A conference hall , conference room , or meeting room is a room provided for singular events such as business conferences and meetings .
13-690: The Royal Highland Centre (RHC), also called the Royal Highland Agricultural Exhibition Hall , originally the Royal Highland Showground or the Ingliston Showground ,is an exhibition centre and showground located at Ingliston in the western outskirts of Edinburgh , Scotland , adjacent to Edinburgh Airport and the A8 . The RHC now welcomes over 1 million visitors annually to a wide range of events. The largest event
26-519: A convention center. In Francophone countries, the term is palais des congrès (such as the Palais des Congrès de Paris ) or centre des congrès (such as the Centre des congrès de Quebec). The original convention centers or halls were in castles and palaces . Originally a hall in a castle would be designed to allow a large group of lords, knights and government officials to attend important meetings with
39-556: A number of concerts including the Edinburgh Rock festival of 1979 featuring Van Morrison, Talking Heads, The Undertones, Squeeze, Steel Pulse and The Chieftains. In the 1990s, the Royal Highland Centre became the home of rave events organised by North East-based Rezerection. There were monthly events in the Royal Highland Centre and each summer a much larger event called The Event staged at the centre, where 25,000 people danced
52-529: Is a large building that is designed to hold a convention , where individuals and groups gather to promote and share common interests. Convention centers typically offer sufficient floor area to accommodate several thousand attendees. Very large venues, suitable for major trade shows , are sometimes known as exhibition halls . Convention centers typically have at least one auditorium and may also contain concert halls , lecture halls , meeting rooms , and conference rooms . Some large resort area hotels include
65-607: Is in the Pentagon , known as the Tank . Typically, the facility provides furniture , overhead projectors , stage lighting , and sound system . Smoking is normally prohibited in conference halls, even when other parts of buildings permit smoking. Sometimes the term 'conference hall' is used synonymously with ' conference center ' as, for example, in ' Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall '. Some meeting rooms come equipped with booking management software, depending on
78-474: Is the Royal Highland Show , which attracts over 200,000 visitors each year. The Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland (RHASS) purchased the land in 1958 for £55,000, and after 2 years of infrastructure work including a new roadway and improved electrical supplies, the 300 acres (1.2 km) site was formally opened in 1960. During the 1970s and 1980s, more facilitates were built, including
91-534: The Highland Hall and Countryside Area. The future of the Royal Highland Centre was threatened by the proposed expansion of Edinburgh Airport in 2006 under a UK government white paper , which foresees the need for the Royal Highland Centre site to be used for airport use by 2013. By 2008 the plans were killed off, leaving the Royal Highland Centre where it is. This resulted in RHASS deciding to spend £75million upgrade of
104-528: The Royal Highland Centre with a large audience and many high calibre celebrity guest names attending. In 2021, the venue was used as a vaccination centre during the COVID-19 pandemic . This article about a Scottish building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Exhibition centre A convention center ( American English ; or conference centre in British English )
117-589: The king. A more ancient tradition would have the king or lord decide disputes among his people. These administrative actions would be done in the great hall and would exhibit the wisdom of the king as judge to the general populace. One of the most famous convention center debacles happened in France on June 20, 1789. King Louis XVI locked a group known as the Third Estate out of the meeting hall in Versailles. This led to
130-441: The needs of the company that owns them. Typically, a medium to large office or post-secondary educational facility has smaller meeting rooms, often called a conference room or a huddle room. Depending on the purpose of the meeting, conference rooms may be set up in various styles. Sometimes the furniture may even be moved easily before a meeting to accommodate the particular needs of each meeting. Commonly used styles include: On
143-556: The night away in numerous tents and arenas. DJs included Bass Generator, Scott Brown, Tom Wilson, Mikey B, Seduction, and DJ Rap. In 2013 and 2014 , it hosted the Professional Darts Corporation 's Masters tournament. In 2017, the pop girl-band Little Mix played the first concert in the newly formed outdoor South Arena on the RHC site. As of October 2019, Monopoly Events holds the popular Comic Con Scotland annual event in
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#1732845425173156-707: The revolutionary group holding their meeting in an indoor tennis court. This was the first modern democratic conference center and lead to the Tennis Court Oath and the French Revolution . Meeting room It is commonly found at large hotels and convention centers though many other establishments, including even hospitals, have one. Sometimes other rooms are modified for large conferences such as arenas or concert halls . Aircraft have been fitted out with conference rooms. Conference rooms can be windowless for security purposes. An example of one such room
169-512: The site and refurbishment, with work starting just after the 2010 Royal Highland Show. The Royal Highland Centre has played host to live music over the years including David Bowie , The Jacksons, Genesis , Queen , Teardrop Explodes, Rainbow , Oasis, Big Country, Boston , The Jam, Rush , Electric Light Orchestra, Iron Maiden, Anthrax, Slayer, Megadeth, Billy Idol , The Police, Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Barry Manilow, Boyzone, Madness, and Roxette. The Ingliston showground has also played host to
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