May 30 2019

Experience Oxfordshire Launch New Conference and Venues Website

Experience Oxfordshire Press Release                                                   For immediate release: 30/05/2019 Experience Oxfordshire has unveiled a new Conference and Venues website –  a new platform for conferencing, meetings, weddings and events in Oxfordshire, which will inspire visitors by showcasing Oxfordshire venues, and will also direct users to book their conference or meeting hassle-free at www.experienceoxfordshire.org/conferencing The new…

May 30 2019

TSCS Inaugural Event Success

The first Thai Student Chemistry Symposium (TSCS) occurred on Saturday 18th May 2019, at Merton College, University of Oxford. TSCS, a non-profit organisation, aims to enhance research ideas and strengthen relationships between Thai students studying chemistry and related fields across the United Kingdom. The conference, held in the T S Eliot Theatre, included talks from several…

May 24 2019

Experience Oxfordshire Hosts Travel Industry Leaders for Annual Partner Conference

Experience Oxfordshire Press Release                                                   For immediate release: 24/05/2019 Experience Oxfordshire were delighted to welcome travel industry experts from across the Country to their annual Partner Conference – ‘Insights from the Experts’ – at Jurys Inn, Oxford on 23rd May 2019. Now in its third year, the full-day event brought together national experts from across…

May 24 2019

Thames travel introduce live timetable updates screen in Wallingford

Thames Travel passengers now have access to live travel updates in front of the Wallingford Corn Exchange, thanks to a new digital screen.  The real time updates on all Thames Travel services serving Wallingford have been made possible by synching on-board travel information with the digital information board. Thames Travel Managing Director Phil Southall was…

May 18 2019

The Ashmolean is Proud to Celebrate Over 10 Years of Hosting Weddings

The world’s oldest public museum has been hosting weddings in its galleries and events spaces since 2007. Located in heart of Oxford and with over sixty galleries to choose from, there is a wealth of opportunity to wow your guests and create a show stopping day. Oxford-based owners of Frog Orange Balloons, Beck and Lucy…

May 13 2019

Visit by Jamie Ades from VisitBritain

Jamie Ades, Senior Destination Manager, Business Events, attended the recent Conference Partners Meeting held at Jurys Inn, Oxford and delivered a presentation on Visit Britain’s recent activities and their top line strategy for business events.

May 11 2019

Maurizio Cattelan to Present His First UK Solo Exhibition at Blenheim Palace Featuring New and Seminal Works, Including ‘America’. 12 September – 27 October 2019

Blenheim Art Foundation, now in its sixth year, will host a solo exhibition by Maurizio Cattelan at Blenheim Palace this autumn, running from 12 September – 27 October 2019. This is Cattelan’s first and most significant solo exhibition in the UK in twenty years and will feature new works specially made for the show. The…

May 11 2019

Rotterdam at Oxford Playhouse

Following three critically acclaimed runs in London and a highly successful transfer to New York, the Olivier award-winning production of Rotterdam comes to Oxford Playhouse from Thursday 20 to Saturday 22 June as part of Offbeat Festival 2019.   Written by acclaimed playwright Jon Brittain, co-creator of Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho, writer of A…

May 11 2019

Thames Travel Gives Guide Dogs for the Blind Volunteer Training a Boost

 Thames Travel has partnered with the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association to support a specialist training programme of puppies that help visually impaired passengers on public transport.   Complimentary annual bus passes for use on all Thames Travel bus services were presented to the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association this week. It will enable volunteer training instructors…

May 11 2019

Welsh National Opera – Don Pasquale at Oxford Playhouse

Following on from the success of Elena Langer’s Rhondda Rips It Up! in 2018, Welsh National Opera serves up a tasty new production of Don Pasquale at Oxford Playhouse on Tuesday 18 June.   The exploits of a contemporary Don Pasquale take to the road in this riotous new staging of the classic comic opera….

May 11 2019

Spiky Arrivals: Cotswold Wildlife Park Welcomes Tiny Porcupette Twins

The mating game is always an unknown entity in nature. Some animals bond immediately but others show absolutely no interest in a potential partner. When it comes to animal introductions at the Park, despite the best efforts from keepers to create the perfect environment, there are no guarantees. It’s the animal equivalent of a blind…

May 11 2019

The Turn of the Screw at Oxford Playhouse

Janet Dibley and Maggie McCarthy star in a new adaptation of Henry James’ iconic, genre-defining, ghost story Turn of the Screw, which comes to Oxford Playhouse from Tuesday 11 to Saturday 15 June.   A young governess agrees to look after two orphaned children in Bly, a seemingly idyllic country house. But shortly after her…

May 11 2019

Thames Travel Unveil New Low Carbon Depot in Didcot as Part of Long-Term Commitment to the Area

Thames Travel have opened a new depot in Didcot to act as its central hub for its growing team and fleet of buses. Lord Bradshaw, Co-Chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party Committee on Transport cut a ceremonial ribbon with Thames Travel Managing Director Phil Southall to officially open the new facility. Thames Travel have…

May 11 2019

Napoli, Brooklyn at Oxford Playhouse

The Original Theatre Company (The Habit of Art, Monogamy, Birdsong) present the European Premiere of Meghan Kennedy’s captivating coming of age drama, Napoli, Brooklyn, at Oxford Playhouse from Tuesday 4 to Saturday 8 June. The story of an Italian-American family in 1959, it explores the struggle in immigrant families which is passed down from generation…

May 11 2019

Bespoke Events London at Blenheim Palace

Blenheim Palace played host to an incredible wedding in March designed exclusively by Bespoke Events London for Vicki and Nicholas. Bespoke Events London is a full service event design and production company. For 11 years they have been designing and producing events in some of the world’s most amazing locations. Offering a complete end to…

May 01 2019

From Local Woodlands to Game of Thrones with Oxfordshire Artweeks

Oxfordshire is fortunate to be the home of the UK’s oldest and biggest open studio, art trail and pop-up exhibition event, Oxfordshire Artweeks, described last year by the BBC Arts Editor Will Gompertz as ‘a celebration of Oxfordshire’s soul, heralding the summer in a burst of human creativity and talent.’ Over the next month visitors…