Dinner

Introduction

NIPA Annual Dinner 2026 – Important Booking Information

Following another sell-out event last year, we are very much looking forward to welcoming members to our new venue, the Royal Lancaster London, for the 2026 NIPA Annual Dinner. The move enables us to increase capacity to around 900 guests, allowing even more members and organisations to attend this flagship event.

Event Details

Date: Wednesday 2 December 2026 Venue: Royal Lancaster Hotel, London Dress Code: Black Tie / Traditional Dress / Evening Dress

Programme

18:30 Champagne Reception

19:30 Four-course dinner with wine, tea and coffee, followed by petits fours

• NIPA Awards 2026
• Guest Speaker

22:00 Free bar (wine, beer and soft drinks) Cash bar also available.

01:00 Bar closes

01:30 Carriages

Pricing

Table of 10: £2,595 + VAT

A limited number of individual places on mixed tables are available for organisations or individuals who do not wish to purchase a full table. As only one or two mixed tables are reserved each year, these places are subject to availability.

NIPA Member: £235 + VAT

Non-member: £285 + VAT

Please note that non-members may only attend as the guest of a current NIPA member.

All table/ticket prices include:

• Champagne Reception
• Four-course dinner
• Half a bottle of wine per person
• Tea, coffee and petits fours
• Guest speaker
• Free bar (wine, beer and soft drinks) from 10.00pm till 1am
• Cash bar also available

Table Bookings

Due to the continued popularity of the NIPA Annual Dinner, table bookings will again be limited to one table per organisation.

To be eligible to book a table, organisations must have at least one current paid NIPA member.

If you were hoping to book a second table this year, we appreciate this may be disappointing. However, this policy allows as many member organisations as possible to attend the event.

Organisations wishing to book an additional table may join the waiting list when making their booking. Should further capacity become available, additional tables will be allocated in the following order of priority:

• Event sponsors.
• Organisations with the highest number of paid NIPA members.
• Remaining organisations in the order their waiting list request was received.

Table Allocation

Following the allocation of tables to sponsors and official guests, all remaining tables will be allocated in the order bookings are received.

Approximately 69 tables will be located within the main ballroom. The remaining 20 tables will be situated in the adjoining Nine Kings Foyer, which forms an integral part of the event.

Guests seated in the Nine Kings Foyer will benefit from:

• Large screens relaying the stage, speeches and presentations throughout the evening.
• Easy access to the main ballroom.
• The after-dinner bar, which will also be located within the Nine Kings Foyer, making it an excellent location for networking after dinner.

The new layout has been carefully designed to create a single event experience, and we are confident guests in both areas will enjoy the same fantastic evening of dining, networking and entertainment.

If, however, your organisation would prefer not to be seated within the Nine Kings Foyer, please email the organisers at the time of booking and we will be happy to cancel your booking, allowing another organisation to attend. Otherwise, all tables will be allocated on this basis.

Booking Process

Please complete the booking form below to reserve your table.

Once your booking request has been submitted, you will receive an automatic email confirming that your request has been received.

Your booking will then be processed as quickly as possible and, within 24 hours, you will receive an invoice together with confirmation of your table allocation. These emails will be sent from bookings@nipa-uk.org, so please check your junk or spam folder if you have not received them.

If you have not received your invoice within 24 hours, please contact the organisers immediately events@nipa@uk.org.

Disclaimer

The information provided is correct at the time of booking. Whilst every effort will be made to deliver the event as advertised, NIPA reserves the right to make changes to the programme, timings, speakers, venue layout or other arrangements where necessary, while preserving the overall experience and spirit of the Annual Dinner.