Meetings Blog May 19, 2017
When attendees prepare for an event their focus is usually on the content of what will be covered and how it is going to be delivered, and more likely than not, they’ll have a fairly clear expectation of what’s going to happen. So why not surprise them?
Yes, the content will be on topic, the delivery exceptional, the food appreciatively consumed with gusto and the location appropriate, so where any planner can really impact on their guests will be that unexpected something. Maybe a secluded cellar for a wine-tasting session hosted by a professional sommelier. What about a spectacular 360-degree view over the metropolis below your feet? Could it even be a Venetian gondola at the canal-side door waiting to take them for a unique break between meetings? As well as the experience itself, these set-ups offer a great way to get people interacting, get deals done, provide a backdrop for product launches and gives the brain some useful distraction for enhanced creativity.
At NH Hotel Group we do not only have many of these surprises sitting in wait for an unsuspecting group, we are also able to work together to create new set-ups suggested by an event booker. By adding that little extra you can be sure that the guests travel home, or back to their colleagues, with a story to tell and a new mantra to their next preparation: “I wonder what will happen this time?
