Awards & Accreditations
IACC
Sundial venues are accredited members of IACC. Setting standards for the dedicated meeting environment this organisation brings together some of the best specialist business meeting venues in the world, helping members stay well informed of developments and trends and responsive to the needs of clients.
Sundial Group - ‘Best Venue Group Meeting Product’ - Gold - M&IT Awards 2016
Sundial Group won Gold for ‘Best Venue Group Meeting Product', beating off prestigious hotel group giants including Hilton Worldwide, Marriott Hotels, Radisson Blu, De Vere Venues and Q Hotels, in a highly competitive category. This is the sixth time the group has received this accolade in the past seven years.
Sundial Group - 2015 Living Wage Employer Champion Award
Sundial Group has been chosen as the winner of the Living Wage Employer Champion Award 2015 for the East Midlands region. Managing Director, Tim Chudley, has also been personally awarded for his outstanding leadership and commitment to driving the Living Wage campaign, receiving the Leadership award for the East Midlands.
Sundial Group - ‘Best Venue Group Meeting Product’ - Gold - M&IT Awards 2015
Sundial Group won Gold for ‘Best Venue Group Meeting Product', beating off prestigious hotel group giants including Hilton Worldwide, Marriot Hotels, De Vere Venues and Q Hotels, in what is a highly competitive category. This is the fifth time the group has received this accolade in the past six years.
Iain Miller - 2015 UK Copper Skillet Competition Winner
Sundial Group chefs have scooped first, second and third place at the 2015 UK Copper Skillet Competition, run by IACC. Iain Miller, Head Chef at Warwickshire venue, Woodside, was awarded 1st place, Mitchell Leech, Senior Chef de Partie at Woodside, scooped 2nd place and was also declared junior category champion, while Lee Gaskins, Head Chef at Northamptonshire venue, Highgate House, received 3rd place.
Sundial Group - ‘Best Venue Group Meeting Product’ - Gold - M&IT Awards 2014
Sundial Group won Gold for ‘Best Venue Group Meeting Product', beating off prestigious hotel group giants including Hilton Worldwide, Q Hotels, Mercure UK and De Vere Venues, in what is a highly competitive category. This is the fourth time the group has received this accolade in the past five years.
Highgate House - ‘Best Value for Money Conference Venue’ - Silver - M&IT Awards 2014
Highgate House in Northamptonshire, received three awards at the 2014 M&IT awards; Silver for ‘Best Value for Money Conference Venue' and Bronze for ‘Best UK Management Training Centre' and ‘Best Conference and Banqueting Staff'
Highgate House - Gold Standard - BDRC Continental’s “VenueVerdict” survey - 2013 Q3
Sundial Group's Highgate House venue has been awarded ‘VenueVerdict Gold Standard Accreditation' by BDRC Continental (one of the UK's leading suppliers of marketing research in the meetings sector) for the third quarter in a row in 2013
Sundial Group - ‘Best Venue Group Meeting Product’ - Gold - M&IT Awards 2013
Sundial Group has won gold for ‘Best Venue Group Meeting Product' at the 2013 Meetings and Incentive Travel Industry (M&IT) Awards, beating off prestigious hotel group giants including Hilton, Marriot and De Vere in a highly competitive category.
Highgate House - 3 x Bronze - M&IT Awards 2013
Sundial Group's venue Highgate House, has won three awards at the 2013 Meetings and Incentive Travel Industry (M&IT) Awards ceremony, held in London on 19 March.
The venue was awarded bronze in the following three categories: Best UK Management Training Centre | Best Value for Money Conference Venue | Best Conference and Banqueting Staff
Sundial Venues - Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence 2012
Highgate House & Woodside - Gold Standard - BDRC Continental’s “VenueVerdict” survey - 2010
Sundial Group's Midlands-based dedicated meeting and training venues, Woodside in Warwickshire and Highgate House in Northamptonshire, have both achieved ‘Gold Standard' in BDRC Continental's "VenueVerdict" survey.
Enjoy England, Excellence in Tourism Awards 2010
Woodside has been named runner up in the ‘Business Tourism' category of the Enjoy England Excellence Awards 2010 - Heart of England Region. The award acknowledges a thriving business tourism market in the UK, and recognises in particular those attributes that contribute to unrivalled success.
IACC Green Accreditation
Sundial venues have signed up to IACC's Code of Sustainability, agreeing that our organisation (1) has agreed to sustain and support IACC's Environmental Policy; (2) has adopted and currently adheres to all of the tenets of the code; and (3) willingly joins other member organisations that have signed the code in an association-wide effort to strive for greater sustainability.