Holidays mean bigger gatherings, more events, and more pressure on venues to create great spaces and deliver amazing experiences. They can also mean high stress for the staff members working those events. But the right seating arrangements can help.
From corporate holiday events to major parties and completely booked ballrooms, there are plenty of ways that venues can prepare for the upcoming holiday season, including improving seating and staging in event spaces.
Holiday (and Event Season) Is Approaching
The holiday season is a common term for the last few months and the first week of every calendar year. This is the time when many corporations hold annual events like company holiday parties or end-of-the-year wrap meetings.
Planning well ahead of reservations and bookings ensures venues are prepared for the upcoming season without unnecessary stress and concern. Considerations like detailed contracts for each booking, catering checklists for special needs or restrictions, walkthroughs with clients, and vendor contracts all help make the actual event run smoothly.
Another important consideration is the seating and staging of the event. Planning where the guests will sit, where the hosts will present, what the seating arrangements look like, and what types of seating options are available all contribute to the overall success of the holiday event.
Setting the Stage: Staging Solutions from Forbes Industries
In order to set the stage correctly and ensure that holiday events run smoothly, it helps to have the support of a professional staging company. Professional staging companies provide essential equipment for corporate events. Stages, ramps, steps, and equipment transportation are all part of staging for holiday events.
Seating Arrangements: Maximizing Comfort and Capacity
Outside of stages and ramps, the other major party of corporate holiday event planning that a professional staging company can help with is seating. Holiday events are usually celebratory in nature, even in a corporate setting. The comfort and spacing of seating in the event space help create a great experience for guests.
Importance of Seating Layout for Holiday Events
The layout of the seating in the event space is one of the most important considerations for venue and restaurant operators to consider. Making sure that guests have enough space to be comfortable at tables and that there is plenty of room to move around safely to different spaces in the room is essential.
Forbes Industries’ Range of Seating Options
Forbes Industries provides a wide range of professional seating options for holiday events. The variety of banquet chairs allows venues to customize the event space to fit the needs of guests. Chairs also come with options for stacking or nesting in order to conserve space and provide easier setup and take down for events.
Stackable chairs are stored vertically on top of each other, and nesting chairs fit horizontally within each other. Stacked chairs can be stored more compactly and take up less floor space, but are more difficult to set up and arrange. Conversely, nested chairs take up more storage space but are easier to set up for different holiday events.
Tips for Choosing the Right Seating Configurations
Choosing the right seating configuration depends on the size of the event space, the amount of storage space available for equipment like banquet chairs, and the number of guests that are planned for each corporate holiday event. Taking time during event planning to work out space capacities and guest numbers helps cut down on problems during events. And having the right equipment from Forbes Industries makes events easier to manage for venue employees and more enjoyable for event guests.
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