Meet in the Middle
As the regions official, not for profit bureau and tourist board for Coventry and Warwickshire, our dedication is being a people organisation, focused on making your event a success and building sustainable, ambitious and innovative partnerships to reach new standards. Given our ethos of excellence service to you and our venues over commercial aims, we offer a genuine best in class service to match your vision and aims.
With our re-launch in 2025, our offer is seamless, packed full of local knowledge and professional. We are here to help event planners find the perfect venue, accommodation, and support services, across our dynamic, world class venues across Coventry and Warwickshire.
Why hold your conference and events in Coventry and Warwickshire? Well just 7 irresistible reasons are:
Location, Location, Location for Conference Coventry and Warwickshire
Coventry and Warwickshire is positioned in the centre of England, arguably we are considered the most accessible destination for both UK and International events. Under one hour from central London by train such as Avanti services, direct access to five motorways in our network and Birmingham Airport a mere 10 minutes away with direct links to Europe, USA, the middle East and Asia.
World Class Venues in Coventry and Warwickshire
Our portfolio of event space will suit all tastes, needs and budgets. We have Academic venues of excellence such as Warwick Conferences, convention centres at domestic and international standard such as Coventry Building Society Arena, historic buildings such as St Mary’s Guildhall and Coombe Abbey and castles and cathedrals in abundance in Coventry and Warwickshire.
Our venues recognise the need for sustainability, creating events kinder to the world around us that can meet low carbon objectives for the venue, event organiser, delegate and destination. With unique region wide partnership with EON Energy we are accelerating our delivery of sustainability.
Affordability in Coventry and Warwickshire
We simply offer fantastic affordability, for instance hosting your event outside of London can offer savings of up to a third. Remember we are less than one hour on the train from London and 75% of the population of England is within a two-hour drive.
Escape the hustle and bustle and venture into the heart of the UK countryside, for something truly unique and different.
First-Class Accommodation in Coventry and Warwickshire
You have the choice of first class outstanding accommodation from some of the most beautiful hotels in the UK in the heart of England like Ansty Hall, Mallory Court Country House Hotel and Spa, Coombe Abbey and Indigo Hotel Stratford Upon Avon and hotels with fantastic connectivity like Telegraph Hotel, Ramada Hotel, Indigo Hotel Coventry, Doubletree by Hilton, Warwick Conferences Radcliffe, Hampton by Hilton, Holiday Inn Hotel to name just a few.
Innovation and Sector Strengths for Coventry and Warwickshire
During the 18th century, Coventry was at the forefront of the industrial revolution; trades such as ribbon weaving and watchmaking become some of our most famous exports. It was the 18th century that we really made our mark with invention of the modern bicycle, quickly followed up in 1896 when the Daimer company manufactured the very first car.
As we moved into the 19th century, factories manufacturing this new mode of transport popped up across the city. Indeed, Sir frank Whittle, born and bred in Coventry, was undoubtedly inspired by his father’s automotive career and went on to design the world’s first turbojet engine in 1937.
These achievements lay the foundations for extraordinary and pioneering engineering as we progressed in the 20th century and continue to this day such as an 800Million investment into STEM research at Warwick University and the home of many national companies and new ones like the Fraser Group.
Today, Coventry and Warwickshire remain at the cutting edge of advanced manufacturing, engineering, including the automative, rail, aerospace, low carbon vehicles, connected and automative vehicles, business, professional & Financial services, digital, creative and motorsport sectors. We are also home to the largest gaming cluster in the UK and our two world-class universities ensure academia works alongside industry, so we remain at the cutting edge.
Heritage, Culture and Sport in Coventry and Warwickshire
Conference Coventry and Warwickshire deliver world class events, form the City of Culture delivering a year long celebration of history, heritage, diversity and inclusion to world class sporting events such as multi-disciplinary events like the International Children’s Games, Kabaddi World Cup, UK Corporate Games, UK Transplant Games, International Tennis, Rugby, Football, Lawn Bowls, E-Sports and supporting the Commonwealth Games.
Stratford-upon-Avon is the birthplace of William Shakespeare, the world’s greatest playwright, he wrote 39 plays and 154 sonnets and left a powerful global influence on the English language and culture we still experience today. While here on your conference or event you can visit his Statue ‘Bard of Avon’, his birthplace and his wife’s cottage, along with the wonders of Warwick established by Wiliam the Conqueror in 1068! With one of the best castles in the UK Warwick Castle.
Sustainability and Legacy in Coventry and Warwickshire
As a destination we take climate change seriously and not just limiting the use of single use plastics, in a UK first partnership with EON and the region, EON work in many areas such as our venues to achieve net zero such as the fantastic ongoing work with Coventry Business Society Arena and Warwick Conference’s.
We can support your event to become part of our community such as educational sessions to schools or your Gala dinner could promote our innovative ‘Final Course’ which allows delegates to make small voluntary contributions to the Trussel Trust in exchange for their hospitality and help tackle food poverty.
That’s 7 reasons to why, let our team be the eighth, get in touch with your enquiry and we will look ahead to your conference or event delivered with passion.
