Wanborough-based events firm met challenges of 2020

Venue-finding and event management agency Venues and Events International successfully secured three new clients at the end of 2020. 

The Wanborough-based firm says this reflects its determination to carry on delivering and innovating in spite of the challenges posed by the pandemic.

CEO Anita Lowe said: "We can’t hide from the fact that 2020 had a major impact on all of us, and not just meetings and events, but across many other industry sectors. 

"As with many other agencies, we had to quickly adapt our services and look to turn our planned live events programme into virtual concepts. 

“We couldn’t have achieved this without the passion and enthusiasm from every single member of the team. We’ve had some employees take on alternative workloads to support on the delivery of a long-term project as part of covid-recovery initiative. 

"Our events team have undertaken training to enhance their virtual and event management skills, ensuring their knowledge is fresh and we continue to provide new ideas and to be attentive to our clients' ever-changing requirements.        

“The positivity from the team is what has led us winning new clients – by believing in our values and demonstrating how we instil these to support clients' business objectives and show innovation in our service delivery.”  

 

In another innovation, at Christmas the firm delivered more than 250 hampers as part of a new service for their clients.

Venues and Events International Chief Operating Officer Kim Cavilla said: “At the time of year when everyone loves to get together, but a global pandemic would not allow, we wanted to give all of our clients different options to be able to celebrate the year they had had and, most importantly, say thank you to their employees or clients. 

"After sending just one mailshot to our clients on Christmas hamper ideas, the enquiries came flooding in. We were able to provide a bespoke option where Clients could pick their budget and items. 

"By the last week of Christmas, we sent out 252 hampers in time to meet the last delivery date before Christmas!”

Earlier, in October, Venues and Events International was appointed by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) to deliver a virtual solution for two key events – Management Transformed and CMI Women 50. 

CMI Events Manager Claire Arscott said: “It is so refreshing to work with the team at Venues and Events International. We came to them initially with two event enquiries that required innovative event concepts to keep two different audiences engaged. 

"Not only did they excel in their delivery, but they were also able to turn around from initial brief to event delivery in just over two weeks. 

"Feedback from our delegates came with high praise and I’m already looking forward to working on future events with the team.” 

In addition to CMI, Venues and Events International was successful in winning a contract with HCL Technologies, a next-generation global technology company that helps enterprises reimagine their businesses for the digital age, to support their virtual engagement strategy. 

The third contract win came from a financial servicing company for the delivery of three roadshows that are due to take place later this year.