Leading conference venue, Warwick Conferences, is celebrating after being shortlisted in two separate categories for this year’s prestigious miaList awards.

The awards are coordinated by the Meetings Industry Association (mia), the leading association supporting and growing the meetings, conference and events industry in the UK. Held annually, they celebrate the best teams and individuals in the UK business meetings and events industry.

On this occasion, Warwick Conferences’ have not only been shortlisted for the esteemed ‘Venue of the Year – under 300’ category, but also recognised for ‘Sustainability’, following yet another successful year in which they have made significant strides with their sustainability strategy.

Over the last 12 months, Warwick Conferences have been among a small number of outstanding venues within the UK business meetings who have made significant contributions to their organisation and industry as a whole. Some of Warwick Conferences’ achievements include hosting 17,988 events and 220,077 delegates throughout 2023, all whilst keeping customer experience at the heart of every event. This has included finding innovative ways to support guests’ health and wellbeing, prioritising the customer journey and working with AccessAble to ensure all guests can make the most of their time with Warwick Conferences.

Alongside this, Warwick Conferences have been at the forefront of the industry when it comes to sustainability. Among the highlights from the last year has been a sustainability-focused refurbishment of 204 bedrooms at the Scarman Training and Conference Centre in 2023, a tree-planting initiative that saw over 200 trees planted onsite and the creation of a Carbon Calculator tool to help event planners measure and address the environmental impact of their event.

This activity has been guided by a Sustainability Roadmap which has been developed in conjunction with University of Warwick colleagues, providing an invaluable blueprint of ways in which they can achieve the goal of net zero direct carbon emissions by 2030.

The winners of the miaList awards will be announced on 7^th November 2024 at Hilton Liverpool City Centre.

Recognition in these shortlists follows a number of accolades and wins achieved by Warwick Conferences, including Silver in the Visit England Awards for Excellence as Business Events Venue of the Year, ECOSmart Platinum status, finalist status at the U Dine Awards 2024, and a Platinum Positive Impacts Special Award for Justine Meek, Warwick Conferences’ Agency Relationship Manager.

Commenting on this latest success, Paul Bartlett, Director of Conferences at Warwick Conferences, said:  

“We’re delighted to be recognised alongside some of the top names in the UK events industry at the miaList awards. This not only reflects our efforts as one of the premier business event destinations in the country, but also shines a light on our industry-leading sustainability strategy which is embedded into everything we do.

“This is a wonderful achievement, and I am extremely proud of the whole team for their efforts. We are excited to attend the ceremony later this year, with our fingers crossed for a positive result in both categories.”