Top Corporate Hospitality Ideas

Are you running a corporate event in and around London? Have a look at our top ideas and choose one to suit your objectives.

Entertaining Clients - Choose a classic sporting event and lay on the hospitality to show them you appreciate their custom. Our favourites include Rugby at Twickenham, horse racing at Kempton Park and motor sports at Brands Hatch.

Team building exercise - Do you need to improve communication as well as leadership skills in your business place. Create a challenge for your staff following in the footsteps of 'The Apprentice' and see who will be hired or who will be fired! Or invite them to a day of mixed adrenaline activities - a light hearted day with lots of fun and prizes.

Evening Events - Start the night of with a fun wine tasting challenge, encourage people to mix their own blends and educate them at the same time. Great for an activity to precede a dinner function. Other favourite evening events include pub games, ideally organize everyone into teams and rotate them around a variety of activities from darts, table football and air hockey amongst others. You could set up a fun casino, provide everyone with plenty of chips and let them enjoy themselves. Prizes can be giving for a variety of serious and fun categories.

Awards Ceremony - Do you want to reward some of your staff and clients? Why not wine and dine them and create an Oscars award ceremony. Have some serious prizes for high achievers but also encourage staff to nominate colleges and clients for amusing of daft behaviour.

Outdoor Events - These range from full activity days with a variety of team challenges such as bush craft or orienteering, both great for building team spirit. Or take them for a day sailing; this could be during one of the sailing regattas where they can try their hand at the competitive side of sailing. Another favourite is similar to 'I am a Celebrity, Get Me out of here!' Most of us have seen some of this on TV and will be able to try it out for ourselves. Ranging from action orientated events to sampling authentic bugs!

Learn from the Experts - Have you ever fancied trying your cooking skills in a professional kitchen? Or learn how to DJ in a club. Learning from an expert can be a fascinating and fun way to entertain staff and clients; they will often be surprised how skilled they can become. Other favourites in this area are ice sculpting, glass blowing and chocolate creations.

Family fun days - rewarding the family of a hardworking employee will be remembered for years. After all the family are often the ones who put up with the late hours employees often work. An ideal family fun event will include something for all ages so include fairground rides, inflatables and entertainers such as jugglers, clowns and face painters. Include country fair type activities and you could also theme the event. A children's zone with registered child minders will be appreciated by parents. Provide plenty of food and lots of music and the day will be a huge success.

There are many companies that will help you put together these events in and around London. What better way to reward your hard working staff and loyal clients then treating them to a hospitality day. Remember to keep them well fed by employing an experienced corporate hospitality caterer and your event will be remembered for years to come.