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| Memberships Committee Chair appointment
Chris Parnham, Zibrant’s Managing Director (Operations), has been elected Chair of the newly formed Memberships Committee.
This new role has been created by the merger of the Membership (agents.... ...More |
| | Undercover Boss - CEO of Best Western, David Clarke
The new programme on Channel 4, Undercover Boss, sees high-flying executives take extraordinary measures to ensure that their companies are fighting fit by infiltrating their own businesses.
Last wee.... ...More |
| | HBAA seeks Agent of the Year in new annual award category
The HBAA is asking corporate bookers and buyers of meeting and accommodation to vote for their hotel booking agent of the year.
The HBAA, recognised as the UK’s lead association for hotel boo.... ...More |
| | Enterprise Hotel is HBAA’s latest partner
The Enterprise Hotel is the latest venue to become a Hotel Booking Agents Association (HBAA) partner. The Enterprise joins an impressive line up of over 190 partners of the trade association. These c.... ...More |
| | The Hotel Booking Agents Association calls for entries
The HBAA Awards 2010
Now in their third year, the HBAA Awards recognise excellence and the promotion of best practice in the hotel booking agency sector with past winners including Grassroots HBI, Co.... ...More |
| | 2010's Emergency Budget
Plans to raise VAT to 20% received a mixed reaction from the agency, hotel and venue sector. The increase will be brought in from 4th January 2011, as part of the tough measures designed to reduce t.... ...More |
| | Zibrant smashes first half targets
Zibrant has achieved more than £50m of confirmed business in the first five months of 2010
Zibrant has achieved more than £50m of confirmed business in the first five months of 2010. The .... ...More |
| | HBAA 2010’s chairman takes charity to new heights
The HBAA is widening the scope of its charitable giving with the introduction of the Chairman’s Charity.
The HBAA has supported Lynn’s Bowel Cancer Campaign since 2003 and has collective.... ...More |
| | HBAA CEO Dinner 2010
30 CEO’s from the UK’s leading agencies, hoteliers and venues gathered at Trinity House in Tower Hill, London last night to discuss the future of the industry.
This annual event is an opp.... ...More |
| | HBAA gets inline with online
Association researches the impact of technology
A recent survey conducted by the HBAA with its member agencies highlights a growing appetite by agencies for technology and online solutions to help be.... ...More |
| | HBAA seeks to help kick start empty inventories
It's not just distressed travellers across the globe who are feeling the effects of Iceland’s volcanic fallout.
Hotels and venues have been seeing the impact with events scaled back, postpo.... ...More |
| | HBAA clarifies TOMS working practices
Association addresses new VAT legislation
The UK’s leading association for intermediaries dealing with meetings, events and accommodation bookings, the HBAA, has helped deliver a solution to w.... ...More |
| | Request for Meetings reports 234% surge in activity
Enquiries to hotels and venues set to quadruple
Increased activity for the first six weeks of 2010 has seen the volume of Request for Meetings enquiries to hotels and venues surge by 234%. “Th.... ...More |
| | HBAA backs Business Travel Market
The Hotel Booking Agents Association is confirmed as an official association partner for the second annual Business Travel Market taking place on 16th -17th June at Excel London.
Testament of the HBA.... ...More |
| | HBAA and ABC Connection announce strategic partnership
Deal will strengthen existing ties
The Hotel Booking Agents Association and online publisher ABC Connection today embarked on a new chapter in their existing relationship by announcing a three-year s.... ...More |
| | HBAA reveals new executive committee
Association shapes up for the new decade
The Hotel Booking Agents Association (HBAA) has appointed five new executive committee members and expanded its partnership committee as the association sets .... ...More |
| | HBAA annual dinner introduces new chairman Stephen Usher
HBAA helps raise £18,220 for Lynn’s Bowel Cancer Campaign.
The Hotel Booking Agents Association (HBAA) held its 11th Annual Dinner reception at Principal Hayley’s latest acquisition.... ...More |
| | Grass Roots EventCom reports £1.6m profits
The Meetings, Events and Communications division of Grass Roots has announced its results for the 2008-2009 financial year with profits before tax in excess of £1.6 million.
The business rebran.... ...More |
| | C&I industry leaders to lobby government over TOMS tax reform
C&I industry leaders are meeting government officials this week to press for a change to the potentially damaging Tour Operators' Margin Scheme (TOMS) that is due to be enforced in the UK from.... ...More |
| | Golfers on-par at the Hotel Booking Agents Association 7th Annual Golf Classic
On 13th October, leading players in the hospitality industry congregated at the Marriott Forest of Arden Hotel and Country Club for the 7th Annual HBAA Golf Day.
