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imago, the conference and events arm of Loughborough University, has won Gold in the Business

Tourism category at the Leicester and Leicestershire Excellence in Tourism Awards 2015.

The fifth annual awards were hosted by Leicester Shire Promotions and held as part of the inaugural Leicester

Business Festival 2015, with the awards ceremony being held at the Leicester Mercure Grand Hotel last week

(November 5, 2015). Its winning entry will now be re-judged for the national VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2016.

This award acknowledges the importance of the meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions sector of the tourism industry.

The judges felt imago’s winning entry was creative, inspirational, and passionate with a focus on detail in all areas, being

committed to guest requirements and constantly striving to better themselves.

It is not the first time imago has been recognised for excellence at the awards – Burleigh Court has twice won Gold in the Large Hotel of the Year category. The Link Hotel

was also shortlisted in the Accommodation Provider of the Year Category at this year’s awards.

imago is one of the region’s leading business tourism providers – renowned for its commitment to excellence and customer service - offering high quality meeting and event

venues and accommodation alongside sporting and leisure facilities. Its award winning portfolio includes Burleigh Court, Holywell Park, The Link Hotel and Loughborough

University. These are complemented by its event management service which allows event organisers to make the most of its local knowledge and expertise.

Emma Boynton, Head of Sales and Marketing at imago, comments: “Winning the Business Tourism award highlights imago’s strength as a leading provider to the meeting

and events industry within the region. Winning awards such as this is a testament to the hard work of the entire team and I would like to thank them for their enthusiasm and

commitment in helping us achieve our goals. This is a fantastic accolade and recognition of our hard working, customer focused staff.”

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imago wins Business Tourism title at Leicester and Leicestershire Excellence in Tourism Awards

imago, the conference and events arm of Loughborough University, has won Gold in the Business Tourism category at the Leicester and

Leicestershire Excellence in Tourism Awards 2015.

The fifth annual awards were hosted by Leicester Shire Promotions and held as part of the inaugural Leicester Business Festival 2015, with the

awards ceremony being held at the Leicester Mercure Grand Hotel last week (November 5, 2015). Its winning entry will now be re-judged for the

national VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2016.

This award acknowledges the importance of the meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions sector of the tourism industry. The judges

felt imago’s winning entry was creative, inspirational, and passionate with a focus on detail in all areas, being committed to guest requirements

and constantly striving to better themselves.

It is not the first time imago has been recognised for excellence at the awards – Burleigh Court has twice won Gold in the Large Hotel of the

Year category. The Link Hotel was also shortlisted in the Accommodation Provider of the Year Category at this year’s awards.

imago is one of the region’s leading business tourism providers – renowned for its commitment to excellence and customer service - offering

high quality meeting and event venues and accommodation alongside sporting and leisure facilities. Its award winning portfolio includes Burleigh

Court, Holywell Park, The Link Hotel and Loughborough University. These are complemented by its event management service which allows

event organisers to make the most of its local knowledge and expertise.

Emma Boynton, Head of Sales and Marketing at imago, comments: “Winning the Business Tourism award highlights imago’s strength as a

leading provider to the meeting and events industry within the region. Winning awards such as this is a testament to the hard work of the

entire team and I would like to thank them for their enthusiasm and commitment in helping us achieve our goals. This is a fantastic accolade

and recognition of our hard working, customer focused staff.”

Launched in 2003, imago unifies Loughborough University’s conference and events venues under one brand. For more information

visit www.welcometoimago.com or call 01509 633030.

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most importance to meeting attendees in helping them retain information, according to research carried

out by imago.

The research – “Does the future have room for face-to-face communication” – was conducted earlier this year amongst a

sample of more than 750 event organisers, delegates, graduate and undergraduate students – and is helping the

conference arm of Loughborough University shape successful meetings for its clients.

Visuals, such as PowerPoint presentations, graphics and videos also ranked highly as an important way of retaining

information, whilst technology such as audience response systems are only rated as of moderate importance. Social media

ranked as the least important method of retaining information, particularly amongst students.

Emma Boynton, Head of Sales and Marketing at imago commented: "In line with other findings from our research into the

value of face-to-face communications, we found that exercises and asking questions of the person leading the meeting help

delegates retain more information. It confirms that people want to talk with other people face to face, as it is how they get

the most out of meetings. As one of our focus group attendees told us, there is nothing better than a white board and pen

or a flip chart to help with group cohesion. It was surprising to see social media ranked so low by students. They are

considered its biggest group of supporters when using it socially so it is interesting that this isn't reflected in a learning

environment."

The research was undertaken by Loughborough University and imago. The Right Solution provided methodology, analysis

and validation of the research, which was conducted among 779 respondents using a mixture of focus groups, online and

face-to-face questionnaires. The final research paper is available at go.welcometoimago.com/meet-the-future. Follow

the debate and share thoughts about the research on Twitter via #futureF2F.

Written by Molly Dyson

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