corporate events

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client quotes

“At the Burrell Collection‘s 21st birthday I was particularly impressed with 88 Events‘ ability to respond to the brief at short notice & their ability to stay calm under pressure - they had less than 1 hour to transform the venue. Their attention to detail was excellent."

Marketing Director, Glasgow City Marketing Bureau
"We have had the pleasure of working with 88 Events for the last three years in respect of an annual event we hold. They have a very professional and hands on approach with great attention to detail and high standards. We are always confident they will deliver to a high standard and never let us down."

Chief Executive, Retail Markets, Ulster Bank Group
"I knew I was in love with your company when I saw every single glass getting spot checked before the tables were complete. This level of detail is hard to find anywhere and is another show of your ability to provide only the highest standard of service. Thank you for making my life easier and less stressful!"

Event Manager, CEO
“Thank you for kindly donating your time & wonderful decoration skills to the Ladies Lunch. The event raised an amazing £14,310 which is in no small part due to the venue being decorated to such a high standard. Thank you for helping to make this 2nd annual event a very special day!”

Fundraising Officer, Scottish Spina Bifida Association
“Thank you for a wonderful meeting at the Design Studio. It really lifted our clients‘ mood! They arranges events 2-3 times a year in different countries around the world but commented that choosing décor has never been so easy! Thank you for making my life easy!”

Elaine Craig, Project Director, Hello Scotland
“No one was as professional and creative as 88 Events both in the pre planning stages and on-site. We knew in advance every event function they worked on was going to be spectacular!”

Jenny Stahl, Corporate Events, AOL LLC
"The Castle looked amazing and the dressing for the evening made it the success it was. It will be the talk of the community for years to come. Your staff were so professional, please pass on my thanks."

Gordon Crawford, Head of Sport, Active Stirling
“ We have had a super event, the room looked fab. 88 Events made my job easy, they thought of everything. The evening exceeded our customers expectations which is no mean feat as they have very high expectations.”

Helen Barbour, Events Manager, Diageo Global Supply Scotland
“Our firm has used 88 Events to organise corporate events on a number of occasions. Their track record provides us with complete peace of mind that the event will be organised to a very high standard & will run smoothly on the night. Their creative ideas always make each event a unique occasion”

Marketing Manager, Deloitte
“I did not want 100% knowledge of everything that was going to happen at the event; I wanted to enjoy & be surprised too! This was achieved. For what is a ‘cool’ office environment, your team managed to thaw the attendees instantly. I shall not hesitate to use you again. Thinking about Christmas already!”

Administration Team Leader, Diageo Global Supply
A HUGE & sincere thank you to 88 Events for your professionalism & the high standard of service that you provided! Thank you for your help & patience on site & in the months previous - It paid off in the execution of a ‘flawless’ & incredibly successful event & this is down to your co-operation.”

Claire Grady, Incentive Executive, Travel Scot World
“A very sincere thank you to for your support & enthusiasm in making the Gordon Ramsay Gala Dinner such an outstanding success. The many months of negotiation and planning behind the scenes was clearly worth it, once again very many thanks!”

Andrew H D Wynd, Chief Executive, Scottish Spina Bifida Association
"88 Events are very well organized and even with late notice nothing was a problem and the venue looked amazing. Great communication and everything dealt with in a really great manner. I would highly recommend them and will be using their services again in the future."

Marketing Executive, Hymans Robertson LLP
“A massive thank you to the team at 88 Events. You created the WOW! factor at our Annual Speakers Dinner - I was actually speechless when I saw how the venue had been transformed. Looking forward to working with you again soon”

Sarah Lapsley, BSHC Business Manager and Conference Organiser, BSH Conferences Ltd
“I don‘t think you need me to tell you how much we enjoyed ourselves on Saturday night. It was a real credit to your company that everything went so well - great organisation and the result of a lot of work from everyone at 88 Events on the night. The props were superb and I appreciate all the nice touches and individual items that went in to create the right atmosphere. A big thanks from all us here at West Coast for helping us to make it very special evening for our staff and customers - it‘ll be hard to repeat.”

Don Rutherford, West Coast Harley-Davidson
“Thank you for all your help with the event at Stirling. The evening was a great success and we raised over £120K which was fantastic! You really helped create the event atmosphere and your advice was really appreciated. Thank you very much again and I look forward to working with you again next year!”

Head of Fundraising, Scottish Spina Bifida Association

wild west

The brief

The brief from our client was to create and co-ordinate a whirlwind event for their top achievers consisting of a fully themed day of activities followed by an awards ceremony, gala dinner and all night party. After initial discussions with the client it was agreed that the whole event would be themed around ‘The Wild West‘.

Design & Planning

The 88 Events team was responsible for the whole event from the design and planning stage through to event management on the day and the theming of the awards ceremony and gala dinner and coordination of the amazing entertainment.

Day Activities

The guests awoke to the beautiful backdrop of rolling Perthshire hills covered in deep snow. After a hearty breakfast, everyone was split into pre-arranged teams to compete in the main daytime activity.

Entitled ‘The Gold Rush‘, the teams searched for clues and completed challenges all in a bid to find the elusive gold hidden somewhere in the grounds of the vast Gleneagles estate. They were helped along the way by strange characters such as ‘Big Jim McKay‘ and ‘Buckshot Betty‘ who assisted the teams in trying to complete a series of mini challenges such as horse riding, in order to progress to the next set of clues. The most successful team eventually found the elusive clue that led to the gold!

Later on the teams got involved in more fantastic activities such as:

line-dancing lessons from gorgeous dancers in tiny denim shorts & cowboy boots
bucking bronco
cactus lassoing
horseshoe throwing
quick draw machine
loads more wild west fun!

Awards Ceremony

After some well earned rest it was time for the main event of the night - the gala dinner and awards ceremony. This particular client likes to go over the top which was music to the 88 Events design team‘s ears! Our job was made easier as we had exclusive use of Gleneagles Hotel which allowed us to transform the hotel into a wild west frontier town featuring a burlesque style saloon at its centre.

Guests arrived downstairs to a scene featuring horses tied up to drinking troughs at the old jail in the foyer. It was immediately apparent that this was an era of excess and danger as scantily clad cowgirls with shot glass holsters served shots of tequilla and bourbon to help get the party started to the backdrop of a barbour shop quartet.

Guests were then ushered down a corridor featuring oversized wagon wheels, horseshoes and cowboy silouhettes through swinging saloon doors into the Gleneagles Suite which had been transformed into a burlesque style saloon bar. The walls were covered with bespoke ‘flocked‘ wallpaper, period draping and wanted posters featuring the names of all the team members as oversized weaponry, mining trucks and saloon backdrops dominated the room.

In keeping with the opulence of the era, the table styling featured rich coloured velvet linen in violet and chocolate, elegant gold candelabra and gold nitelight cages with sparkling cut crystal glassware, coloured glass charger plates with damask napkins tied with authentic lace ribbons and incredible atmospheric lighting to complete the transformation from function suite to burlesque saloon.

Entertainment

Between courses of old style western food, guests were treated to an amazing array of entertainment including costumed actors, dancing cowgirls and a honky tonk pianist. After dinner the CEO handed out the awards for outstanding service and everyone then danced the night away until the wee small hours to continous live music featuring two interchangeable 10-piece bands and an amazing Johnny Cash tribute with the Man in Black!

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