Host to a succession of international.... ...More |
| | BT Convention Centre commits to HBAA
BT Convention Centre, part of ACC Liverpool, has joined the HBAA. BT Convention Centre Liverpool plays host to a variety of events: from medical symposiums and international association congresses t.... ...More |
| | The fisrt day of the HBAA Annual Forum announces a brighter future for the hotel industry
The Hotel Booking Agent Association’s Annual Forum attracted a record number of 300 booking agents and hoteliers to the Barceló Hinckley Island Hotel, Leicestershire. 2009’s Forum .... ...More |
| | Keynote speaker announced for HBAA Forum
Jamie Chappell, managing director of STR Global, the world’s foremost source of hotel performance trends, will be providing the keynote for this year’s HBAA Forum on 10th - 11th September..... ...More |
| | UK hotel managers increasingly optimistic according to The Hotel Confidence Monitor by TRI Hospitality Consulting – Q3 2009
UK hotel general managers continue to be increasingly positive about their hotel’s trading performance, with growth in optimism for a second successive quarter.
According to the latest Hotel Co.... ...More |
| | UK day delegate rates have fallen by 17 per cent in the last year, says BDRC research
Day delegate rates as quoted by hotels and conference centres have fallen by 17 per cent across the UK in the last year, according to BDRC’s Meetings Benchmark Tracker programme.
The results, w.... ...More |
| | Ruled Brittania but HBAA to pave the way
The HBAA are set to pave the way with new Terms of Business that will ensure hotels, venues and agents are fully aware of their responsibilities and obligations during the confirmation process of meet.... ...More |
| | HBAA furthers educational links during National Meetings Week
The HBAA is ;helping to promote careers as well as learning and development in the booking agency sector during National Meetings Week 21st - 28th September 2009.
Held annually, National Meetings We.... ...More |
| | HBAA Awards Nominations Open
Call for entries
Thursday 10th September will see the much-anticipated presentation of the HBAA Awards.
Now in their second year, the awards are seen as a benchmark of best practice within t.... ...More |
| | HBAA Forum dates launched
Technological and personal networking headlines two-day event
Hotel booking agents, hotels and venues are set to debate the latest industry topics at the Hotel Booking Agents Association (HBAA) Annua.... ...More |
| | ExCel London commits to the Hotel Booking Agents Association
ExCel London, the international exhibition and conference centre, has joined the HBAA.
Part of the ADNEC group of companies, ExCel London plays host to a variety of events: from award-winning exhibi.... ...More |
| | HelmsBriscoe bolsters HBAA’s global presence
HelmsBriscoe is the latest high profile organisation to join the HBAA.
Intensified demand by corporate travel managers to use hotel booking agents and meeting procurement specialists, coupled with .... ...More |
| | Inntel appoints new commercial manager
Kathie McGuire has been appointed as Commercial Manager at Inntel, one of the UK's leading providers of specialist venue and travel solutions to the corporate market. Kathie will be responsible fo.... ...More |
| | Industry leaders congregated at the HBAA CEO Dinner to discuss the sector’s future
CEOs and senior executives from some of the UK’s pre-eminent hotels and venues and booking agents congregated at the Hotel Booking Agent Association’s (HBAA) CEO Dinner, held at Home House.... ...More |
| | HBAA sides up to changing face of meetings market
Twitter, social networking and online immediacy are leading corporates to look at new ways of managing their marketing budgets. Despite traditional print advertising being on the wane, corporates are.... ...More |
| | National Meetings Week, 14-21 Septebmer 2009
The HBAA have been partners with National Meetings Week for some years.
2009 will be the most comprehensive push to date as we help raise the profile of the importance of the meeting and events s.... ...More |
| | Leaner agents for change?
The business climate is not good for venue-booking and event management agencies, with events being cancelled and redundancies hitting hard.
With Banks Sadler, Inntel and BSI making staff redundant i.... ...More |
| | Financial Times outlines glum outlook
Deloitte predicted declining occupancy and revenues during 2009 would hit London hotels worse than the rest of the UK.
Revenue per available room will fall by 12.7% in the capital compared with an e.... ...More |
| | HBAA Launches Billback Best Practice Code
The HBAA has launched a Best Practice Code for Billback transactions. The Code is an addendum to the HBAA’s widely recognised Code of Conduct with which all association members and partners must.... ...More |
| | HBAA condemns lack of transparency on Day Delegate Rates
Members of the HBAA expressed their disapproval of hotels including non-VAT elements in their day delegate rates (DDR), at the association’s quarterly meeting held on 12th March in Asco.... ...More |
| | Barack Obama urged to scap laws
UK industry leaders have urged President Barack Obama to scrap new laws that will require US companies that were assisted in the recent $700b (£496b) bail-out to cut spending on business travel..... ...More |
| | Revpar Latest
Revenue per available room (revpar) slumped by 13.5% in London hotels and by 20.3% in the regions in the week ending 7 February 2009, according to STR Global.
