The town is an ideal all year-round resort with plenty to keep you entertained in every season, water sports is one activity which can be enjoyed throughout the year. Just three miles from Bournemouth Pier, Boscombe beach will soon be at the top of the lists of great places to surf when Europe’s first artificial surf reef is opened, with work scheduled for spring 2008.
There is a huge choice of quality hotels and its attraction as a centre for special events, exhibitions and conferences puts Bournemouth in international quality over an above many UK resorts.
Bournemouth buzzes by day and night with restaurants, bars, nightclubs and live entertainment venues, and if you’re into retail therapy then Bournemouth’s dazzling array of shops, from boutique chic to department stores, will certainly keep you busy.

Dorset is an area of outstanding natural beauty, with miles of unspoilt countryside, towering cliffs and a variety of sandy beaches. Surrounding the resort is a wealth of natural and historical heritage to explore. Gardens, castles, historic houses, the Jurassic coast a mind blowing 185 million years of the earth’s history in 95 miles of spectacular coastline, well worth a visit and nearby enchanting New Forest.

In Bournemouth you’ll find the cuisine you would expect from major modern cosmopolitan centres. There’s everything on the menu from authentic Lebanese, Latin, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern to the taste of regional Italian cooking, Greek and French as well as good British food.

So, Bournemouth clearly has it all; the sea and beach, beautiful surroundings, Victorian and Jurassic history, culture and heritage fused with major attractions, adventure, an international cosmopolitan vibrancy, vast array of restaurants and still within travelling distance of Southampton and London – all on your exhibition/ conference doorstep!