Marketing Birmingham is the areas strategic marketing partnership and operates the leisure and business tourism programmes, Visit and Meet Birmingham as well as its inward investment programme, Business Birmingham. These programmes promote Birmingham and its wider area, including the Black Country, Solihull, North Worcestershire, and South Staffordshire.

Within Marketing Birmingham we correctly operate the Birmingham Convention Bureau (BCB) which was established in 1982. BCB has vast experience in handling the accommodation element of major conferences, exhibitions and hold their events in the Geography outlined above.

Marketing Birmingham is looking to outsource its accommodation booking service. It will retain in-house the venue location service and the marketing of Birmingham as a destination for conferences, exhibitions and events.

Please refer to the tender brief for full requirements, process and time-scales. To access the full tender brief, all suppliers MUST visit the Marketing Birmingham e-Procurement system to register interest and submit a tender bid.

e-Procurement https://in-tendhost.co.uk/marketingbirmingham/aspx/Home

Please note the deadline for full submission as outlined in the tender brief is no later than 12:00 noon GMT on Monday 3.11.2014.