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Bringing Magic to Your Event 01 Nov 2012 This month we partnered with Sternberg Clarke to demonstrate to you, our event audience that magic can be creative. We know what you are thinking…..rabbits out of hats? Stay with me on this one, you know we are better than that! Read More about Bringing Magic to Your Event
The Secret Behind the Scare 25 Oct 2012 We are really excited for tomorrow’s Halloween Party at the SEA LIFE London Aquarium which will feature a scare maze with live actors from London’s chamber of horrors! In preparation we have tracked down Nathan Plant and Gyles Figura-Drane, two of the actors who are trained to scare the life out of you at Madame Tussauds Chamber of Horrors! Read More about The Secret Behind the Scare
Christmas Events Without Magic 18 Oct 2012 The venue has been booked the catering may have been chosen, now what else do you need to give your Christmas Party Magic? Read More about Christmas Events Without Magic
Halloween Music 15 Oct 2012 For a great Halloween party the music has to be a combination of the usual dance floor anthems mixed up with a selection of spooky classics, and we all know what they are! I also mix up spooky sound effects over the top of my set to make an even better experience. If the venue has screens or TV monitors then an optical experience can be created with visuals and music videos; clips of horror films are great and will also add to the Halloween atmosphere of the party.  Read More about Halloween Music
Halloween Parties 01 Oct 2012 As Halloween looms, Merlin Events wants to know what you think makes a Halloween party so terrifyingly exciting you scream with delight.It is believed that Halloween initially incorporated traditions from festivals honouring the dead. It seems that nowadays we still honour these traditions by resurrecting the same old Halloween themes. Read More about Halloween Parties
Exhibitions do they have a place in 2012? 26 Sep 2012 Having been in the events industry since about 1992, I can recall in 2002 I was exhibiting at Crème a secretary show, Confex, RSVP, World Travel Market and EIBTM along with a few sales missions to the U.S.This was a time when I stopped printing costly, big, glossy brochures that went out of date the week after print. Merlin Events changed to a magazine format that ran for 5 years; some of you may remember it ‘Eventspiration’.The internet was getting faster and we had just uploaded a new website which was becoming, along with word of mouth, our key source of business. Read More about Exhibitions do they have a place in 2012?
Whats your budget? 14 Sep 2012 One of the first questions my team will ask a client is “what is your budget?” Yet so many respond with “oh we don’t have one” or “I would rather not tell you”.Firstly, I find it unbelievable that clients are actually contacting venues when they do not have a budget. What a waste of everyone’s time! Read More about Whats your budget?
In search of Kate 31 Aug 2012 On Tuesday 28th August, our Kate Factor winner Nicola Maher attended her first Royal Appointment.Here at Merlin Events, we partnered with top entertainment agency Sternberg Clarke to find the nation’s next undiscovered Kate Middleton lookalike all via our Facebook page. Read More about In search of Kate
Placement Students 21 Aug 2012 I can guarantee I would not be doing the job I am right now if I had not completed a placement within the ‘industry’ at Merlin Events. It’s all well and good studying Events Management at University, but I cannot stress the importance of real world experience enough – it provides a full circle view of everything that goes into organising an event.  Read More about Placement Students
Whats a work based placement? 13 Aug 2012 I may have once said a placement year is a way to extend student life for another year, but now sitting at my desk and my placement having finished I would say it is the best experience of my working life so far. My placement year has taught me invaluable amounts about the events industry and A LOT about life.  Read More about Whats a work based placement?