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The Vegetarian Society last week presented Lee Gaskins (Head Chef of the Terrace Restaurant and Northamptonshire Chef of the Year) and his team with a Local Organisation Hero Award due to their efforts during National Vegetarian Week 2012. The award was presented for the impressive menu created especially for the Vegetarian Evening held at the Terrace Restaurant at UK meeting venue Highgate House.

Friday 27th July saw the official opening of the Altitude 360° Viewing Gallery, London’s newest visitor attraction. The launch coincided with the arrival of the Olympic flame in London, which passed Altitude during its journey down the Thames on the Royal Barge, Gloriana.

Sundial Venues have once again been honoured as highly rated hotels, as reviewed by customers on TripAdvisor. Barnett Hill in Surrey, Highgate House in Northamptonshire and Woodside in Warwickshire today announce that they have each received TripAdvisor® Certificates of Excellence, which honour top‐rated hotels, restaurants and attractions, reviewed by travellers on the world's largest travel site.

Sundial Group’s Warwickshire meeting venue, Woodside and Surrey meeting venue, Barnett Hill have displayed an on-going dedication to offering customers an outstanding experience leading to the “Venue Verdict Gold Standard Accreditation” for the period July 2011 – June 2012.

The Kelmarsh Hall Wedding Experience returns this September, with even more hand-picked suppliers ready to help couples plan their perfect day.

Casa Brasil at London’s Somerset House officially opened this morning (Friday 27th July 2012). The neo-classical Thames-side venue will host Casa Brasil, home of the Brazilian Olympic Committee and Rio 2016™ during London 2012.

Lindley Venue Catering, the specialist sports stadia catering division of The Lindley Group, has beaten off stiff competition to win the prestigious five-year contract to provide all match day and non-match day catering services and develop the conference, banqueting and events business for premiership club Tottenham Hotspur FC.

As the Government embarks today on a series of high level business summits to encourage more trade and investment in Britain, the UK Events industry is calling upon the Prime Minister and other Ministers to do more to help attract international business events and world conferences to Britain, and support the use of meetings, conferences and exhibitions to promote research and scientific development, trade and exports.

The Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Team is basing itself at the Vale Resort in Hensol as they prepare for the London 2012 Games.

International Confex has announced plans to create a Destination Village at the 2013 show. The feature will form part of the International sector and is the first in a series of new experiences launching next year (19-21 March 2013).