by Red Lanyard | Mar 17, 2020 | blog
I recently had to privilege of visiting both Hilton Brisbane and Hilton Surfers Paradise, for leisurely gatherings where the properties’ staff and management share their food, their wine and their beautiful surroundings with a few luck people like me. The Hilton...
by Red Lanyard | Mar 13, 2020 | blog
A lot of people have been asking themselves, their teams and their suppliers, what’s the cancellation policy? In this turmoil that is the threat of an infectious disease, event and conference producers, owners of these assets, and venue operators and suppliers...
by Red Lanyard | Mar 13, 2020 | blog
One section of the event planning process that not enough people engage in, is a risk assessment. Risk assessments are a bit like insurance, you don’t need one, until you need one. And I highly recommend everyone conduct a risk assessment as part of their planning...
by Red Lanyard | Mar 12, 2020 | blog
Red stage curtain Help your venue give you the best service available. We’ve all been there. We do a site visit, the room looks perfect, we ask how many people room holds and we generally get the following description; Theatre style = xBanquet style = xCabaret...
by Red Lanyard | Mar 12, 2020 | blog
Praise you! We all want it right? I know I do, and if I’m honest, it’s one of the main reasons I do what I do. I love it when something works, when the person I’m helping, highlighting or promoting, achieves their objective. When someone...
by Red Lanyard | Dec 23, 2019 | blog
Not everyone is happy to stand around for an hour or more.. Lately I’ve been to quite a few events that are essentially “standing room only”. These set ups are great because they make it easy to move around the room, the organiser/facilitator can flit from group...