Walkways Scoops Top Industry Award
Published: 2 December 2010
THE FABULOUS Tower Bridge Walkways has been awarded gold for
being one of the UK’s best events venues at the 2010 Eventia
Awards, the events industry’s premier annual awards.
Winning the top gong in the category Event Hotel or Venue of the
Year (<250 capacity), this honour is recognition of the first
class location, catering and facilities provided by Tower Bridge
and Walkways event management partner Seasoned Events.
Over 800 leading events industry professionals celebrated a
spectacular night of awards at the Hilton Park Lane on Friday 26th
November with BBC Breakfast stars Bill Turnbull and Sian Williams
hosting the evening and X Factor finalist Paije Richardson opening
the show.
The Tower Bridge Walkways make a spectacular and unique location
for both corporate events and wedding receptions. Suspended 42
metres above the Thames, the panoramic views from the East and West
Walkways add the “wow” factor to any event and the history of the
Bridge adds an extra dimension to get guests talking. The Walkways
can accommodate 120 guests for dinner and 250 for a reception.
David Wight, director of Tower Bridge, said: “Awareness of Tower
Bridge as a venue has increased substantially over the last few
years, as has the attention to detail provided by our event
management experts, Seasoned Events. We look forward to further
success in partnership with them.”
Seasoned Events, which is the sole caterers for the Tower Bridge
Walkways, has managed the venue management contract since April
2009 and enjoyed a successful first year and a half at the Most
Famous Bridge in the World.
The Eventia Awards is the premier awards and networking occasion
for the events industry. It honours outstanding
business-to-business and business-to-consumer events including
corporate events, product launches, company exhibitions,
presentations, hospitality, celebratory events, meetings and
conferences of all sizes and formats both overseas and in the
UK.
Eventia Chairman, Mark Saxby, said: “These awards recognise the
best and most innovative International and UK-based events in our
industry. It was refreshing to see such an impressive volume of
high quality entries submitted to this year’s Awards. The fact that
the occasion was attended by an impressive 800+ guests is extremely
pleasing and quite a feat in the current economic climate.”
Colin Sayers, managing director for Seasoned Events, said: "We
are delighted that our strong partnership with Tower Bridge has
been recognised with this award. At Seasoned, our ethos is firmly
built around our relationships. We work in a people-based business
and do everything we can to ensure that people are always at the
heart of what we do - whether it’s our staff, our clients, or our
customers."