The QEII Centre is the largest dedicated conference, exhibition and event space in central London. The venue offers world class facilities and versatile spaces for up to 2,500. Conventions, dinners, awards, exhibitions, Christmas parties, receptions, product launches; we can do them all, hosting over 400 national and international events a year.
The Kia Oval, located in the heart of London, is a world class sporting venue with excellent conference and event facilities. Each room is flooded with natural daylight and boasts outstanding views of the famous Oval wicket. With a mix of modern and traditional rooms ranging in size, the Kia Oval is suitable for a variety of events.
CentrEd at ExCeL is a brand new state-of-the-art conference, meeting and training facility that’s part of our award-winning venue.
ExCeL is the capital's premier events venue and home to London's International Convention Centre. Our venue has been designed to accommodate a wide range of event formats, with organisers able to use different spaces from an auditorium to exhibition space, executive meeting rooms and a dedicated training centre.
Flexible space and award-winning service; Olympia London's conference facilities is perfect for 200-1500 delegates. Our award winning team will help you find the perfect fit to create a bespoke conference in one of our three unique spaces. And with DDR packages from £65, why not book a showround and experience the venue for yourself.
Located in Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex, just 16 miles from Central London, we offer a unique collection of individual suites that offer beautiful views of the racecourse itself as well as the natural surroundings. Situated less than a mile from Junction 1 of the M3 and with direct trains from London Waterloo to our on-site train station
Epsom Downs is a truly unique venue for your Conference, Dinner dance, Wedding, Product launch, Christmas Party & much more. The Queen's Stand & Duchess' Stand both have striking facilities; holding an array of diverse events every year, Epsom Downs is the ideal venue for your event.
With excellent facilities and a wealth of flexible interior space, Twickenham can effortlessly cater for large-scale business conferences with state-of-the-art AV, private dinners and social receptions or meetings. In all there are 25 dedicated spaces and rooms, many providing attendees and delegates with a view of the famous playing field.
The Twickenham Stoop Stadium has been home to Harlequins, the world-famous rugby club, since 1963. The Stoop is located in the heart of Twickenham and over the years has been redeveloped into a unique and excellent venue for conference and events, which makes The Stoop the perfect venue for all types of events.
Just 25 minutes by train from Waterloo, Sandown Park is set in a picturesque green-belt site in leafy Surrey. Suitable for groups of 10 to over 1000 people, event success is guaranteed at Sandown Park with our wide range of flexible spaces and facilites.
From World War II to Korea, HMS Belfast has been looking after our nation since 1938. Now, moored next to the iconic Tower Bridge, it’s protecting the quality of our nation’s events. As the last surviving example of 20th century Royal Navy warships, she is a truly unique venue for weddings, client entertainment and meetings.
In 2002 the Cabinet War Rooms took over and restored large areas of the Whitehall site. The meeting facilities now include a number of historic period rooms including a 120 seated auditorium - enhanced by discreet, but modern audio-visual facilities and air conditioning. Rooms are available for corporate or private hire, both daytime and evening.
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London is an ideal place to hold your company conference, with plenty of venues catering for large numbers of people and lots of things for attendees and keynote speakers to do during their time off. Conferences in London allow organisers a great deal of flexibility over where they host their session, how many guests and speakers they can pack into the room and how much they spend on the big event. At Lime Venue Portfolio, we’re proud to offer some of London’s leading conference centres, but also some more unique offerings for small conference organisers. So, if you’re organising your companies conference in London, we thought it would be useful for you to know our six top tips to help you get the most from your venue.
Choose a Convenient Location
A piece of common sense which is always at the forefront of your decision. Choosing a location which is as convenient as possible for as many people as possible is key to the success of an event. Picking somewhere easy to reach will maximise the number of people who choose to accept, so good transport links are essential, especially if people are coming from further afield. If your organising a small convention, Park Crescent Conference Centre is ideally located for your business conference, with the nearest stations being the city centre hubs of London Euston just over a half mile away, and Regent’s Park on the Bakerloo Line. For those driving there’s also free offsite parking, meaning people coming from outside the capital have somewhere safe to leave their cars during the event. For larger conventions, then of course ExCeL London and Olympia, boast excellent transport connections.
Make Sure There’s Accommodation Nearby
Many venues will be able to offer onsite accommodation, such as the fantastic CentrEd at the ExCel. With room for up to 400 delegates and 1,600 bedrooms on our private campus, you can be sure there’ll be plenty of room for everyone who needs to stay a night or two during your conference. Thanks to its exceptional central location, those who fancy looking further away from the Centre for a place to stay will also be spoilt for choice, and our expert team will be able to recommend alternative accommodation in the area if your delegates have plans which take them to other parts of the capital outside of the conference session.
Judge it by Numbers
The venue you choose will be largely dictated by how many people you have invited to your event. Send out your invitations early to gauge the level of interest, then choose a venue which can comfortably accommodate that number without being so large that people begin to feel lost and struggle to network in between each seminar or talk. Few London venues can rival the Olympia, which can cater for anywhere between 200 and 1,500 attendees. This is a truly unique venue with everything you could need on-site and plenty of room for all, no matter how large or small the event you’re hosting.
Make Sure You Get on with the Conference Centre Staff
Never underestimate how important this is, because you will be working closely with the venue staff from the moment you begin planning your London conference right through until all your attendees have gone home. Staff at all our venues are extremely well-qualified and highly trained. The ExCel is London’s premier conference venue, and the team behind this exclusive event space are experts when it comes to arranging and managing conferences and large-scale meetings. With a wide range of on-site services and highly knowledgeable staff, you can be confident your event is in safe hands.
Nobody Thinks Well on an Empty Stomach
Try to find a venue which has outstanding catering, such as the QEII Centre with its award-winning Taste by Leith’s. Catering is a major part of any London conference, and you have to remember that for many in attendance, the food on offer is a big draw and could make or break how they feel about the event. With their innovative menus, the catering team at the QEII are able to provide a wide range of dining styles suited to all tastes and dietary requirements – people do, after all, work better when they’ve had high quality refreshments.
Check the Venue has all the Extras You Need
There is nothing worse than arriving at a venue at the start of a conference, only to find that the on-site facilities are not what you had expected. If your keynote speakers need additional equipment always check well in advance that everything they want can be provided. A bespoke venue such as the Kia Oval in central London has everything you could need to host a successful conference, and venue staff will always go out of their way to accommodate any additional requests. Thanks to its fast internet connection and very own courier service, you can be sure things will run smoothly once your event starts.
Perhaps an extra is not something you had even considered. For example, if your organising a smaller event, then somewhere like HMS Belfast is a truly unique space which could help drive interest and delegate attendance, whilst also creating a more exciting and memorable environment.
With a wide range of unusual and unique venues to choose from across the capital, Lime Venue Portfolio can help you find the perfect place to host your London conferences. For more information on these or any of our other hand-picked venues, simply get in touch with our expert team today.