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We want you to enjoy the experience of bringing your conference to Brighton so we aim to make it as easy as possible for you. Brighton offers a comprehensive, professional support service for conference organisers, whatever the size of their event, and whether they are professional meeting planners or university professors whose Brighton conference is the only one they will ever have to organise. Direct bookings can be made for the Brighton Centre and Dome Complex Enquiries can be circulated to hotels on the client's behalf and collated if required.

We operate a free delegate booking scheme through our Accommodation Marketing Bureau. From producing an attractive booking form to contacting the town's hotels (including the small hotels and guest houses) to obtain rates and allocations, we can handle all contact with delegates and hotels and even produce statistics if required.

Alternatively, we can put you in touch with the Brighton Major Hotels Group - the 10 largest hotels in Brighton - who can produce a booking form and operate a referral system amongst themselves when one property is full. They can also work in conjunction with the smaller hotels and Accommodation Marketing Bureau. We are also happy to work with organisers who wish to handle the bookings themselves or use a commercial booking agency.

There are a number of local commercial companies who can tailor a social programme/accompanying persons package to your own specific requirements. Tour suggestions include the Royal Pavilion, Preston Manor, the Lanes, the English Wine Centre, Michelham Priory, Arundel Castle, Goodwood House, Hever Castle, the Body Shop headquarters and Leeds Castle.

Whether you want to use one of our hotels, the magnificent Banqueting Room at the Royal Pavilion or the splendid Edwardian Preston Manor, we can help. We can provide suggestions and details of other venues such as the Palace Pier, the Sealife Centre, Hove's Engineerium or Greyhound Stadium, country house hotels or many of the 400 restaurants in Brighton and Hove.

This informal grouping of the town's largest hotels works together with Brighton Conference Office to promote the town, and also co-operates with town-wide conferences to ensure that sufficient accommodation is made available at acceptable and attractive prices. These hotels comprise the short list for any conference looking for an HQ hotel, and they also possess the largest facilities for in-house conferences and meetings.

Stakis Brighton Metropole - Situated on the seafront in the centre of town and only a few minutes' walk from the Brighton Centre, the Stakis Brighton Metropole is the largest conference and exhibition hotel in the UK. An ideal venue for the large, spectacular and prestigious event, as well as smaller, more intimate meetings, the hotel possesses 28 conference and banqueting rooms and 9 exhibition halls, offering organisers complete flexibility.

The Grand Hotel - Brighton's most famous hotel has recently invested £10 million in a state of the art conference facility. Its location between the Brighton Centre and Metropole Hotel makes it ideal for using in conjunction with either or both of these larger venues. A nightclub and full health facilities complement the 5 star service.

Thistle Brighton Hotel - With its spacious central atrium and highly regarded La Noblesse restaurant, Brighton's newest 5 star property is very popular as an HQ hotel, and for corporate conferences where uniformity of bedrooms is a crucial factor. Meeting rooms have recently been fully refurbished, there are full leisure facilities and the hotel benefits from on-site car parking.

Stakis Brighton - This modern, stylish hotel has a total of 8 meeting rooms, the largest being the Arundel Suite, located on the ground floor and pillar-free. Within comfortable and luxurious surroundings, companies can take over the entire hotel for use as a self-contained conference centre. Guests can enjoy the complimentary pool and leisure facilities at the Stakis Brighton Metropole, 200 yards away.

Quality Hotels, Brighton, UK - Brighton's most recently constructed hotel is located within 2 minutes' walk of the Brighton Centre and benefits from a purpose-built suite of meeting rooms on the first floor. The hotel has many Art Deco features and open-plan public areas, incorporating the lobby, lounge bar and restaurant, creating an informal atmosphere.

Jarvis Norfolk Hotel - A choice of flexible, well-designed meeting rooms, Seaview Restaurant, Cocktail Bar and good leisure facilities differentiate this 3 star Regency property. Within 10 minutes' walking distance of the Brighton Centre, the hotel has its own limited car parking.

Queens Hotel - The hotel offers organisers one-to-one contact, hi-tech meeting rooms, 90 large bedrooms, informal restaurant and bar, an extensive health and leisure club, plus a variety of flexibly prices packages. It has a central seafront location, close to the Brighton Centre and the famous Lanes.

Old Ship Hotel - The Old Ship Hotel is unique with parts of the hotel dating back to the fifteenth century. A choice of 15 beautifully decorated meeting rooms is available with combined facilties for up to 500 delegates. Gourmet cuisine based on fresh local produce is complemented by a wine list that reflects the 400 year old cellars and their past as a smugglers' haunt.

Royal Albion Hotel - Built on the site where Richard Russell first made Brighton famous with his seawater cure, this refurbished historic hotel is a popular HQ for conferences based in the Dome Complex, and has an excellent suite of meeting rooms which can be accessed via their own separate entrance.

Brighton has a wealth of experience in hosting both national and international meetings and welcomes over 1200 events each year. We are proud of our reputation as a major conference destination and are constantly striving to improve our services to conference organisers and their delegates. Co-operation is the hallmark of Brighton's success, not only between the Conference Office, accommodation industry, the Brighton Centre and Dome Complex, but also with the many suppliers of goods and services to the local conference industry.

To this end, the Brighton & Hove Conference & Exhibition Services Handbook has been compiled to help the busy conference organiser locate the best local services. From interpreters to insurance, transcripts to taxis, lighting to linguists, we've got it covered. New for this year's Handbook is a much-improved design and easier to read format.

The companies here are all familiar with our local venues and their experience and expertise will help ensure the success and smooth-running of your event in Brighton.

The University of Brighton has 3 compact sites in Brighton situated 2, 4 and 5 miles from the seafront with good road and rail links. We offer conference organisers 1500 beds in July, August and September and 80 in March and April. The university has an extensive range of lecture theatres, seating from 80 to 200 with up to 50 seminar rooms seating 10 to 60 delegates.

The University of Sussex has more than 1000 beds to let during the summer vacation and 650 at Easter. The campus is situated in a designated area of outstanding natural beauty just 4 miles from the centre of Brighton and there are excellent links by road and rail. As well as 15 lecture theatres with seating capacities ranging from 500 to 50, and more than 50 smaller rooms for syndicate groups, the Gardner Centre is equipped with full cinema facilities in addition to standard audio visual provision.