Conference Suite and Hospitality

Conference Suite and Hospitality’s suites

Conference suites or meeting rooms to provide the chance to train, sell or inform your guests away from the office. Overhead projectors, flip charts and all the necessary items to make your presentation professional and of course a limitless supply of tea and coffee!

Build Relationships Building relationships with conference suite organizers is a key element of all conference suite marketing strategies.

Conference suite organizers can become regular clients if they feel that your facilities are suitable. Conference organizers work in the marketing departments of large companies that have a busy schedule of conferences and other events. They also work in companies specializing in Read more

A Brief History Of The Bachelor Parties Or Stag Party

A brief history of the stag party

 

A stag party (Canada, South Africa and the United States), also known as a stag party, stag night or stag do (especially in the UK), a bull’s party (South Africa), or a buck’s party or buck’s night (Australia), is a party held for a man shortly before he enters marriage, to celebrate his “last night of freedom” or merely to spend time with his male friends, who are often at his wedding party afterwards. A bachelor party is usually planned by the best man or other friends of the groom.

The stag party, goes back much further than you’d expect. It’s rooted in ancient history — as early as the 5th century B.C. It is believed that the ancient Spartans were the first to make a celebration out of the groom’s last night as a single man. Spartan soldiers held a dinner in their friend’s honour and made toasts on his behalf — with, one assumes, a Spartan sense of decorum. Since then, the events have generally grown more raucous.

In 1896, a stag party thrown by Herbert Barnum Seeley — a grandson of P.T. Barnum — for his brother was raided by police after rumours circulated that a famous belly dancer would be performing nude. Before his wedding to Gloria Hatrick, Jimmy Stewart’s infamous bash at the Beverly Hills hangout Chasen’s included midgets popping out of a serving dish.

The reference to stag and bucks also has strong male conartations. The leader of the pack or herd, virile, male vigour and ardour, males in their prime identified with strength and vitality. There’s another stag connection with male rites of passage – again possibly involving drinking alcohol to excess and  soliciting the favours of ladies who are prepared happily to remove all their clothing for the appropriate sum. The Horned God referred to in both Celtic and early English mythology was a symbol of all things male –  the Celts called him Cernunnos. Legend from these times is often confused, but it seems clear that in pre-Christian times, Brits definitely worshipped a large hairy god who sported antlers, ran around with the Einheriar, or wild hunt.

As to the word bachelor, again its history is murky. The earliest meaning of bachelor in English is ‘a young knight who followed the banner of another’. This reference is first found in the late thirteenth century.  The use of the word in the context of ‘an unmarried man’, is found in Chaucer in the late fourteenth century.

The English word, seems to come from Old French. The source of the Old French word, many believe, probably comes from a  Latin word baccalaris ‘farmhand’ but who really knows well your guess is as good as the next man!

Corporate Hospitality Is More Than Just A Jolly!

Corporate hospitality and entertainment is an fabulous way to win favour with clients. Why is this good for your business? Corporate entertainment helps to build strong relationships with new and potential clients as well as nurtures and cultivates a long and healthy relationship with existing clients. It’s the Law of Reciprocity… you give someone an experience and they feel need to reciprocate.

The best way to do this is to use some sort of participatory event, where enjoyment is the key. Doing business is hard enough, no-one wants to sit around stuffy board room tables and thrash out deals. While there may be a time and a place for this, generally seeds of business dealings and contracts are sown in the Read more

Formula 1 Racing Driving Simulator is a luxury toy for rich boys

Driving simulator

Fitted with the original Pirelli F1 tyres and Brembo brake callipers, here’s is the state-of-the-art full-size F1 high-end racing car driving simulator which is truly as much close to F1 racing car as one can ever get. Described to be one of the most realistic simulators in the market, it boasts three 23-inch TFT screens and a 5.1 speaker system enough to blow your ears off, which are also made to order as per the buyer’s choice of chosen team colours.

With a replica F1 cockpit, this ultimate big boy toy will be installed by the company engineers, who will also train the new owner at his facility to use the controls and the get the most of Read more

WHERE ARE WELLIES FROM?

The Welly made its first appearance in 1817. At this time men’s fashion was going through significant changes as gentlemen swapped their knee breeches in favour of trousers. This, however, led to a problem finding comfortable footwear. The previously popular Hessian boot, worn with breeches was styled with a curvy turned-down top and heavy metallic braid – totally unsuitable for wearing under trousers.

To this end, Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington instructed his shoemaker, Hoby of St. James Street London, to modify this 18th century boot.  They designed a new boot in soft calfskin leather, removed the trim and made the cut closer around the leg. It was hard wearing for battle, yet comfortable for wearing in the evening. The Iron Duke didn’t know Read more

4×4 Off Road Driving

Using 4×4 vehicles, and experienced instructors we put you through a 4×4 course that could help you in real life. We don’t just show you how to negotiate hills, hollows and mud, but more importantly, how to read the terrain and pick the most suitable route in your 4×4. So that in real life if you had to go cross-country you would have a good idea of how to do it safely and (hopefully) without getting stuck. Did we say stuck? Yes. Stuck!

On our 4×4 off-road courses you really can get stuck if you pick the wrong route or don’t drive it correctly. That’s why we have Read more

Day Of Fun On A Quad Bike

Quad biking and quad bikes, or – to be more precise – all terrain vehicles – are fun things. Yes, they’re noisy and – in the wrong hands – they can be used for destructive purposes, but so can kitchen knives. Quad bikes are small vehicles with a seat that the driver sits astride, and handlebars which are used for steering.

Quad bikes are supposed to be manufactured with only one seat, although you could be seeing Read more

Information About Air Rifles

An air gun is a rifle (air rifle), pistol (air pistol) that fires projectiles by means of compressed air or other gas, in contrast to a firearm which fires projectiles by means of a burning propellant. Most air guns use metallic projectiles as ammunition. A few use arrows. Air guns that only use plastic projectiles are classified as airsoft guns.

Use
Air guns are used for hunting, pest control, recreational shooting and competitive sports, such as the Olympic 10 m Air Rifle and 10 m Air Pistol events. Field Target (FT) is a competitive form of Read more

Learning to Clay Pigeon Shoot

When learning how to shoot, the most important things to keep in mind are body position and stance, how you hold the gun and aiming.

Stance:

In order to shoot accurately and well the shooter must have the correct posture for both his or her body and the gun. Feet are shoulder-width apart. If you are right-handed your left foot is forward (facing the range) and right foot back. Your gun should be held correctly with the butt positioned firmly against your shoulder which will avoid  a violent recoil where the gun pulls back due to the Read more