Tracey has over 30 years experience in the hotel and travel industry, 15 of which have been with HRG. She is responsible for the management of global operations within HRG’s Meetings, Groups & Events (MGE) division. Her role focuses on the planning, direction and co-ordination of the overall MGE service offering. She has a thorough understanding of the issues and opportunities that arise from doing business across regions with consideration on culture, language and system boundaries. Tracey works with all of HRG’s offices to deliver a consistent service offering that is constantly being redefined in accordance with changing business conditions. Meetings technology has had a significant impact on the MGE industry, especially as it begins to align itself with transient travel so Tracey’s experience of working with key suppliers in this market has meant that HRG has had a ‘seat at the development table’ to ensure that tools are being developed in line with client needs. Tracey graduated with a degree in Hotel, Catering and Institutional Management and spent the early part of her career working in Australia and South Africa. Prior to joining HRG she worked for Forte & Le Meridien Hotels in roles spanning Sales, Account Management and Operations. 6 of those years were spent as Director of Conference & Incentive Sales/North America market at Grosvenor House Hotel in London. Tracey has two children who keep her busy with sports, cookery and eating nice food.

Alice has been with BEYOND since 2013 and has made her mark as ‘the creative’, injecting creativity into events with brand identity and values running through each element. Also qualified in adult education, Alice delivers in-house training to staff tasked with managing events themselves

Before setting up BEYOND, Kate worked as a Senior Project Manager, creating bespoke hospitality around major international sports tournaments, film premieres and music events, a highlight of which was a 6 day hospitality programme entertaining 2,500 VIPs at Madonna’s “Drowned World” Tour. From there she broadened her experience, working in sports sponsorship then running the Marketing Department for an American law firm in Mayfair. Kate set up BEYOND in 2004, an event agency specialising in project management and consultancy to deliver “intelligent events”. Project management: the “intelligent event” not only delivers a seamless project, it meets marketing objectives and hits return on investment targets. Consultancy: to help clients “DIY” (or manage their own events) with training in key areas from concept creation to post-event reconciliation. BEYOND’s name evokes the 3 parts of the company’s ethos: the level of personal service; the ambition to always coax clients out of their comfort zone and challenge their thinking; to reflect our expertise in events abroad. (We have managed projects in Central America, the United States, throughout Europe and Dubai.) BEYOND’s mission is to make agency and client work more collaboratively together as one integrated team, not as two separate entities with the same goal. BEYOND has worked for some of the biggest names in the City but works across all business sectors from corporate to charity. Before setting up BEYOND, Kate worked as a Senior Project Manager, creating bespoke hospitality around major international sports tournaments, film premieres and music events, a highlight of which was a 6 day hospitality programme entertaining 2,500 VIPs at Madonna’s “Drowned World” Tour. From there she broadened her experience, working in sports sponsorship then running the Marketing Department for an American law firm in Mayfair. Kate set up BEYOND in 2004, an event agency specialising in project management and consultancy to deliver “intelligent events”. Project management: the “intelligent event” not only delivers a seamless project, it meets marketing objectives and hits return on investment targets. Consultancy: to help clients “DIY” (or manage their own events) with training in key areas from concept creation to post-event reconciliation. BEYOND’s name evokes the 3 parts of the company’s ethos: the level of personal service; the ambition to always coax clients out of their comfort zone and challenge their thinking; to reflect our expertise in events abroad. (We have managed projects in Central America, the United States, throughout Europe and Dubai.) BEYOND’s mission is to make agency and client work more collaboratively together as one integrated team, not as two separate entities with the same goal. BEYOND has worked for some of the biggest names in the City but works across all business sectors from corporate to charity.