After client feedback, we are pleased to announce that the new corporate site of Availability Systems is now live. To visit the site, Availability Systems

Leading industry publication, M&IT magazine heaped praise on our portal site when it was reviewed as part of a research exercise in the April edition. Comparing VenueCheck.com against other directory sites their verdict was clear; "quick and easy to use, the site is presented well". Adding that the site is "easy to navigate with a useful 'call me please' function and easy to access hotlinks to venues sites".
Commenting; David Bowen, Operations Director of VenueCheck parent company ASL, said " We are delighted to have received such a positive assessment. Simplicity of usage is core to our product development and the M&IT feature confirmed this. We were particularly pleased that the review recognised our commitment to put client and venue in direct contact rather than creating barriers by trying to act as an intermediary. Whilst VenueCheck.com is just one element of our total distibution network, it is very satisfying to be recognised in this way".

Thanks to the latest white label application of VenueCheck, the Bournemouth International Conference Bureau (BICB) has become the first UK conference office to offer searchable conference and meeting room availability to event organisers.

Commenting on this new technology, Karina Gregory, BICB Manager is proud that Bournemouth is leading the way, "We are constantly sourcing new technology and systems that will add value for our members and the users of the BICB service. VenueCheck is a unique application that helps us to fulfil our role as a conference bureau and makes arranging an event in Bournemouth even easier for organisers."

As part of the brief, Availability Systems Limited (ASL); the company behind VenueCheck, built a completely new site for the BICB, incorporating their sophisticated search applications into a dynamic and modern new environment which is further enhanced by a ground-breaking content management system that allows the bureau to control and amend the text and images within the site themselves without the need for any 3rd party intervention or associated costs.

Commenting on the launch, Andrew Finley, MD of ASL said “We are proud and delighted to deliver a world first for a major UK conference destination. Throughout the process, Karina and her team have embraced this unique technology and challenged us to deliver a world beating solution. Without doubt, Bournemouth venues will reap the rewards of the added value this brings to their already highly professional marketing activity”.


Go to Bournemouth Conferences to see the new site in action.

Chartridge Conference Company is the latest group to take advantage of our unique XML feed technology. With daily updates from the Events Perfect PMS, bookers can be confident that the inventory calendars are displaying the exact status of each venue in the Chartridge group.

Comments David Bowen, Group Operations Director for Availability Systems Limited; “Electronic data feeds are essential for any system to be taken seriously. Our research confirms that venues do not have the time to spend manually updating multiple web-based marketing systems so we continue to deliver simple, effective interfaces to numerous PMS applications, thus removing the need for this task. For venues without any form of computerised management system, our VenueDirector application delivers a simple web-based solution, instantly loading the VenueCheck database with changes as soon as they occur.”

To view the live inventory calendars, please choose from the following links.

Chartridge Conference Centre
Hitchin Priory
The Node
The Beeches
Lydiard House

Two of the industries leading technology brands have agreed a partnership that will bring even more efficiency in meeting and events procurement for venues. The agreement between Parrimark Technology and Availability Systems Ltd, creators of VenueCheck, will aid venues by ensuring compatibility between both companies’ software products.

Now venues using Parrimark venue and event management software, Events Perfect, will see their availability inventory seamlessly updated throughout the VenueCheck distribution network the moment it is confirmed. Furthermore, buyers accessing the venues meeting availability can be confident that the inventory they see is real-time and not dependent upon manual input.

“This is good news for us as we’re keen to help our clients manage their meetings & events business as efficiently as possible,” comments Michael Scroop, CEO & Founder of the Parrimark Group. “This is also good news for venues as they are saved the inconvenience of updating multiple systems manually following a booking.”

“VenueCheck is specially designed to speak to third party management systems and so acts as a networking hub for in-house software,” comments Andrew Finley, Managing Director of Availability Systems Ltd. “It is this type of compatibility that buyers are demanding; it’s important that new technologies work together otherwise the process will be fragmented and key benefits of time and cost savings will be lost”