London revpar fell to £79.24, down.... ...More |
| | Concerns about US Government anti-events movement
Visit London commercial director David Hornby is calling on the UK C&I industry to sign a petition to save the US events market.
Hornby has raised concerns about US congress developing policie.... ...More |
| | HBAA to address International Confex, 24th February 2009
On Tuesday 24th February, Peter Ducker and Mark Harris will address International Confex with the HBAA’s latest White Paper.
Commencing at 14.00 in Seminar Theatre 4 the talk will look at &ls.... ...More |
| | Revpar Latest
Revenue per available room (revpar) plunged by 20.8% at London hotels in the week ending 24 January 09,according to figures from hospitality research company STR Global.
Revpar dropped to £79.0.... ...More |
| | HBAA releases White Paper ‘Money For Nothing’
The HBAA is to publish the next White Paper in a comprehensive series of reference documents to promote best practice and protocols for the hotel and venue booking agency community.
Entitled ‘.... ...More |
| | Revpar latest
Revpar fell by 11.4% at London hotels in the week ending 17 January, according to figures from hospitality research company STR Global.
Revpar dropped to £78.28, down from £88.31 in the e.... ...More |
| | White Paper Launch - Tuesday 10th February
Mark Harris, Travel Intelligence Network, will be presenting the HBAA’s latest White Paper at the Business Travel Show, 10-12 February at Earls Court.2
The paper on ‘Transparency’ w.... ...More |
| | HBAA commence 2009 on a high note
Italian flair helps raise £23,000 for Lynn’s Bowel Cancer Campaign
Members and partners of the HBAA dug deeper into their pockets than ever before at the recent HBAA Annual Dinner, the.... ...More |
| | Revpar Latest
London hotels saw revenue per available room (revpar) drop by 2% in the week ending 27 December 2008, according to figures from hospitality research company STR Globaal
Revpar fell to £45.93, d.... ...More |
| | Expotel joins HBAA
Expotel is the latest in a series of high-profile hotel booking agents to join the HBAA.
Expotel joins the HBAA as the association asserts its presence as the leading voice for the hotel and confere.... ...More |
| | Hotelscene joins HBAA - Association’s buying power exceeds £1.1bn
Hotelscene, one of the UK’s largest hotel booking agencies, has joined leading association the HBAA.
Bristol based Hotelscene will join other leading UK agents in their drive for professionali.... ...More |
| | HBAA Gets Interactive
The HBAA has launched a new website to reflect its recent re-brand and its increasing influence within the accommodation and meetings sector.
Launched on 17th November 2008, the website will al.... ...More |
| | The HBAA’s closes annual forum with awards for excellence
The Hotel Booking Agent Association announced the winners of the first ever HBAA Awards at the association’s annual forum, held at the Park Inn, Heathrow on Friday 12th September.
The inaugura.... ...More |
| | HBAA to launch careers microsite
The HBAA is launching a microsite to help promote careers as well as learning and development in the booking agency sector.
The association’s buying power contributes .... ...More |
| | HBAA unveils a new brand identity
Sue Burgess, The Hotel Booking Agent Association (HBAA) Chairman unveiled a new brand identity at the Association’s annual forum, held at the Park Inn, Heathrow. She says “The HBAA is w.... ...More |
| | Business Travel industry to gather at the HBAA Forum
Hotel booking agents, hotels and venues are set to debate the latest industry topics at the Hotel Booking Agents Association (HBAA) Annual Forum 2008, 11th -12th September at the Park Inn Heathrow.
T.... ...More |
| | The Hotel Booking Agent Association demonstrates its reach
Leading business travel association, The Hotel Booking Agents Association (HBAA), has confirmed its position in the industry after bringing together the UK’s top level hospitality executives at its re.... ...More |
| | HBAA kicks off International Meetings Agenda
The Hotel Booking Agents Association, HBAA, is kicking off with its first international meeting. The event will take place in the Republic of Ireland, May 29th and 30th. As the association asserts i.... ...More |
| | HBAA sets out Familiarisation Trip Etiquette
The Hotel Booking Agents Association (HBAA) has produced the first in a series of white papers that will continue to drive professionalism in the hotel booking sector. Written in collaboration with th.... ...More |
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| 14 Sep | Face To Face Selling Skills - Level 1 **New Date** |  |
| 15 Sep | Negotiating to Win - Stage 1 **New Date** | |
| 23 Sep | Project Management - an introduction ** NEW DATE ** | |
| 29 Sep | E-Marketing - an essential marketing tool | |
| 10 Aug | HBAA Banks Sadler Day | |
| 08 Sep | Annual Forum - Tomorrow, the new Today? | |
| 30 Sep | Executive Strategy Meeting 2 days | |
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