By annamottonen
When it comes to meetings, companies are on the hunt for spaces that reflect their hunger for successful meeting days. Gone are the days when just any meeting room would do. Meeting rooms that used to look pretty much the same, with furniture too heavy to move around, too bright or too dark, too large … Continued
By annamottonen
HUONE to provide creative meeting spaces and high-quality building services for Amager Strand business hub HELSINKI, Finland (March 21st, 2019) Events hotel chain HUONE International has signed a deal with PFA pension group to provide creative meeting spaces and building services for Copenhagen’s newly-completed Amager Strand meeting and event venue, scheduled to open in spring … Continued
By annamottonen
When planning an event, one of the hardest parts is to draft a guest list. You want to make sure that you invite everyone who is supposed to be there. And you also want to ensure that the invitees actually come. Remember this: guest list should always reflect the purpose of the event you are … Continued
By annamottonen
Ever said or heard: ‘Where shall I put it?’ ‘Don’t even need to look inside; I know already what’s in there’; ‘I’ll just leave it here.’ ‘Where’s the rubbish bin?’ Are there good alternatives to giveaways? Another event, another goodie bag. Companies are still reticent in trying to break free from this tradition, the tradition … Continued
By annamottonen
Share this image on your site by embedding the code below: Please include attribution to www.huone.events with this graphic. Please include attribution to www.huone.events with this graphic. How to spot different personality types in meetings?
By annamottonen
Huone Singapore hosted a group from Aalto EE that had participants visiting Singapore all the way from Finland! Luckily the group of Finns had the chance to relieve homesickness at HUONE Singapore by taking a stroll in the Finnish Forest (Metsä) while visiting the Cottage (Mökki), not to forget the snowy views from our Igloo Room! … Continued
By annamottonen
The leading events & marketing industry publication Campaign CEI Asia spotlights HUONE as one of the five outstanding venues and convention bureaus of 2018. The article states that HUONE Singapore is “most likely to win over the cool kids”: “HUONE Singapore may be a small fish among the city’s many luxury hotels and convention centres, but … Continued
By johanna
A few years ago on holiday in New Zealand, I met a man, Sam, who had recently relocated from London to Dunedin, a charming University city on the east coast of the South Island. He was working as a wildlife guide in a nature reserve in the Otago Peninsula, a place too beautiful to describe. … Continued
By johanna
Much is said about networking events and opinions are pretty polarised around the following question: is there a need for networking events? No matter which side of the barricade you stand, there are 4 myths about networking events that need to be debunked. 1. At networking events, you need to connect with as many people as possible … Continued
By johanna
Are you always running out of time? With the variety of apps on the market, you should be able to find valuable help to manage your time better. Finding the right apps does require time though, so we’ve done some research for you and listed those that you should start using right away. 1. How … Continued
By johanna
It’s that time of the year when everyone starts sharing their ‘New Year’s resolutions’ at work. ‘Next year I’ll stop smoking’, says Karl; ‘Next year I’ll drink less alcohol’ says Jane; ‘Next year I will eat healthily, go to the gym at least two times a week, train for a marathon…’, closes Betty. Sure! Charming, … Continued
By johanna
2019 will be a big year for events: customers are on the hunt for more authentic and inspiring experiences, and event agencies and production companies are willing to deliver. What are the event organizing trends 2019? 1. Business goes artsy: Festivalisation of business events ‘I would say that there are three big event organizing trends for … Continued
By johanna
The holiday season is coming up. Soon we’ll be all celebrating and taking that long deserved break from work. Or are we? With our hectic ways of life, work tends to hunt us also during our breaks, be it weekends or holidays. For many, learning to unplug has become almost impossible. No wonder the trend … Continued
By johanna
The complexity of a leadership role is easy to see when you have meetings. People are not the same, and we don’t experience things in the same way. If the manager cannot take the different personality types into account, the meeting does not necessarily lead to the desired outcome, and the manager does not necessarily … Continued
By johanna
In October, HUONE Clarke Quay proved once again its strength as a full-service venue for corporate functions when the Finnish export authority organized a successful fair and evening event reaching out to Singaporean millennialsin conjunction with the Second Finnish Film Festival in Singapore. The exhibition in HUONE rooms promoted the Finnish culture and the Nordic country as … Continued
By johanna
No boss can avoid meetings, so why not do them right – effectively and with motivational support? A good supervisor doesn’t cut corners, no matter how much they would like to. A good supervisor knows that meeting preparation is an important routine that they can’t ignore. Period. In case you want to fight for … Continued