A number of new-look facilities and new venues will be available for the conference organiser in Cambridge when face-to-face meetings can resume.
Homerton College has opened a new North Wing featuring an auditorium with retractable seating for 105 delegates plus 18 new bedrooms. The auditorium is equipped with state-of-the-art AV and has been designed as a flexible space which can be adapted for a number of uses.
St Catherine’s College has updated and redesigned its Dining Hall and other spaces which will provide a flexible suite of rooms that connect directly through its Atrium and the College’s 150-seater McGrath Conference Centre.
The project will create new space at St Catherine’s College for a range of meetings, with capacity for 190 delegates in the Dining Hall and 20 delegates in the new Dr Sydney Smith Room. The project is scheduled for completion in Summer 2022.
King’s College has unveiled a new look for its Old Garden Hostel building. The project has included a full refurbishment of the building plus the addition of a third floor providing 40 extra bedrooms. The existing 30 single bedrooms have also been enhanced with new ensuite bathrooms bringing the total number of bedrooms on site to 70; all available for conferences and events in the College’s vacation periods.
New kitchens and dining areas have been introduced at both Jesus College and Gonville & Caius College.
Wesley House now has two newly refurbished small meeting rooms, suitable for 10-12 delegates, board room style.
In the hotel market: Hilton Cambridge City Centre is about to unveil a new look for its Isaac Newton Suite. The refurbishment includes a full audio-visual upgrade. New 86-inch smart 4K UHD screens have also been fitted in the hotel’s Byron, Wordsworth, Hawking and Tennyson rooms.
New venues scheduled to open in 2021 include The Graduate Cambridge hotel in the city centre; Turing Locke Aparthotel just north west of the city centre; the Hyatt Centric Hotel within the University of Cambridge’s Eddington Development and The Fellows House Cambridge, Curio Collection by Hilton five minutes from central Cambridge.