Meet Leicester to showcase new venues for conference organisers at The Meetings Show 2022

Major new hotel and aparthotel developments at Hotel Brooklyn and The Gresham to be promoted at Excel London from 29-30 June

Meet Leicester, the official conference bureau for Leicester and Leicestershire, will be showcasing new venues for conference and event organisers on stand A55 at this year's The Meetings Show, taking place at ExCeL London from 29-30 June 2022.

Meet Leicester offers over 60 high quality venues in the city and county for conference and meeting organisers. The destination's offering has recently been extended with the addition of two major venues — Hotel Brooklyn and The Gresham Aparthotel.

The super-friendly Brooklyn brand is expanding to Leicester and is opening its new Hotel Brooklyn in the city on 4 July 2022, adjacent to the Welford Road Stadium, home of the famous Leicester Tigers rugby team. The new 191-room hotel is inspired by the New York Borough, with an industrial aesthetic, impressive atrium, and exposed brickwork.

There will be a number of skyline suites, rooms with hot-tub terraces and executive suites with freestanding baths, dog-friendly rooms, and quirky, modern lead-in rooms, as well as spaces for sophisticated and fun corporate hospitality. It aims to be accessible to all.

A new event room concept is also available with a versatile space that can be divided into three multi-functional rooms (Guys, Dolls and Curveballs), capable of accommodating all manner of events from meetings, celebrations, weddings and even screenings, with its state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment and lighting.

The opening of the new Hotel Brooklyn follows the recent launch of The Gresham Aparthotel.

Situated on the corner of Market Street and Belvoir Street in Leicester city centre, The Gresham is an iconic structure built in the 1880s, well known throughout the Leicester area.

The E17 million development has seen this Grade Il-listed Victorian building transformed from a department store (formerly occupied by retailer, Fenwick) into a high-end, 121-room aparthotel, containing stylish serviced apartments with kitchen and en-suite facilities; an exclusive fitness suite; and laundry room for guests. Completing the extensive development are four spacious commercial retail units and 'Gresham Works' - 12,000 square feet of conference facilities and state-of-the-art coworking spaces.

Samantha Hall, Business Tourism Manager at Meet Leicester said: "The openings of Hotel Brooklyn and The Gresham Aparthotel show that our stock of high quality and diverse venues for conferences and events continues to rise. We're delighted to be showcasing these venues and many others throughout the city and county at The Meetings Show this year."

About Meet Leicester:

Meet Leicester is a business tourism service for the city and county, funded by Leicester City Council,

Leicestershire County Council and the Leicester & Leicestershire Local Enterprise Partnership. The Meet Leicester team promotes the destination to conference and meetings organisers to generate additional business for hotels, conference and meetings venues.

Meet Leicester operates a free and impartial venue finding service, providing rates and availability for any event from 10 to 1,000 delegates. It will put together a full proposal of venues that are suitable for a specific event.

It represents a portfolio of diverse venues throughout the city and county from contemporary city centre hotels, to sporting venues and exclusive use country house hotels.

For further information on Meet Leicester, please visit www.meetleicester.co.uk or contact Samantha Hall, Business Tourism Manager at Meet Leicester: samantha.hall@leicester.gov.uk | 0116 4546150 m: 0776 2416981

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