Velvet Software

TMI Conference - Hot Topic Update

Sponsors of this year's TMI Hot Topic  "Successfully mixing business with pleasure"  Velvet Software attended the event alongside industry colleagues and clients at the impressive Royal Society of Medicine headquarters in London.

The one day seminar hosted jointly by TMI and BACD was introduced by Paul Hemphill, President TMI closely followed at a plenary session presented by VisitBritain's Kenny Boyle. Kenny stressed the role of business tourism in destination management and how the importance of business tourism is often overlooked and undervalued. Kenny's presentation came ahead of VisitBritain's publication of their national recommendation for conference desks.

Keynote speakers included Tony Rogers, Chief Executive of BACD (Birtish Association of Conference Destinations), VisitBritain's Kenny Boyle and Adam Bates, Head of Tourism at Visit Brighton. Tony presented the latest findings from recent research and the implications for destination managers. Representatives from destinations around the UK listened intently as Tony described the latest trends and ways in which destinations are working to maintain levels of business tourism.

Velvet sponsor the TMI Hot Topic 2008

This years Tourism Management Institute Hot Topic is a full day of seminars and networking looking to help destinations improve service levels and harness the benefits of business tourism working in harmony with leisure products.

As the largest supplier of Business Tourism software, sponsorship of the event and the Conference Desk seminar is only natural for us.

Our software is in use by over 50 destinations across the country. Providing management reporting and complete workflow for enquiry handling Chaser BUREAU is the solution for conference desks.

Our on-line accommodation booking system provides real time allocation management across multiple hotels with delegates booking themselves on-line.

Our latest product - web based event registration, providing all the functionality you require to handle event registration.

Together these software products provide a complete business tourism software solution.

The event is being held on the 21st May 2008 at the Royal Society of Medicine, London. More details can be found on the TMI Hot Topic 2008 web site.

If you would like to know more about what we do, Tim and Simon from Velvet will be available throughout the day, please come and talk to us.