Institute of Hospitality Events

Calling notice for the Institute of Hospitality AGM 2012

Notice of meeting

Notice is hereby given that the Sixth  Annual General Meeting of the Institute of Hospitality will be held on Tuesday 29th May 2012 at the Hilton London Metropole Hotel 225 Edgware Road, London, W2 1JU commencing at 11.00am to consider the following business:

1    To approve the minutes of the Fifth Annual General Meeting of the Institute of Hospitality held on 7th June  2011  

2    To receive and consider the Trustees Annual Report and approve the Accounts for the year ended 31st December 2011.

3    To receive the results of the elections to Council and to note the composition of the Executive Council for the coming year

4    To  appoint Mazars as Auditors and to authorise the Executive Council to approve their remuneration

The full Trustees Report and accounts will be posted on the Institute of Hospitality website and will be sent on request to corporate members from 16th April  2012

The full Trustees Report and accounts and AGM Minutes 2011 are available to corporate members only.

Institute of Hospitality AGM & Annual Lunch, Hospitality Assured Awards 2012

On Tuesday 29 May 2012, the Institute of Hospitality is holding its Annual Lunch at The Hilton London Metropole Hotel, London. Following 2011's sell out, join us for the industry's networking event of the year.

Date: Tuesday 29 May  2012

Venue: Hilton London Metropole Hotel

225 Edgware Road, London, W2 1JU (map)

Price: £96 Including VAT per person.

For group booking, please contact Joanna Scott on 020 8661 4900.

Time:

AGM: 11:00 

Pre-lunch reception: 12:00 followed by a 3 course lunch.

For more information contact Joannna at events@instituteofhospitality.org or call 020 8661 4900. Please note that refunds will not be given for cancellations notified after 5th May 2012.

We are now welcoming nominations for the Hospitality Assured Awards

Date: Tuesday 29 May 2012
Venue: Hilton London Metropole Hotel 225 Edgware Road, London, W2 1JU (map)

The awards take place at the Institute of Hospitality’s Annual Lunch on 29 May at the Hilton London Metropole.  Winners are recognised for their performance during the calendar year 2011.  You all have great teams and are great advocates for excellence and the Hospitality Assured standard. Don’t hide your lights under a bushel!  We are looking for Hospitality Assured users to nominate in the following categories:

Champion of the year

The winner of this award will be an individual identified by Hospitality Assured from nominations as promoting the benefits of the standard most effectively internally and/or externally.

Download and complete the nomination form here and return it to Hospitality Assured no later than 1 March 2012.  The process requires the description in no more than 500 words of why the individual is being nominated.

Team of the year

The winner of this award will be the team identified by Hospitality Assured from client nominations as going the extra mile in their efforts to achieve greater customer satisfaction standard most effectively either internally and/or externally.

Download and complete the nomination form here and return it to Hospitality Assured no later than 1 March 2012.  The process requires the description in no more than 500 words of why the team is being nominated.

In addition, the following awards will also be presented on 29 May 2012:
Highest scoring organisation
Highest scoring newcomer
Most innovative use of the HA standard

Regional Management Briefings 2012

The dates and venues for the Institute of Hospitality’s 2012 Regional Management Briefings have been finalised. These high quality half-day seminars are an excellent way for managers and aspiring managers to get up-to-speed on the latest operational issues affecting the hospitality sector.  The seminars include a range of expert speakers and are run by the Institute in association with the British Hospitality Association, the Master Innholders, and Springboard UK.  They have been spread across the UK and over the year as far as possible.  Here are the dates and venues:

Further details about the programmes will be provided shortly.  The fee for attendance will be £45 plus VAT (£54.00 inc VAT) and it includes lunch.