each of the partner businesses to display more information about capacities, offers, news and social media feeds including video and pdf downloads.
Kim Downer, Vice Chair of Conference Plymouth/Plymouth Pavilions states “We are thrilled with the new website which gives us a great platform to showcase all the wonderful venues and suppliers we have on offer here in Plymouth for your conference, meeting or event.”
Sarah Gibson, Waterfront Manager and Chief Executive of Plymouth Waterfront Partnership said: “Conferences and corporate events, which Conference Plymouth are helping draw to the city, are of huge value to our businesses and the economy in Plymouth and the surrounding areas, so Plymouth Waterfront Partnership BID (Business Improvement District) is delighted to support Conference Plymouth and help fund the creation of this fantastic new website”.

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