Developments and Trends in Catering
The catering team of the Event Company has always listened to the desires and needs of its customers. This is a major reason why the Event Company has been able to bring some innovative touches to the catering market. Among these are brain food, wellness catering based on the five elements, jelly cocktails, team cooking & dining, and much more.
Events under palm trees
The Palm Houses in Burggarten and in Schoenbrunn, with their mediteranean flair in the middle of Vienna, offer the perfect venue for receptions, presentations, seminars, fashion shows, as well as private parties and celebrations.
Separate the wheat from the chaff
The sheer number of catering companies can be overwhelming for clients. Specialists in more or less every current trend in cuisine compete with general, all-round caterers. But first of all, there are two criteria that a really good caterer must fulfil.
The perfect location
Often in the search for the ideal venue for a function, only facts such as ease of travel, size, facilities, etc. are considered. However, equally important is the image of the location, which should fit to the selected target group and the occasion, as well as to the general corporate philosophy of the respective company.
Events with a cross-cultural context
In businesses with an international orientation, communication often occurs across cultural and national borders-- among customers, suppliers and employees. Cross-cultural competence is becoming ever more important in the areas of human resources and employee development. This is just as true when it comes to events.
Kick-off meeting with feedback
The kick-off meeting 2011 of T-Systems Austria for management and employees on the topic of "Innovation" was organized according to the criteria for the Austrian eco-label "Green Meetings". It took place in the Multiversum in Wien-Schwechat, the new multimedia location.
Event cycles integration
Events have to be integrated into a company’s every day life to create a lasting positive impact, most successfully achieved with recurrent cycles over years. Which forms and formats are available?
Colours and Functioning
Only in this case an effect on all the senses of the target group can be made and thus the message of the event lastingly conveyed to the audience.
Theme, Motto and Message in Event Communication
The terms theme, motto and message are often heard in conversation. But the meaning of these terms for the field of events and their significance for live communications are not as well known.
Convention Land Austria
Vienna is the number one of convention cities worldwide, Paris and Singapore to follow (ICCA Ranking 2006). The number of conventions and corporate meetings is still rising. Especially international medical conferences as well as IT expert meetings are taking place in Vienna.
Business events as live dialogue
Currently the trend is toward business events which offer a mixture of leisure and educational experience as well as social networking. With increasing frequency, guests wish to become active participants in an event, learn new things, establish new personal contacts and make their own contribution to the event.
Walking Acts, Running Gags & other Show Acts
Especially artistically performances make a unique experience out of an event. There are different kinds of implementation according to the respective occasion, the goal of the event and the available budget.
Summer Party in the Bank Austria Hall
In June 2010 about 500 employees of Wiener Wohnen (Vienna Housing) celebrated in the Bank Austria Hall of the Gasometer. This summer festival marked the end of the mission development, which was launched last year.
How to translate industry-related topics
Quite often it happens that even family members don’t exactly know in what kind of job the partner does work. Some products and services are too abstract to be easily explained.
Food dialogue
Taste is a very subjective sensation. The food dialogue consists of harmony and disharmony between the flavours of individual foods. There is no right or wrong in the combination of culinary components. There are, however, dishes that harmonize better than others.
Company Fair Catering
Know-how is especially important for company fair catering. In most cases there is not much space available for preparation. Besides it is a well-known fact that specialist audience at company fairs is a demanding one. And you want to contrast pleasantly with the catering offer of your competitors.
Renaissance of Company Fairs
In the past years Austrian businesses spent considerable parts of their marketing budgets on trade fair presentations. At the end of last year some companies started to review their trade fair activities for 2009, especially in regards to their budgets. - Are there any alternatives?
Marketing Instrument Company Anniversary
The celebration of the anniversary is an important tool to support the brand of a company. Because of that more and more companies invite their customers, business partners and employees to special events on the occasion of the anniversary.
Perfect Ending of Event
Catering is getting more and more important for the overall implementation of an event, art and culinary melting together.
Brain Food: Popular like never before
Our Brain food offer has been further developed and enlarged, because the power food for the brain is very popular with guests.
Research of happiness gets hold of events industry
You have to be lucky. The Event Company is one of the very first agencies within the German-speaking region that let numerous scientific results drop into concrete arrangements of events.
Catering from a dedicated team
In addition to searching and finding the perfect location, the question of the nature of the event and the appropriate event implementation is important. Many different forms and interpretations are possible: from modern to traditional or rustic or even pompous.
Lavender in the kitchen
Lavender is not a very widespread spice, although it is typical for Southern French kitchen. In the Provence lots of fresh herbs that develop a very good aroma within the warm Mediterranean climate are used for cooking.
Keynote Speaker, Speaker or Expert?
A successful talk generates high interest and holds the audiences attention. For important events one likes to hire motivational speakers. But, who is the right choice for my event?
Sporting events: Together instead of lonely
Indoor and outdoor sports events get more and more popular for different target groups. Requirement for success however is the professional organisation. Sport events are to be used for company external as well as company internal target groups.
Good mood can be eaten
As the saying goes eating and drinking keeps body and soul together. Creative chef Siegfried Hasil knows the secret of providing good mood with pleasant taste.
Herbs Buffets: Innovative, vital and healthy
Spices and herbs not only provide flavour for dishes, but also positively impact the body.
Green Catering
The catering team of the Event Company is already working according to the criteria for "The Austrian Environmental Label for Green Meetings".
Shaping environmentally friendly events
In 2010, the Event Company was one of the first event agencies to go through the licensing process for the "Austrian Eco-label for Green Meetings".
Team Building with Fun Factor
Off-road driving, climbing adventures or rafting is a typical part of team workshop programs. More playing terms are asked for a lasting successful team building.
From Slave to Imperator in One Day
Several local and international employees of Yokogawa based in Austria had to pass numerous special exams. It sounds like an employee selection program. But actually it was a team-workshop taking place in the Archaeology Park Carnuntum close to Vienna.
Cooking as a bridge to other cultures
In both event management and catering, a good portion of Event Company Opitz & Hasil’s regular customers are internationally active companies. Cross-cultural competence, acceptance and tolerance are a part of daily life for the event and catering team. But it takes much more than just knowing the foods and drinks that are served in each country.
Event Content explained by Catering
The basic idea is quite simple: On customer demand a special topic or product has to be integrated into catering. With specified materials diverse translations can be realised, for example: For industry sectors like furniture, electrical, electronics, food, drinks, dishes, decoration.
New forms of festivals
New possibilities for events with social character are offered for example by Twitter. With the Twestival campaigns, especially fundraising events can be launched quickly and unbureaucratically.
The WE Festival at the Event Restaurant
Especially for companies preferring to organise their events on their own, the Catering Team of the Event Company has developed a new offer.
The Festival as a competitive exhibition
A festival refers to an event series with mostly artistically motivated individual events, which are usually connected by a thematic or formal pattern and take place over the course of several days.
A very special event
An anniversary must be appreciated. It is an excellent occasion to meet friends, companions and customers and to present yourself and the company in the best light.
Interactive Food Festival
For several years, there have been various food festivals in different Austrian regions, for example the Wachauer Weinfrühling or the Genuss Festival that took place in Vienna’s City Park in 2011.
Catering tips for anniversaries
As is generally known, an anniversary always has something do do with a number. So why not use this number for the catering?
Effectively used decoration
One of the most important elements of an event is decoration, because the right decoration is able to create the desired atmosphere and may also be used to bring the corporate image to life. But all too often just flower arrangements are placed on tables and on stage – what a missed opportunity.
