EY is a long-term conferencing client of ours, because of the standard of event management 360 Degrees is able to provide – across live, virtual and hybrid formats.

Most recently, we helped EY to host a 4-day conference in Cape Town. The challenge? The last time this group of 350 guests met in person was 2019, so the live event had to be meaningful and highly engaging, with multiple break-outs, smaller events, and plenty of time to network and reconnect.

To raise the stakes on this event, a new global president had been appointed and the client explained that it was important to showcase authentic African hospitality.

In addition to rapid room turn-arounds and fleet-footed guest management, we had to ensure that when delegates entered each space on days 2 and 3, the environments were totally refreshed and felt profoundly different. The 360 Degrees team and suppliers pulled out all the stops to adapt staging and layouts accordingly.

The real endorsement for 360 Degrees from previous learnings was the critical importance of having the right number of staff members on the ground, to ensure that day and evening functions are well covered.

By delivering 24/7 event management for a full 4 days, we ended the project with a client who was utterly delighted that everything ran so smoothly.