At Venue Henley the safety and wellbeing of our guests, as well as that of our staff and service providers and the wider community, is of great importance to us. We are continuing to work with some COVID-19 measures across our venue to help give you confidence during your visit and to help to protect your health and safety.
This information is revised in line with government guidance and may be subject to change before your visit.
We are very much looking forward to welcoming you to our venue.
We are cashless
Enhanced cleaning regimes will remain in place in all areas of our venue
Book & pay online via our website
We continue to have in place measures to help keep you and others safe during your time with us here at Henley. Things may still be done differently, but please be assured that we are still dedicated to delivering events to the highest standard.
• A full clean of key areas and high touchpoint surfaces take place throughout the day.• Antibacterial hand gel and sanitising stations remain in place throughout our venue.• Our reception team will clean and sanitise the desk on a regular basis and between shifts.• We are a cashless environment so will only take card payments.• The card machine is sanitised regularly by the front of house team.While antibacterial hand gel and sanitising stations are available throughout our venue,washing your hands regularly is still crucial.Face Coverings: We continue to encourage the wearing of face coverings when in crowded places or when moving around inside buildings, in line with the Living with COVID guidance.
Rapid Lateral Flow Tests/attendance at Campus:
You may wish to take a lateral flow test the night before / morning of arrival and continue to test whilst you are with us, if you have access to LFTs. Please do not come to the campus if your test result is positive.
In any event, if you have any of the main symptoms of COVID-19 (a new continuous cough, a high temperature or a loss or change to your sense of taste or smell) OR you test positive for COVID-19 through a lateral flow or PCR test, you must not attend the event. The guidance continues to be that those who test positive should stay at home and avoid contact with other people where possible. The guidance continues to be that those who test positive should stay at home and avoid contact with other people where possible
To ensure the safety of our delegates, tutors, and staff our room capacities have changed based on ventilation. To ensure the safety of our delegates, tutors, and staff our room capacities have changed based on ventilation. Meeting rooms that allow for social distancing are still available upon request should this be your preference (subject to availability). For areas with natural ventilation, the windows and doors may remain open enabling a continual supply of fresh air and areas with mechanical ventilation systems may be set to a constant level ensuring the correct circulation of external air flow is maintained.
• Individual groups may have registration tables in specific areas.• Stationery may continue to be removed from rooms and provided on request.• Water may continue to be in individual bottles for each delegate.• Deep cleaning will take place in meeting rooms between groups and on a nightly basis, including on all hard and high-touch surfaces including tables, chairs, AV equipment, flip charts and markers.• Hand sanitising gel will be provided in each of our venues.
Our food and drink offerings have enhanced measures in place, allowing you and your guests to enjoy the full Henley dining experience.
• Access to our food and beverage areas may be controlled and limited following our ventilation capacities.Groups will be given specific allocated timings to access food and beverage areas.• Food in the restaurant will be a combination of plated and buffet service depending on business levels• All high-touch surfaces will be cleaned and sanitised regularly.• Grab-and-go options are available at the Chiltern Brasserie from 12.00 – 13.30, all served in environmentally friendly disposable packaging.• All groups may have specific timings allocated to breakout areas.
Coffee and breakout stations are situated in multiple communal lounges; therefore, these guidelines are in place to ensure the safety of all our visitors and to ensure your experience is of the highest possible standard.
All our teams are provided with the appropriate products, protective equipment, and support to ensure that every guest receives the highest standard of customer service.
• Guests can book and settle bed and breakfast via our online portal, which can be accessed via our website.• Reception will complete the registration process for the guest on arrival to ensure check-in has limited contact points.• Enhanced cleaning and sanitising will be done between bookings, focusing on high-touch surfaces including; switches and electronic controls, doors and door handles, bathroom surfaces and soap dispensers, telephones, kettles, all hard surfaces, beds, bedding and any soft furnishings. • In-room information will be available online and an email will be sent in advance of your stay with further details.• Full servicing of bedrooms for multiple nights stay will return, don’t forget to hang your door sign!• All housekeeping equipment will be wiped and sanitised at the start and end of each shift.• Pre-authorisation and transferring charges to your bedrooms is back as an option and can be requested during check in.
Our team will be on hand throughout the planning stages, prompting you when information is required and overseeing your event on the day.
Training, guidance, and support will be given to our team members to ensure safety measures are taken and government guidelines are met, allowing your events to be delivered to the highest possible standard.
Speak to a member of our friendly team to discuss your requirements and arrange to be shown around or take a Virtual Tour of our venue from the comfort of your workstation, whether that be at home or back in the office.
No. If an appropriate meeting room is available, we will move the event at no extra charge
We continue to encourage the wearing of face coverings when in crowded places or when moving around inside buildings, in line with the Living with COVID guidance.
Venue Henley (Henley Business School) is a cashless environment, we ask guests to pay via contactless technology wherever possible. All major credit and debit cards are accepted across our venues. Accommodation is to be prepaid in advance.
Access to our food and beverage areas will be controlled and limited, with designated entrance and exits along with enhanced safety measures in place. Groups will be given specific allocated timings to access certain areas. Food in our restaurant will be a combination of plated and buffet service depending on business levels.
Full servicing of bedrooms for multiple nights stay will return, don’t forget to hang your door sign! All housekeeping equipment including trolleys, vacuum cleaners will be wiped down and sanitised at the start and end of each shift.
If you start to feel unwell with COVID symptoms, please follow the government guidance