Meet Gloucester to launch

Key venues, hotels and suppliers from Gloucester have joined forces to launch Meet Gloucester, a centralised, event focused destination marketing organisation for Gloucester.

The organisation, which will officially launch at MEET South West on Friday 31 January 2020, creates a hub for domestic and international buyers looking to organise events in the city.

Created to support and target association, corporate and agency event business, Meet Gloucester has the full support of the wider Gloucester City Council, the DMO – Marketing Gloucester and funding from Gloucester Business Improvement District.

Marketing Gloucester is providing seed funding and digital support as Meet Gloucester is developed by key industry partners with a desire to see the city grow its presence on both a domestic and international level as a meetings and events destination. Local partners volunteering their time to set up and launch Meet Gloucester are:

• Hatton Court Hotel Gloucester
• Bowden Hall Hotel
• Gloucester Rugby
• Soaring Worldwide

Councillor Richard Cook, Leader of Gloucester City Council said: ”Gloucester is a vibrant and fast developing city with huge potential for growth within the meetings and events industry. Meet Gloucester will provide an ideal face for the city, bringing together its key suppliers, venues and hotels as we look to increase not just our offering but also the number of delegates coming to experience all we have to offer.”

MEET South West, the only dedicated meetings industry event held in the south-west region, is returning to Bristol for a second year in 2020. Following the success of the show in January 2019, MEET South West will be held again on Friday 31 January 2020. Next year’s event is expected to be even bigger than the inaugural show and will move to a bigger venue, Mercure Bristol Grand, to accommodate more attendees. The show will welcome professionals from every sector of the meetings industry including those who work in the incentive market.