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Sundial Staff Exchange

21 Aug 2008

An exciting scholarship programme has been announced to Sundial Group employees, which will provide the opportunity to spend six weeks working in an overseas conference centre.

Sundial Group has been a long-time committed member of the International Association of Conference Centres (IACC) - a not-for-profit, facilities-based organisation whose mission is to assist members in providing the most productive meeting facilities around the world.

Through the association, the group has established links with a number of high-quality conference centres worldwide, and has now announced that these links will be opened up to team members by establishing an annual work experience scholarship programme.

Each autumn, volunteers across our three properties will receive an invitation to put themselves forward for selection, offering the chance to work at an overseas conference centre for up to six weeks. The chosen candidate will be committed to the meetings industry, have a passion for learning and bring back ideas to share with colleagues in their field.

Our Managing Director, and past IACC Global President, Tim Chudley, explains, "This opportunity will provide the successful person with invaluable experience to be able to better perform in their position. We are always looking for innovative ways to be able to train our workforce and by offering the chance to experience life in another dedicated conference venue, I am confident that they will become a part of developments and practice that they can bring back and share with us."

Partner conference centres have already been identified in Canada, USA, Australia and across Europe.