The Slate, Warwick Conferences’ lakeside venue that opened in December 2016 has chalked up 118 events and welcomed 17,269 delegates through its doors in its first year.
The University of Warwick-based venue’s first year results have surpassed expectations, says management, with £1.3m worth of business handled in 2016-17 and a further 123 events confirmed for 2017-18.
The venue reports it has now £6.3m worth of both confirmed and provisional events in the pipeline.
The Slate is an exclusive product and offers 650sqm of flexible event space and can host up to 400 delegates for single-use only.
Warwick’s head of conference centres, Richard Harrison, says: “Opening a new venue is always a challenge, but the extensive market research we carried out prior to the conceptualisation of The Slate indicated to us that there was significant demand for this unique style of event space. Everything from the layout, food and branding of the venue is tailor-made to the client’s individual needs, there’s no barriers. In a crowded marketplace, clients are no longer just looking for a venue, but the delivery of an unforgettable experience, which marks a successful event. The decision to commission the building of this new venue has been fully justified by the incredibly successful first year we have just experienced.”
