Staff at Cotswold Conference Centre are celebrating a double achievement for two of its management team. Chris Catford, Assistant Operations Manager and Rachael Buttery, Conference Diary Manager recently celebrated the completion of a year long training programme.
Aspiring Managers, developed by Tourism Skills Network South West, is a management development programme aimed at first level managers from the tourism, hospitality and leisure industry. The chance to achieve a Level 3 Award in First Line Management from the Institute of Leadership & Management, through completion of the programme, was also available.
During the year long development programme Chris and Rachael attended workshops and action learning group sessions which covered six core management modules; Industry, Quality, The Customer, Managing Self, Managing the Team and Managing the Task.
The pair celebrated their completion of the course, and their achievement in each gaining a Level 3 Award in First Line Management, at a special Graduation day on Thursday 23rd April.
CCC Sales Manager Nick Akerman commented “we are absolutely delighted that Chris and Rachael have achieved these awards. As an organisation we encourage all of our staff to develop their skills and at this early stage in their careers, the Aspiring Managers programme was a great opportunity for them both”.
Cotswold Conference Centre is the only Conference Centre of Excellence in the Cotswolds and an Investor in People. For further details about Cotswold Conference Centre visit www.CotswoldConferenceCentre.com or call 0845 230 8580.
Notes to Editors:
Cotswold Conference Centre (CCC) was launched in January 2001. The facilities have developed over the past 30 years from humble beginnings as the residential training school for Group 4 Total Security. The centre now boasts 53 well-appointed en-suite rooms from four charming locations on site, which are set within over 300 breathtaking acres of Cotswold scenery with stunning views across the Vale of Evesham. The conference centre is the perfect learning environment with a village feel and offers meeting rooms with natural daylight, equipment and support from a small, friendly team.
CCC has been recognised as an Investor in People and the team at CCC have been inspected and accredited with Hospitality Assured. CCC hold Quality at Heart Gold awards for Peoplemark and Servicemark, Quality at Heart Bronze award for Businessmark, Training Venue of the Year Finalist 2007 and won the VisitBritain national Gold Award for Business Tourism in 2005.
Conference Centres of Excellence (CCE) is a marketing consortium for a group of individual centres, both residential and non residential, who have joined together to promote the concept that dedicated venues provide an ideal environment for business meetings, conferences, team building and any other event which requires a focused and non-distractive environment
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Annette Morris
Cotswold Conference Centre
0845 230 8580
Annette@CotswoldConferenceCentre.com
