Velvet Software

3 Albion Place live with Chaser

The exclusive members' club 3 Albion Place in Leeds is live with Chaser VENUE, the venue management system. Chris Gibbs of Velvet Software provided 3 Albion Place with their final two days of on-site training following the system's installation and set-up.

"There have been many challenges with the new team, membership and facilities, however, 3 Albion Place have a first class venue in a central location with some unique facilities", said Chris. The venue has recently undergone major renovation work including the installation of a state of the art video conferencing facility that allows legal matters to be dealt with between the venue and other suitably equipped venues around the world.

ChUG 2007 - Birmingham & BACD Play host to Chaser's 10th Birthday

2007 is a remarkable year for Velvet Software in more ways than one.

It is ten years to the month since the original Chaser BUREAU system was created - it was November 1997 that Tim Clark visited Joanna Aspin, then Conference Bureau Manager, at Conference Bristol. Today Joanna provides training on Velvet Software's products in addition to consultancy for destinations and training courses for BACD. Conference Bristol is now Destination Bristol and the new office is managed by Helen Davies.

In the past twelve months Velvet Software have launched a new "Web 2.0" version of ConferenceBOOKINGS, version 13 of Chaser BUREAU and are about to launch their new on-line delegate registration system.

Representatives from over twenty destinations travelled to Birmingham for the day meeting which was split into three sessions with lunch served at the BACD offices.

Blackpool Booking with ConferenceBOOKINGS

 

VisitBlackpool is the latest destination to ConferenceBOOKINGS.co.uk - Velvet Software's on-line accommodation booking system. Natalie Wyatt, Head of Conference at VisitBlackpool is no stranger to Velvet Software's systems. Natalie previously managed the team at Marketing Manchester before moving to Blackpool.

Prior to ConferenceBOOKINGS, the original team at Blackpool used a DMS based system to manage allocations from the many accommodation providers on offer. This necessitated a great deal of back-office work all of which has been eliminated with the introduction on ConferenceBOOKINGS.

VisitBlackpool's accommodation booking service is managed by Shiela, who is dedicated to the role of ensuring all conferences and events are managed from initial enquiry right through to the event.