Expotel official partner for Grand Designs Live 2007

29th October 2007

Expotel, one of the UK's leading independent hotel reservations & business travel management agencies, today announced that is has been appointed as official hotel and travel agency for the award-winning Grand Designs Live exhibitions at London's ExCeL in June and at Birmingham's NEC in October.

Grand Designs Live – now in its third year – is based on the hugely successful Channel 4 television series presented by design guru Kevin McCloud and considered the UK's no. 1 consumer show for design and innovation. This years' event is no exception, playing host to around 600 exhibitors and 50,000 visitors in each of its locations.

Lee Newton, Managing Director of organisers Media 10 said: "We chose Expotel because of its industry expertise and for the cost-effective rates it can offer our exhibitors and visitors. Due to its massive growth, Grand Designs Live needed a supplier that had the ability and capacity to deliver a quality service to all our customers. We are confident that Expotel will deliver a first-class service in London and Birmingham."

Stuart Fraser, Exhibitions Business Manager added: "We are delighted to be appointed as the official accommodation and travel agency for both the Grand Designs Live events taking place in 2007. Expotel's expertise lies in providing a unique hotels and travel solution underpinned by pro-active management of sales and marketing."

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Note to editors:

• Grand Designs Live London 2007
• ExCeL London, Victoria Docks
• Friday 8 June – Sunday 10 June 2007

• Grand Designs Live NEC 2007
• NEC, Birmingham
• Friday 5 October – Sunday 7 October 2007

For further information on Expotel please contact:

• Sharon Smith Expotel Press Office
• T: 020 7604 2765 ssmith@expotel.com
• M :07771 833 856

For further information and images for Grand Designs Live, please contact:

• GDL Press team
• Midnight Communications
• T: 01273 666200
• gdl@midnight.co.uk

About Grand Designs Live

Grand Designs Live was launched on 10th June 2005 at ExCeL London – one of the newest and most prestigious exhibition venues in Europe (see www.granddesignslive.com for more information on the exhibition).

Over 50,000 attendees visited the 2006 event over three days. Grand Designs Live is a broad-based show but with a common theme and a specific target audience. The exhibition grew from the extremely popular talkbackTHAMES-produced TV series for Channel 4, Grand Designs, into a vibrant 3-D live environment that lives up to the Grand Designs brand and its values. The exhibition provides visitors with products, information, services and advice for their very own Grand Design – whether it is a total self-build project, a refurbishment of an existing building or tweaking a room with fresh furnishings.

This is a show about excitement, inspiration, creativity, ingenuity, design, tenacity, determination, aspiration and turning dreams in to reality.