Events Industry Board Minutes Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 4th October 2018 Attendees Michael Hirst (Chair) Karoline Andrew (Minutes) Paul Bush - VisitScotland Joss Croft - DIT Tracey Halliwell - London & Partners Simon Hughes (delayed) - Independent Jennifer Jenkins - EVCOM Kerrin MacPhie- VisitBritain Gill Manley - Celtic Manor Giles Smith - DCMS Sarah Wright - Independent Robert Wright - Davies Tanner (observer) Heledd Williams - VisitWales Apologies: Chris Skeith (AEO), Mike Rusbridge (Independent), Kate Nicholls (UKHospitality) Welcome and Presentation by Celtic Manor on the new ICC Wales Exhibition Space Michael welcomed Members and thanked Celtic Manor for hosting the meeting. He good work on the Board and wished him well in his new role at acknowledged Nick De Bois’s DExEu. Gill provided an overview of the history for Celtic Manor to the present day: Best Hotel at the Meetings & Incentive Travel awards for 8 years in a row 65% of the population live within 2 hours of Newport and the removal of the bridge toll is expected to benefit the area greatly. New conference centre opening July 2019 Looking to create a festival like atmosphere for official opening, targeting 40 associations (including attendees partners and children) UKSpace will be the first event to be held in the facility with approx. 1,500 delegates £80m to build, partnerships with local universities, business and industry. Sense of place very important - Owner insists on having as much Welsh produce available for delegates/visitors and to weave this into all they do. Previous Minutes Amendments: Simon Hughes needs to be listed as attending last meeting Bullet point 4 should read ‘Culture Diary’ not ‘Virtual Diary’ Otherwise agreed. Declarations of Interest None. Matters Arising Progress of new Cross-Government Working Group
Events Industry Board Minutes Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 4th October 2018 Attendees Michael Hirst (Chair) Karoline Andrew (Minutes) Paul Bush - VisitScotland Joss Croft - DIT Tracey Halliwell - London & Partners Simon Hughes (delayed) - Independent Jennifer Jenkins - EVCOM Kerrin MacPhie- VisitBritain Gill Manley - Celtic Manor Giles Smith - DCMS Sarah Wright - Independent Robert Wright - Davies Tanner (observer) Heledd Williams - VisitWales Apologies: Chris Skeith (AEO), Mike Rusbridge (Independent), Kate Nicholls (UKHospitality) Welcome and Presentation by Celtic Manor on the new ICC Wales Exhibition Space Michael welcomed Members and thanked Celtic Manor for hosting the meeting. He acknowledged Nick De Bois’s good work on the Board and wished him well in his new role at DExEu. Gill provided an overview of the history for Celtic Manor to the present day: Best Hotel at the Meetings & Incentive Travel awards for 8 years in a row 65% of the population live within 2 hours of Newport and the removal of the bridge toll is expected to benefit the area greatly. New conference centre opening July 2019 Looking to create a festival like atmosphere for official opening, targeting 40 associations (including attendees partners and children) UKSpace will be the first event to be held in the facility with approx. 1,500 delegates £80m to build, partnerships with local universities, business and industry. Sense of place very important - Owner insists on having as much Welsh produce available for delegates/visitors and to weave this into all they do. Previous Minutes Amendments: Simon Hughes needs to be listed as attending last meeting Bullet point 4 should read ‘Culture Diary’ not ‘Virtual Diary’ Otherwise agreed. Declarations of Interest None. Matters Arising Progress of new Cross-Government Working Group
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