We’re celebrating 20 years in business! (26/01/2010)
A number of significant events occurred in 1990 – it was the year Margaret Thatcher resigned, Nelson Mandela was released, Paul Gascoigne cried at the World Cup and most importantly (in our opinion), it was the year Oxford International was formed.
In recognition of our 20 years we’ve come up with 20 reasons why we think we’ve got such staying power:
1. We’re an extremely friendly and tight-knit team – our average length of service is 5.8 years. That’s way above the industry average!
2. We offer over 100 years of experience amongst us – that’s an incredible amount of knowledge we can put to good use on your event.
3. We’ve organised 126 events for 17,052 delegates in the last two years alone – times that by ten and that’s an incredible number of events over 20 years!
4. We’ve got tremendous buying power and negotiation skills – and will always pass on added values to our clients.
5. We operate one of the most open and accurate costing models in the industry – there’ll be no surprises in your final bill!
6. We’ve invested in the latest technology to improve our service. It makes us faster, more effective and more reliable.
7. We’ve developed a network of suppliers that we trust and can always rely on to deliver quality services.
8. We pride ourselves on our level of personal contact – providing you with one point of contact for the duration of your event.
9. We guarantee that the team that organises your event will be the team that attends the event – that consistency of service makes all the difference.
10. We operate one of the most comprehensive risk assessment and crisis management strategies in the industry.
11. We leave no stone unturned to make sure your delegates have the easiest journeys and you get the best value travel possible.
12. We listen to your objectives and your requirements and work with you to deliver the best possible platform to achieve those objectives.
13. We learn. After every event we sit down and analyse what went well and what we could have done better – and make sure anything we learn is fed back into the business.
14. We have created a dedicated healthcare division that provides a specialist service to our healthcare and pharmaceutical clients.
15. We are 100% committed to delivering experiences of exceptional quality – from a small meeting to a multi-site product launch.
16. We provide a flexible service to accommodate every client’s preferred way of working with us.
17. We take corporate responsibility very seriously and will advise you on ways you can minimise the impact your event may have on the environment.
18. We represent our industry – a number of our senior team present regularly at universities and industry forums.
19. We embrace the principles of procurement – our MD participates in the special interest group for CIPS to produce the definite guide on buying event services.
20. We go the extra mile – last year we entered two teams in the London Triathlon to raise money for a local school.
Our continued growth and success and the fact that we’re celebrating 20 years in business is down to the two decades of experience we can draw upon, as well as the fresh ideas and enthusiasm of our teams. And that’s why our clients come back to us time and again.
So, thank you once again to all our valued clients for making our 20th anniversary celebrations possible!