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 The Holland Alexander team were on location around Leicester and Leicestershire filming people from different backgrounds talking about their careers. Here is Lee from Create Film on location with the Leicester City Council Winter Services team. Below is our very own Managing Director, Louise Holland during her film shoot.

 

Louise Holland, Holland Alexander and Lee Tomes, Create Film

 

Majestic Christmas at Concorde events to be produced by Holland Alexander

Media release

Issue date 18th October 2011                                

Majestic Christmas at Concorde events to be produced

by Holland Alexander

One of the most iconic pieces of British engineering is to be the backdrop for a superb series of Christmas events at the Concorde Conference Centre at ManchesterAirport.

Having recently won the production for the end of year Christmas event for the team atManchesterAirport, the Leicester andLondonbased events agency, Holland Alexander has gone one step further in creating additional Christmas events.

What was the Queen’s Concorde, the aircraft provides a unique setting and combined with stunning lighting and a high quality hospitality package, the events are set to create an amazing experience. The events are being held on Thursday 15th December and Saturday 17th December.

Holland Alexander Managing Director, Louise Holland said “We have produced several events forManchesterAirportat the Concorde Conference Centre this year so it seemed a natural extension to package a Christmas experience event.

The Majestic Christmas at Concorde hospitality package has been priced lower than average for such an event, however having reflected on the current economic climate we wanted to be sympathetic to tighter budgets with a need more than ever for employers to say thank you at the end of the year with a quality and enjoyable night out for their teams.”

Organisations wanting to book a majestic Christmas event please contact Holland Alexander the event producers via online at www.hollandalexander.com/concordechristmas or please call 0116 261 6867 to speak to a member of the team.

 

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 Notes to Editors:

Holland Alexander. Events management and events technical production, marketing, PR, and film production are the range of services the agency provides to public and private sector clients. Based in Leicester andLondonstudios with collective 50 year experience, Holland Alexander has a strong media and professional business network.

 Our strengths we bring to the client are expertise, creativity & all out commitment to deliver a great result.

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 For further information contact Louise Holland. Managing Director atHollandAlexander.

Contact 0116 2616868 or louise@hollandalexander.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How to choose the perfect venue

Choosing a venue is one of the first and the most important parts of organising an event. The venue impacts on the rest of the event, it is imperative to get a venue that matches the atmosphere, nature and crucially the budget of your event. If you have a smaller budget there is little point is booking a grand expensive venue if it means the rest of the event suffers as a result. Set yourself an appropriate budget and stick to it, although always remember to try to negotiate prices down.

What type of event are you running? Is it a conference, an awards ceremony or a simple networking event?

Make sure that the style and the size of the venue reflects the type of event. If you have a conference it is likely that practicality and accessibility are important factors, rather than big rooms with grand ceilings. Decide what it is you need from the venue. Good technical set up for an awards ceremony, good transport/parking for a business conference?

Remember to check the details

When a venue says to you “This rooms fits 150 people” Ask what they mean, if you are running a gala dinner and want cabaret style tables and the room only fits 150 theatre style than you know you need to look elsewhere.  Find this information out first, before you fall in love with a venue.

What is your budget?

If you have a large budget event then it is likely you will get what you want, the only thing out of your control will be room availability. If you are on a lower budget then remember that you can do creative things to dress a room, see a rooms potential imagining it has been dressed for an awards evening, not what is presented to you immediately on a show around. Your guests will remember the venue, but they are more likely to focus on the food, the table dressings, and the atmosphere; so don’t put all your eggs in one basket. There is a huge range of brilliant venues that offer competitive prices.

On the other side of the scale if the venue has the wow factor, this could mean that you could keep spend down on dressing the room then that has added benefits. Also check the technical facilities, if there is a good technical provision in the cost then this will make you large savings hiring it in. Sometimes these additional factors justify the extra costs.

What are the facilities?

Check out everything, room size, the condition of the venue, room layout, in house technical set up, parking, light levels- can you have complete control, temperature control, is it on a main road- is this going to effect the noise level in your event? Make sure you ask all the right questions and go prepared.

Catering?

Do you want catering at your event? If so what type of catering, many venues offer on site catering however the scale of this may vary, for instance if you want to feed 500 guests a three course meal, some venues simply will not be able to accommodate this. Ask the questions, what can they do, how long will it take them to serve and what is the cost? Is it worth bringing in outside caterers?

Is the event over two or more days?

If the event involves an overnight stay then it is worth looking at hotels as a potential venue. Many have great conference or meeting spaces and can offer competitive rates to include overnight stays. If you don’t want the event to be held in a hotel then make sure to check hotels in the area, do your research. Find out about different price range hotels, call the hotels and mention your event for 200 people and see what deals they can do for you, make them the preferred supplier of your event and the discounts could be huge. This information can then be passed back onto your guests.

 What are the staff like?

Call up a venue and talk to the staff, if they meet all the earlier requirements go visit the venue and meet with the event manager. This will be your main contact when organising your event and your relationship with them will impact on the overall event. Look for someone who is friendly, flexible and easy to get a hold of. If you have to wait a week before someone gets back to you then that is valuable time lost. Most venues have staff who will go above and beyond to help you, they have knowledge of the venue that you don’t so they may have some helpful suggestions on running your event, but make sure that they have your events interests at heart. Don’t go with someone who says “We always do it this way”.

 Holland Alexander. Events, Marketing & PR. London & Leicester Studios

Olivia reflects on her first week

My first week at Holland Alexander has come to an end. It’s been an exciting week! I took part in the East Midlands Homes & Property show in Loughborough which was a really positive experience. I was team leader on the second day of the event which was nice for the team to give me that responsibility already.

The team have been lovely and very welcoming. I came into the office today to receive flowers from Louise as a welcome and a thank you for my work during the event! Amazing.

 I can’t believe I’ve completed one week already, with lots of exciting events to come I have a feeling my time with the team will fly! I know I’m going to learn loads, and be given new challenges which will allow me to gain invaluable skills for the future. So a big thank you form me already for having me as part of the team.

holland alexander. events, marketing & pr. leicester & london studios