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What’s best to show on your screens? The highlights of your favourite footy game or the latest catwalk fashion? Surfers riding monster waves or hilarious bloopers? Of course, the answer depends on who is watching. Here’s some tips on choosing your visuals. Consider your brand. That’s the people who are in your venue. If located on the beach, snow clips might not be for you but surfing, action sports and other holiday-fun footage is spot on.Consider your demographic. If you’re a dining venue and have families eating in the first half of the evening, some beautiful landscapes interspersed with kid-friendly clips and meal promos work well. Similarly, a gym will be best placed to show fitness clips.Wh...

Your boss has just put you in charge of planning your office Christmas Party this year – it’s an honour, but also quite a responsibility! You want to go above and beyond last year’s affair, but you need some help with ideas. Well, you’re in luck because we’ve compiled a list of our top Christmas party ideas for 2019... To theme or not to theme? That is the question… Arrange for your boss and colleagues to vote; that will determine the answer and make your decision easy! If the voters opt for a theme, here are a couple of ideas to choose from: Winter Wonderland Never fear! You can create a Winter Wonderland of your own, right here. What you’ll need: 1x snow machine 1x bottle of snow liq...

Whether you are hosting a one-off charity fundraiser, a music concert or a community street festival, making sure you have the right outdoor event stage is crucial for success. The best and newest outdoor event stage on the market is a mobile stage trailer. These portable stages are replacing traditional event stages because of their convenience, simplicity and the fact they offer serious value for money. From Europe to the USA and Australia, these portable trailer stages are popular at numerous events and here’s why:   Value For Money Having an event stage that is easily transportable, fully-contained and quick to set up makes organising your event much more cost-effective. The trailer stages redu...

Many hospitality and event venues are not designed with acoustics in mind. Unless a building is specifically designed to be a concert venue or theatre space, acoustics are rarely considered. Large open spaces, hard floors, lack of soft furnishings and flat wall surfaces are all factors that can seriously affect the acoustics of a venue and lead to frustrating noise management issues. Hospitality venues are continually plagued with the dilemma of creating a fun and vibrant atmosphere, without disrupting the local residents or other nearby establishments. So, with our 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry, we bring to you the top 5 ways you can improve your venue’s acoustics. 1. Listen It sounds obvious, ...

Supplying AV equipment to weddings for 20 years, we know a thing or two about how to create an impact! We’ve put together some top tips on how to add ‘Wow’ factor to your wedding – without blowing the budget. 1. Lighting Effects Don’t underestimate the power of good lighting! Lighting can create a huge impact on any wedding and doesn’t need to cost a fortune. Some of the best wedding lighting options include LED uplighting to create a beautiful wash effect against a wall or drape, or to accentuate a unique feature, such as a flower wall. Uplighting is a great and beautifully simple way to transform any wedding space. You can even have outdoor uplighting (e.g. lights shining up through the trees). A good ligh...