Some quick home suppers for events professionals during this busy season! 19 Dec 2013 Written by the lovely Lucy Mears from Payne and Gunter on Tuesday 17th December 2013 A day in the life of an event professional at Christmas can be compared with that of a marathon runner; Hours and hours on your feet, tackling unexpected obstacles and pushing through moments of sheer exhaustion to reach the finish line... Read More about Some quick home suppers for events professionals during this busy season!
The cure for the Christmas party hangover 03 Dec 2013 It’s 2.30 in the morning, you are on the way home from what has been the most AMAZING Christmas Party yet! You did intend to get the last tube home as the Christmas party is usually pretty dull. You started the evening, beer in hand, talking to Sandra from accounts (WHY do you always get... Read More about The cure for the Christmas party hangover
London Dungeon Christmas Lates – a mince pie affair! 17 Nov 2013 This blog was written by Emma Greenfield on Sunday 17th November 2013 A Christmas without mince pies or Christmas pudding? Think about that for a second ………………. strange eh, what would you have instead? On Friday 15th November the Daily Mail (yes sometimes I may read it, you do too) reported that mince pie and Christmas pudding... Read More about London Dungeon Christmas Lates – a mince pie affair!
Our top 10 tips for a great pop up event! 10 Oct 2013  Pop up events are everywhere and they have been for a few years now, further to our blog ‘better late than never’, we have now hosted our first ever pop up event ‘SEA LIFE After Dark’ targeted at the young professional Londoner who wants a unique experience that is quite literally here today and gone... Read More about Our top 10 tips for a great pop up event!
A pop up event can be the start of a sweet romance! 07 Oct 2013 We ran our first pop up experience last week: SEA LIFE After Dark at the London Aquarium and we noticed it was full of some VERY smug men who had chosen the experience as the perfect Friday night date! So we asked DoingSomething.co.uk (the dating website where you can find people who want to share... Read More about A pop up event can be the start of a sweet romance!
Mrs Lovett’s Three Bird Roast! 05 Sep 2013 To celebrate the launch of Christmas Dinners at the brand new London Dungeon, we couldn’t help but get our very own Mrs Lovett involved in adding a little Christmas sparkle.Mrs Lovett makes the best pies in London however she was after a bit of Christmas inspiration to pass on to you motley lot!  So she invited London caterer Food by Dish into her pie shop to help her create the ultimate three bird roast which you could cook this Christmas! Read More about Mrs Lovett’s Three Bird Roast!
Fear is a funny thing at the London Dungeon! 05 Sep 2013  With the London Dungeon’s recent move to Southbank, the show has become a brand new, scarily fun experience that incorporates audience participation and tongue in cheek humour to create a memorable show that draws on London’s dark fictional and historical past.We interviewed Richard Quincey Head of Performance and Show Development at the London Dungeon to see what really goes on in our most cryptic venue and to find out how they ensure guests receive an immersive and enjoyable experience! Read More about Fear is a funny thing at the London Dungeon!
The Chill Out Awards Event! 03 Sep 2013 An Awards Tale by Carolyn Mason, Senior Event Manager at Merlin Events LondonOnce upon a time in a place called ‘Pre-recession London’ companies would go all out on big Awards Dinner Dances. The champagne flowed in a never ending bubbly stream and guests all knew they needed to knuckle down for the long night ahead; 3 courses of the finest cuisine from top London caterers would be served while the nominees desperately tried to stay slightly compos mentis in preparation for the awards presentation. Coffee and Petit fours served and guests desperately downing cups of caffeine to sober up a bit!   Read More about The Chill Out Awards Event!
Better late than never 29 Aug 2013 Museums, Zoos and now tourist attractions are opening after normal closing to welcome in a new market segmentation; the Londoner who tries desperately to avoid attractions unless their cousin is visiting from Bunwell (that’s a village about 12 miles south of Norwich in Norfolk).  The idea of joining a queue and shuffling along with the other 30million visitors to our great city does not really have the appeal to the average Londoner, queuing is a disease that affects only tourists. Read More about Better late than never
Does email feedback suffice or do London venues really analyse customer feedback? 20 Aug 2013 This blog post was written by Michael Aldridge, General Manager of Events, Merlin Events London on Tuesday 3rd September We all like to give ourselves a pat on the back because we've had a good feedback email from a client about their recent party at our venue, but how do you analyse this feedback and use it constructively to improve the business? We all like to think that we are loved by our clients and we have the best team in the industry. Some of us are slightly more realistic and understand the relationship is not unlike that of siblings - a bit more love and hate on the odd occasion! Read More about Does email feedback suffice or do London venues really analyse customer feedback?