Banks Sadler is a proven leader in the meetings, corporate travel and events industry. We take the strain off our clients…allowing them to get on with their core business whilst we deliver inspirational events and meetings, efficiently managed travel and discounted room rates in hotels and venues around the world.
With huge buying power (over £100M forecast for 2009), a database of over 85,000 venues, contacts across the industry and experienced staff we will save you time, money and angst…
Banks Sadler today confirmed that they have retained and seen an expansion of a key client meetings and events account following a full market tender. The client is within the global management consulting sector.
The benefits of corporate events, meetings and travel have not changed because of the economic downturn. In fact they may be even stronger in a recession.
Whether it’s the opportunity to develop relationships, the chance to incentivise hard working staff, the need to inform clients of latest developments then events, meetings and travel still offer the same tangible benefits that they did a year ago.
The Meetings Industry operates on a global scale, but is not a globalised business. Thousands of conferences and events are being booked and organised by professionals around the world every day. But unlike those multi-nationals for whom we ply (some of) our trade, there are very few in the industry that have offices abroad.
With the emergence of new commercial opportunities, in previous markets that were virtually impossible to trade in, such as the former Eastern Block and its position in the new enlarged European Union; the odds are that more and more meetings, events and hotel nights will venture beyond the established basket of western favourites.
I’m not claiming that I started the whole UK teambuilding industry or anything, but way back in 1985 I was asked by a client to come up with some ideas to involve all his delegates in some sort of "competitive leisure activity". A truly fear inducing phrase that struck terror into the heart of this desk jockey.
The European Union alliance commitment to the Kyoto Protocol of 1997 was a 12.5% reduction in greenhouse gases by 2012. Since then the Government have pledged to reduce the 1990 level by 20% by the year 2010.