Travel was the obvious inspiration and we created culturally themed areas that related to the countries in which the company operates. The venue was branded throughout, from the company logo applied to the bar right down to mirrors and cushions – from mid-afternoon to midnight, Kensington Roof Gardens became the exclusive domain of the company.

But the wow factor didn’t stop there. We devised unique and innovative ways of conveying key corporate messages in a fun and relaxed way where no one felt under pressure to ‘perform’. We embraced technology to the full, from creating an iPad app that encouraged interaction through gamification to virtual reality activities and LED wristbands that sent messages to the wearers. It was exciting, inspiring and broke down barriers so that employees who were relative strangers felt like part of the team.

Whilst everyone would be happy to party, we needed to make sure that the conference element was no less engaging. We built a 8m x 3m custom resolution 2.9mm pitch LED video wall to provide a backdrop to the speakers. We designed and created animated wallpapers and engaging content, and used industry-leading Barco video scalers and vision switching to guarantee maximum quality and plenty of visual impact when speakers delivered their presentations. A fully designed lighting rig with moving wash spotlights, moving projection and large-scale video walls also delivered a stylish, high-tech experience.

After that, details such as finding human hedges were just that, details. And this event was full of detail, right down to the Parisian-style accordionist, German pretzels and Italian jazz band. We were delighted that in the post-event survey 98% rated the event either, 4 or 5, out of 5.