By annamottonen
When the event date gets closer and you have not yet booked a venue, you don’t want to waste your time in sending several quote requests and wait to hear back from them. It’s a time-consuming task to send out quotation requests and compare the offers. We value your time and that’s why we created … Continued
By annamottonen
An anniversary year is an important milestone for a company. It’s also a time to stop and think about what the company stands for and what it has achieved. When arrangements to celebrate start, the first thing to do is to have a thorough brainstorming session with your planning committee. As the saying goes, well … Continued
By annamottonen
How to get rid of boring meetings? The international author and one of the world’s first meeting design professionals, Eric de Groot, shared the three key questions with the attendees of HUONE Helsinki’s annual Administrative Professionals’ Day in April. Ask these from your boss! The event – Kansainvälinen Assistenttipäivän seminaari in Finnish – is organized annually … Continued
By annamari
It’s early morning and time to start your day’s meeting. However, jumping directly to your topic feels cold-hearted. At HUONE we care about the success of your meetings and making sure you get the maximum engagement from your participants. As a result, we put together a list of 15 best icebreakers for meetings in order … Continued
By annamottonen
Meetings. They creep into our daily working lives and settle in. They settle in well. Meetings have become so routine, we seldom think much about them. Today, we would like to share some ugly truths about the meetings with numbers: 1. We spend more time at the meetings than ever With technology advancement, most of our … Continued
By annamottonen
You might be concerned that it might be hard to organise a memorable event, but there is a substantial offer out there, and ambitious event venues are willing to provide that something special that will leave an everlasting impression in your crowd. So, when you start planning your next event, do take your time to … Continued
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 huone.events with this graphic. Please include attribution to 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