CE FACILITIES SERVICES | CASE STUDY www.CEworld.com Cheltenham Racecourse Home to the annual Cheltenham National Hunt Festival Cheltenham Racecourse is home to the annual Cheltenham National Hunt Festival, the centrepiece of which is the prestigious Cheltenham Gold Cup. The Cheltenham Festival attracts over 230,000 visitors over its’ four days and CE Cleaning have successfully delivered cleaning services to this operationally challenging event for seven consecutive years. CE Cleaning has a dedicated day-to-day cleaning team based at Cheltenham Racecourse, service and prepare varied integrated buildings at the site including the impressive Centaur, a 4,000 capacity multi-use indoor concert and event venue. The team are active members of the planning process for the Festival and other high profile meetings such as the Open Meeting and new year fixtures at the course. We have a permanent team of 6 staff members at Cheltenham, and on a busy race day this will increase to over 200. We ensure that the additional event cleaning team is fully vetted, trained, mobilised and in place to deliver the highest quality service levels at Cheltenham’s critical peak times. The course’s event calendar operates over 12 months of the year and includes: • Major outdoor events such as the Greenbelt and Wichwood festivals attracting typically between 10,000 to 25,000 visitors • Grandstand rooms where regular weddings, parties, concerts, exhibitions, meetings, conferences and visitors to the National Hunt, Hall of Fame are accommodated • 16 high profile international race days between October and May welcoming over 425,000 race goers • The Gold Cup Festival attracting over 230,000 with record crowds in 2012 of 237,369 people Flexible, tailored solutions deliver consistent service during high profile events THROUGHOUT THE YEAR OVER 700,000 PEOPLE VISIT CHELTENHAM RACECOURSE