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Top Tips to Organising a Gala Dinner or Awards Night that people will Remember

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If you are a planning a Gala Dinner, Awards Night or Post conference dinner for the first time, we feel your pressure. In fact, it doesn’t matter how many times you’ve organized your Company Gala Awards Night, there’s a lot to manage and so much that can go wrong without good planning! Whether a Virtual Awards night or a Live Gala Dinner, there is a lot to consider.

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That’s why many people choose Event Management Specialists such as Eventologists to provide the expertise to help create a memorable event that people will have fun at. We have vast experience in planning events from family fun days and corporate launches to Gala Dinners and charity balls. From the smallest intimate meeting to the largest corporate launch event, our team of events experts can plan and deliver flawless logistics, prepare unique event concepts including themed events, and deliver striking and high impact production including the audio-visual content for your event.

Having delivered thousands of events over the past 15 years, what would be our top 3 tips to focus on?

  1. Visual Impact at Events – from the moment that guests walk through the door, they should feel transported. Stunning entrances, dramatic venue styling and then entertainers that are highly visible. If it’s a night out, then it should feel like a night out of the normal! This issue is even more challenging with a virtual event and its not just about a platform.
  2. Exciting Gala Dinner Entertainment – if they’re attending, they want to be entertained, so look at the best entertainment options from the moment they walk in. Think about in-between courses and a star performance or a key act that they will all talk about!
  3. Inclusivity adds to the interaction – making guests feel part of the event rather than just a spectator is hard, but if you crack it, you’re set to create an event that everyone will remember. That’s why many people choose Themed Events that encourage people to participate in the Theme.

The alternative is booking an expert Events Agency to offer you a fully integrated service can start and finish where you need it to. Our strengths lie within the depth of experience of our outstanding events management team, taking care of everything from finding the venue and site planning through to creative solutions and seamless event delivery. Our Events Planners will present a range of options across all disciplines, so you save on time, cost and conversation.

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When it comes to Gala Dinners and Awards Ceremonies, Eventologists offer a superb range of event décor ideas and gala dinner centrepieces. We are experts in bringing your corporate dinner functions to life, offering unique event concepts for your corporate event which include Event Furniture Hire, Lit Table centres, Corporate Centrepieces, Table Décor, Prop Hire, Event Styling Concepts, Bar Hire and Entertainment specialists.

If you are thinking of a themed gala dinner, we have over 100 stunning and unique centrepieces and themed props to create a truly memorable themed event from Great Gatsby Theme, Hollywood Themes, Christmas and Winter Themed to Contemporary and Futuristic Themes. Check out our Themed Events Gallery for inspiration and Ideas!

Our fully integrated service can start and finish where you need it to. Our strengths lie within our experience of over 40 years of delivering outstanding gala dinner management who can take care of various aspects of your awards dinner theming from initial design to seamless event delivery to budget.

We believe that detailed and thorough overall project planning is vital to the success of any event, as it ensures that no details are missed and the time spent on the event is 100% productive and therefore value for money. Your budget is our budget and we will strive to deliver the most impactful Corporate Company Dinner at great value for money!

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  • We have worked with Eventologists for the a couple of years now and can't fault them from start to finish the whole process is very seamless and the stuff they do is incredible! We have themed evenings and they always come up with some fab ideas that help to emphasise the theme and bring it to life. Our events have conference sessions in the venue during the day and we transform them for our awards in the evening and Eventologists always completely transform the space for the evening so that it feels like you're in a completely different space which makes it all feel so much more special and a real celebration and by the time morning arrives its all completely cleared as if by magic!

    PPMA Admin Avatar PPMA Admin
    May 19, 2022
  • Great props, prompt delivery, awesome team. Would use again.

    Richard Buxton Avatar Richard Buxton
    May 19, 2022
  • A wonderful team who made our event space look incredible. Jacob took our ideas and brought them to life. We've had amazing feedback about the event design, so we couldn't be happier. Everyone really loved the living wall and trees!

    Olivia Rocky Avatar Olivia Rocky
    April 19, 2022
  • Rita has been an absolute pleasure to work with; she listened to our ideas and vision and then totally ran with it and created something better than we could have ever imagined! On the event day, Rita and her team swooped in and decorated our venue in record time. Rita and the team were professional and efficient. We look forward to working with Eventologists again next year!

    Neighbourly Brands Avatar Neighbourly Brands
    March 19, 2022
  • Eventologists are a pleasure to work with. The whole experience from start to finish isn't nothing short of perfection. The team are super professional and Jen makes working with them a breeze. Nothing is too much and she is always so responsive. Can't wait to work with them again :)

    Andrew Chalk Avatar Andrew Chalk
    March 19, 2022
  • Eventologists have been a dream to work with. No fuss, straightforward communications and pricing. Delivery and collection on the day was simple and efficient. Professional and friendly at every turn - thanks for your part in making our event a great success!

    Emma Bird Avatar Emma Bird
    February 19, 2022
  • We’ve used the services of Eventologists on numerous occasions and their expertise is priceless. Great service as always from Rita and her team who are always full of ideas and ways to make your event stand out. We’ve hired sets for Moulin Rouge, Great Gatsby, Hollywood and Glitz and Glam plus they created a wonderful set for a festival including tress with festoon and flags. Highly recommended and great to work with.

    MrandMrsGrey Avatar MrandMrsGrey
    July 19, 2021
  • Wonderful team, from the event manager to the decorators! The choices of set ups and themes are really original as well as well made. Each event is done with lots of passion , always keeping the client best interest at heart. Great value for money, and they always go the extra mile!

    Astrid Guillabeau Avatar Astrid Guillabeau
    July 19, 2020