With more and more people tightening their belts and watching their money you would think that companies would be falling over themselves to follow up on sales enquiries. Not strictly the case we’ve been chasing up two potential suppliers for weeks now for them to call us but to no avail one of them 6 calls over two weeks. Maybe we’re not good enough, maybe they have enough business or that they have ceased to trade – I hope not!
In the case of our clients or prospective clients, at Cavendish Conference Venues we think you’re worth it, we promise to call you back at the earliest possible moment. Big or small enquiries we welcome one and all!

You’ll be pleased to know that at Cavendish Conference Venues if you ask for Kosher Chicken, we know what you mean. We’re no apprentices in this business we’re professionals, the real deal.

Taking the 94 bus home the other evening from the Cavendish Conference Centre I remembered why I hate when London heats up. Don’t get me wrong I’m all for sunshine and blue skies what I‘m against is having no real choice. Yes, you can use the tube or the bus to get home but there’s no real difference sweltering in a tunnel on the tube or baking on a bus whose heating system is on all year round it can’t be switched off - so as a paying customer you have no choice. Here at Cavendish Conference Venues all of our Conference Centres are fully air conditioned. Yes, the Cavendish, Mayfair and ICO Conference Centres are cool in summer and cosy in winter, as will our two new venues opening this year America Square and the Hallam. Your only dilemma - which to choose.

Now isn’t that a breath of fresh (cool) air!

You’d think that when looking for sales by presenting to a conference agent that if you put four different companies in the one room it would be a bun fight, cloak and dagger or murder in the presentation room with a promotional branded umbrella. However this is not the case. If you’ve been following the blog so far you will know that Dermot Waldron of Cavendish Conference Venues has been spreading the word about our 3,  soon to be 5 Conference Venues. What actually happened was co-operation, sharing and generosity. There was no fighting over the best spot, hogging the limelight or sabotage - we were like the little mice in Bagpuss putting the exhibition stand for one of the competitors who was pregnant ; calming the young lady who was new to presenting and fetching glasses of water for each other to ensure we were all hydrated. Yes, you can be competitive in business it doesn’t mean that you can’t be civilised. The young lady who was new to presenting even gave a lift to us - two stranded gentlemen to the train station when there was not a taxi to be found for love or money. Who ever said chivalry is dead or that it’s always the damsel who’s in distress.

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Company Re-launch update
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Guess what??? We have agreed, finally, on a name and yes it has been a quantum leap for our Conference Centre’s and yes we will be calling ourselves :
“Cavendish Conference Venues”
Based on the strength of our marquee, Cavendish, this is the one to hold on to and we will now be under the one hat. All Centre’s notably the Mayfair, Cavendish, ICO, America Square and Hallam, when it happens, will be known as “Cavendish Conference Venues”!!
Now that’s a happy ending to a long saga!!!
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Easter 2008
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What a strange Easter this has been in 2008!! With schools closing down for the Easter week end and then opening and then closing two weeks later and some schools doing the traditional, taking holidays over the Easter period, others two weeks later, this has been a real mess!! Business’ must have suffered all over the country and certainly the Conference sector has because people are not available because holiday periods have covered a spanse of 5 weeks!! Outrageous when it really is only a 2 week break but so many have suffered….!!! The Government should/has to get it right in 2009 especially for small business’ that are reliant on the ‘people industry’!!!
Come on you lot shout out in upport of small business- Gordon get it right next year and the year after and after and after……………
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The Luxury of London
Too many people nowadays are trying to escape what they call the ‘rat race’of London!
Why one asks and the usual answer is for a work life balance! A ‘work life’ balance in the country, well I have to say I am still trying to work that one out! Working in the Conference industry in Central London, under the auspice of Cavendish Conference Venue’s, there could not be on offer a better work life balance what with the relaxed and superb surroundings of different styles of properties and the professional and superb standards we offer! Life is great and London is a majic place to be and we love London especially the Cavendish Conference Venue’s!!