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I was Director of Sales for Sports and Partnerships at Hilton until 6 weeks ago, so I know the hotel very well. I've also shown a few professional sports teams the hotel who all said it was a good option (despite being 'too near' where they were playing).

It's really not dire. And if they're there for a conference/exhibition/meeting which is one or two days, they do tend to stay there. If it's anything longer, then delegates do tend to stay somewhere else where there's more happening. Same for anyone going to a multiday event in any city.

Looks good to be fair.

I think it would make my blood boil reading some of the stuff on there. And it's already too hot. 32 degrees C here in Portsmouth today.

To an extent, yes. Internal team meetings for example are more and more common on things like WebEx and Zoom, two platforms I've ran training programmes on. There will still be an apetitie for face to face meetings, conferences and events though. Yes, Covid-19 has made companies look at the...

Not being local, I can't say that I'm aware of it FP. Does the UoW facility have accommodation attached? If not, there's one reason. There could be many reasons though...the hotel at the Ricoh is managed by Hilton on Franchised basis. Hilton's sales engine and reach is for greater than many of...

About the location thing though...how many big companies go down to Devon to host their annual conference? The issue with the Ricoh is that you have a lot of competition for event hosting in the Midlands.

The interesting bit about this is the conference business side of things. Has anyone been to Sandy Park? I had a meeting there a few years back....a lovely little stadium, accessible, good parking etc. However, comparing their conference facilities to that of the Ricoh is like comparing...

First World problems eh?!

The thing with car parks at major venues, you're always going to take time getting out. I've been in queues outside St Marys, Brittania Stadium, Ashton Gate before...it's the fact that there's hundreds/thousands of cars doing the same thing as you.

Yeah sorry...I was just responding to Grendels point about lack of parking. There's not. Whether it's managed correctly or not is another matter though.

Yeah but that doesn't mean there's lack of parking...just how it's managed I guess. There's literally 1,500 spaces in the 3 car parks, plus another 1,500 at Arena Park. There's literally 1,000s of spaces!

Are you talking about the Ricoh...lack of parking? Seriously?

Yeah...but what do you really think about it?

Shit hole* * Unless we ever own it....

Was never gonna happen. Saying that, surprised at Tindall.

Erm....who?!

Yeah, was just thinking that as well and joking with a mate (Pompey fan) that we'll be able to take Curtis off their hands now :)

'Right lads...new kit...the launch needs to really say something about where we're going as a club...the prestige...the pride...the honour. Any ideas on a location that would be suitable?' 'Yes boss, what about the garages down on the Abbots estate?' 'Great idea...love it'

If MR takes us to the EPL I think he will go down as our greatest. JH (albeit before my time) changed so much about the club and was successful. MR has operated in completely different circumstances and galvanised the club top to bottom in his 2nd term here and helped facilitate the...