Sodexo Prestige secures deal with Great North Museum

The deal will also see Sodexo prestige provide sales and marketing services to the Museum. The contract, which begins this month, will see Sodexo Prestige manage two cafes which is expected to attract a wide range of museum visitors, tour groups and university students. The Street Café will serve speciality coffees and pastries and The Hancock Café will celebrate the tastes of the North East. Sodexo will also manage a range of brand new conference and event spaces that include a large exhibition space of over 500 sq meters, The Clore Learning Suite for meetings & receptions and The Hancock Café for evening entertainment. David Johnson, operations director, Sodexo Prestige, said: "We are extremely proud to have been awarded such a prestigious contract for a unique and important venue in Newcastle. We look forward to working in partnership with the Great North Museum: Hancock to deliver outstanding events and visitor catering in a truly exceptional venue." Jon Walker, trading manager, Great North Museum: Hancock said: "The opening of the Great North Museum will be a highlight on the North East of England's calendar this spring. Opening in Newcastle on 23 May, the £26 million building will feature the wonder and diversity of the natural world, spectacular objects from Ancient Greece, mummies from Ancient Egypt, a planetarium and a life-size T. rex replica dinosaur skeleton. "The jewel in the collection will be a large-scale interactive model of Hadrian's Wall, Northern England's spectacular Roman frontier."