Lime Venue Portfolio joins campaign to save Christmas parties

Sept. 29, 2010 - PRLog -- Lime Venue Portfolio has joined the campaign to put Christmas parties back on the map.

The UK's largest Christmas celebration provider will join the groundswell of industry opinion which says companies must be reminded of the benefits of holding a festive gathering for employees. Over 100 unique venues across the UK which are part of the portfolio will connect with locally-based businesses through direct marketing and media channels with information on Christmas party benefits in the run-up to Christmas.

The annual Christmas party has been under scrutiny the past three years. The recession has been paramount to the party down turn, leaving managers with a difficult decision: "To throw a Christmas party or not?" However before even thinking of cancelling the annual festive get together, Lime Venue Portfolio is urging bosses and managers to take into consideration the strengthened team environment and enhanced productivity which an annual party can affect.

The Christmas party does its job - to bring workers together and to motivate a sense of familiarity. Strengthening ties between employees is highly conducive to improving organisational performance and team-work.

From the 'Christmas Carnival' at Dublin's most prestigious opening, the Aviva Stadium to 'Christmas Walking Dinner' at Stationers' Hall and 'Moonlight and Mistletoe Nights' at Sandown Park Racecourse, Lime Venue Portfolio is to set the pace for planners looking to provide employees and clients with a Christmas with a difference.

Louise Amphlett, Head of Lime Venue Portfolio said: "As the UK's biggest provider of Christmas celebrations, we feel it is our duty to remind companies how they can keep staff morale high with a festive party. Our Christmas 2010 data suggests that corporate bookers see fun and value as the two most important Christmas party elements. Companies want to see their budgets go further while giving their employees a night to remember."

To peruse the Lime Christmas Portfolio offering visit:
http://www.limevenueportfolio.com/content/general/christm...

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About Lime Venue Portfolio:

- Lime Venue Portfolio is the UK & Ireland's leading portfolio of unique, sporting and cultural meetings and events venues
- Lime Venue Portfolio is a subsidiary of the Compass Group PLC, the worlds' leading food and support services company with annual revenues of over £11bn
- Lime Venue Portfolio, Rivermead, Oxford Road, Denham, Uxbridge, UB9 4BF
- www.limevenueportfolio.com
- Tel: 0845 6025619