Choosing a conference venue

Choosing a conference venue

Read two adverts for corporate venues to practise and improve your reading skills.

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The International Centre

Whether you are looking for a conference venue or a place to have your meetings and your training days, the International Centre is the perfect modern space for your event.

Offering free Wi-Fi, secure parking and all-day refreshments, the International Centre has 120 meeting rooms and a theatre for up to 1,000 people.

Conveniently located in the city centre, the International Centre is close to the shops and only a ten-minute walk to the train station.

The Grand West

The Grand West is a country house surrounded by rolling hills and beautiful scenery, only a 30-minute drive from the airport.

With 76 hotel rooms, 12 meeting rooms and a conference room that takes up to 200 people, the Grand West offers free Wi-Fi and a whiteboard in every room.

You can also make use of the gardens of the Grand West for team-building events and outdoor activities. Our indoor swimming pool, gym and 18-hole golf course will ensure that your event is relaxing and enjoyable for everyone.

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Submitted by Yuliia Sukhotska on Mon, 13/10/2025 - 23:51

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When I go to a meeting, it is very important for me to have good organisation, kind people, free Wi-Fi and a clean room.


 

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Submitted by Mlekameda on Thu, 14/08/2025 - 14:45

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In my opinion, most importants facillities for meeting should be:
1. Free Wi-Fi.
2. Great environment. 
3. Good personal.
4. And eventually refreshment!
If these facillities, meeting doesn't has, then it might be failed.

Submitted by Mus_Omer25 on Sun, 09/02/2025 - 03:17

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When i go to conference i think there are facilities that are most important for me: 

  • Good organization 
  • Big Conference rooms 
  • Air conditioner if the weather is not good 
  • Refreshment is so important 
  • Good hotel rooms 
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Submitted by ASSAMOI on Thu, 23/01/2025 - 14:14

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When I go to a conferenence or meeting, here are some falicitries which are important for me :

  • free wifi to connect me all time
  • a well-air conditioned space 
  • a refreshment because when I'm tired, the refreshment give me back strenght and calm my thirsty.
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Submitted by MahmoudAhmed on Thu, 12/09/2024 - 00:19

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wifi to search for a info

secure of the parking 

Refreshment when attendees feel tired they need refresh by eating foods or drinking something

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Submitted by zino on Tue, 27/08/2024 - 19:29

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The facilities that are most important for me when I go to a conference or meeting are:

  1. Free Wi-Fi.
  2. Data projector.
  3. A place to pray.
  4. Good organization.
  5. A certificate of participation at the end of the conference.
  6. Refreshments.

Submitted by Hong Tham on Mon, 15/07/2024 - 11:08

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What facilities are most important for you when you go to a conference or meeting? Why?

In my opinion, The most important facilities in the conference room are: 

  1. Wifi- we need wifi to search some information related to the presentation 
  2. Seat- make sure the seat in the room enough for number of attendees
  3. Parking lot needs to be secured and roomy
  4. Refreshment- when attendees feel tired they need refresh by eating foods or drinking something
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Submitted by afredo_954 on Sun, 07/07/2024 - 06:01

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If I assist to a conference, the most important things for me are that there were comfortable seats, good audio and a good view to the exponent's presentation. If the conference will be long, to get some refreshments is no bad. 

Submitted by CM Sung on Wed, 05/06/2024 - 03:42

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I was wondering why "theater" should be categorized in "room types" instead of "facilities"?

Hello CM Sung,

It's a fair question - I think you could put it in either category. However, the context suggests 'room' as it is described as 'for 1000 people'.

 

Peter

The LearnEnglish Team