Turning the KIA Christmas party into a Spring celebration

Client

Automotive

Delegates

200

Location

Hilton Syon Park

Deliverables

Contracting & negotiation
Crisis management
Delegate management
Design, comms & web build
Onsite management
Set design and build
Venue sourcing

Kia has trusted Shore Events to deliver their Christmas parties for many years and this one was the biggest, boldest, and most complex yet!

The story on this occasion, however, starts on the eve of the event, when we received a call (following an unexpected government announcement) informing us that “the party has to be cancelled…”

For many years, Shore and the Kia event team have planned incredible Christmas parties, each year has a new theme, and often a new location. As always, planning starts months in advance, and the theme for Christmas 2021 was The Greatest Showman.

There were strongmen, life sized inflatable elephants, dancers, acrobats, magicians, circus themed food stalls and some of the most talented performers and musicians in the industry! But on the eve of the party a government announcement dictated the event be cancelled (ok, postponed…).

Dozens of calls, emails and conversations took place to save the event, and early in the new year, with dates rescheduled and all stakeholders in agreement, the Christmas Party became… The Spring Ball.

Pulling together to ensure the show went on…

Honesty and transparency are at the core of everything Shore Events delivers.

These values proved vital when it came to ensuring the event dates were smoothly moved. Without clear processes, agreements, open conversations and complete trust, a change of date can quickly become a cancelled event.

Following the delivery of the party, the client, and all our suppliers were delighted with the result. Smiles all round!

As you can probably appreciate, for some agencies, this isn’t always the case.