De Vere Hotels Resorts & Venues scoops “prestigious” HBAA Award

13th September 2010, 10:08am

De Vere Hotels Resorts & venues are celebrating after winning the HBAA Award for Promoting Excellence within the Industry.

The awards, now in their third year, are a celebration of excellence and promote best practice in the hotel booking agency sector.

De Vere Venues were recognised for delivering excellence to clients by means of their "innovative" agency quiz nights and promotion of best practice in the hotel booking agency sector.

Launched earlier in the year, the hotel group's pub-quiz style nights run every quarter in eight locations in the UK and Scotland for up to fifteen teams of agents.

Presentation of the HBAA Awards took place on 8 September at the Holiday Inn in Stratford on Avon.

Finalists for the award included Ardencote Manor and Old Course Hotel, Golf Resort & Spa.

Ian Jones, director of group sales at De Vere Hotels Resorts & Venues said: "The quizzes have allowed us to focus on developing a great relationship with the agents – and as such they have been hugely successful for De Vere as a business.

"On the back of the quizzes we've seen agency revenue grow substantially in 2010 and an increase in conversions from enquiries to confirmed events."

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