August 2009
Budgets are tight this year. As a response, Sodexo Prestige has developed a range of fantastic Christmas party packages which enable you to celebrate Christmas a some of the most prestigious heritage and sporting venues around the country for a price which suits your budget, whether you are looking to join a shared Christmas party or create an exclusive party or dinner for clients and staff for 40, 50, 100 or 200.
Party at the secret underground headquarters of Sir Winston Churchill, on board a great armoured warship, at a historic 16th century country estate, a National Trust treasure or a strikingly beautiful Gothic mansion, or in the opulent surroundings of Britain's greatest palace. Combine these magnificent surroundings with great food, friendly professional staff and impeccable event and budget planning and a magical Christmas is guaranteed.
For the perfect festive night out, Sodexo Prestige parties offer an unbeatable option for businesses that employ staff of all ages. Shared party nights are a great way to enjoy delicious food and fun entertainment in beautiful locations from £46.00 and typically includes a welcome drink, three-course dinner, disco and entertainment as well as venue hire and decorations.
Anna Fenten, marketing director, Sodexo Prestige says, "A shared party night is the perfect way of ensuring a great Christmas party in a superb unique venue which is good value for money. A shared party means that you don't have to guarantee large numbers for your party and you can have a fun night out with a small group of colleagues or friends. It also spreads the cost of venue hire, decorations and entertainment between a larger number of people, which is always cost effective. This season Sodexo Prestige offers shared party nights in some of the best heritage and sporting venues around the UK featuring the exciting Brouh Ha Ha night at Ascot Racecourse, Disco Decades at Knebworth and traditional dinner dances in the amazing surroundings of Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire."
You can also have exclusive parties at the historic and most unusual venues. For your convenience, packages are available, and include room hire, festive food and drink and entertainment.
Christmas parties at Ascot Racecourse, Berkshire
Ascot Racecourse is bringing vaudeville and variety to Berkshire this Christmas with some of the most talented and thrilling artists performing today. For eleven nights the Brouh Ha Ha stage presents a variety of show to suit every taste, whether it's comedy or music or the downright weird and wonderful.
With diverse performances from Rajesh, the award-winning Ex-Bollywood child star and singer, to the theatrical chameleon that is Ryan Styles, the evening will be compered by acerbic ukulele-wielding vaudeville artist Desmond O ' Connor and his uniquely masterful and lyrically-comedic songs. The Players, a multitude of performance genius wrapped up in this all male entertainment troupe and the glamorous Globe Girls, with their exotic costumes and death defying heels are not to be missed.
The Brouh Ha Ha package starts at £58 per person and includes exclusive tables of 10 or shared tables for smaller groups, a superb four-course meal, live entertainment and resident DJ.
Ascot Racecourse, Ascot Highstreet, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 7JX.
For more information or to arrange a visit call 0870 727 8765, email party@the-christmas-company.co.uk or visit www.the-christmas-company.co.uk
Christmas parties at Blenheim Palace, Oxford
With its awesome surroundings, Blenheim Palace is celebrating our childhood memories of Christmas from 14th November 2009. The Palace State Rooms will sparkle with the true spirit of Christmas and can be enjoyed at weekends with carol singing, music and festive entertainment.
Shared dinner dances are available every Wednesday from 25th November until Christmas in the Orangery. The package starts at £65 per person and includes a glass of mulled wine on arrival at The Colonnades, a three-course dinner, discotheque, table centres, festive novelties and free parking. Exclusive parties are available for groups of 60 – 180 guests.
Home to the Dukes of Marlborough for over 300 years, Blenheim Palace is regarded as Britain’s greatest Palace and is the perfect setting for guests to enjoy carol singing, festive entertainment, great food and outstanding service.
Blenheim Hospitality, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxford OX20 1PS.
For more information or to book a party, please contact Blenheim Palace Hospitality on 01993 813874, email sales@blenheimhospitality.com or visit www.superbchristmasparties.co.uk.
Christmas parties at Everton Football Club, Merseyside
There are three fantastic types of party to choose from at Everton this Christmas. The Christmas cabaret party package starts from £39.00 per person and includes Lionel Richie tribute evening, Man Band - Take That tribute band, Diana Ross tribute evening, Gimme Abba - Abba tribute band and X-Factor Final night.
The Festive Party Package starts from £32.00 per person and includes a three course Christmas dinner, table decorations, disco and DJ, free parking and late licence until 1am. The Christmas Cracker Party starts from £25.00 per person and includes a hot and cold finger buffet, table decorations, crackers, novelties as well as disco and DJ.
Everton Football Club, Goodison Road, Liverpool L4 4EL.
For more information or to arrange a visit call 0870 727 8765, email party@the-christmas-company.co.uk or visit www.the-christmas-company.co.uk.
Christmas parties at The West Wing at Ickworth, Suffolk
Christmas at Ickworth is a truly magical experience and the Christmas package has been very popular with 8 out of 10 party nights already sold out. This year the room will be decorated with Christmas trees and fairy lights and tables will be set with stunning festive arrangements. Guests will be treated to a drinks reception, while the choir sing Christmas favourites, prior to going up to the dining room for dinner and dancing.
The Gallery package starts at £41.00 per person and includes a welcome drink, an exciting three-course meal with coffee and chocolates, a disco and bar open until midnight. The room is set with beautiful decorations and each table receives crackers and party boxes.
For less formal evenings, the delicious three-course buffet package costs £32.00 per person and includes room hire, festive buffet and welcome drink and a disco until midnight.
Ickworth House is an historic Grade 1 listed building created in 1795 by the Earl of Bristol. The West Wing was never completed and laid empty until work began on it by the National Trust in 2004. The elegant West Wing was completed in December 2005 at a cost of £4m and includes two exclusive-use private hire rooms, names The Gallery and The Court.
The West Wing at Ickworth, Horringer, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP29 5QE.
For more information and to arrange a visit, please call 01284 735957, email ickworth.house@sodexo.com or visit www.superbchristmasparties.co.uk.
Christmas parties at Ashton Court Mansion, Bristol
Guests are invited to sip bubbly in the Winter Garden Bar to the swing of cool Yuletide jazz at Ashton Court Mansion before they indulge in a delicious five-course traditional dinner. Guests can groove with the mansion’s Soul Train DJ in the Vaulted Hall and try their luck at Karaoke in the Great Hall.
The Festive Finger Food Party is easy to organise and great value for money. The bar opens at 7.00pm and a fantastic hot and cold finger buffet is served from 9.00pm until 11.00pm and the disco runs from 8.00pm until 1.00am. Prices start from £25.00 per person for 80 – 500 guests.
Ashton Court Mansion dominates a fabulous 850 acre country estate, five minutes drive from Bristol’s vibrant and cosmopolitan waterfront bars and restaurants. The estate is only a short distance from the Clifton Suspension Bridge and the mansion, protected by a sweeping curve of high ground, offers fantastic views towards the city centre.
Ashton Court Mansion, Long Ashton, Bristol, BS41 9JN.
For more information and to arrange a visit, please call 0117 963 3438, email ashtoncourt@sodexo.com or visit www.the-christmas-company.co.uk.
Christmas parties at HMS Belfast, London
HMS Belfast is the only venue where you can celebrate a traditional naval Christmas in the heart of London. This historic ship was saved for the nation in 1971 and is the only surviving example of the great fleets of big armoured warships. She is preserved in her traditional naval glory and her rooms maintain their original splendour, allowing you to recreate the celebrations which took place on board throughout the ship’s service.
Take the opportunity to be piped on board in traditional naval style. This will guarantee a grand entrance for your guests, reminiscent of the arrival of the Admiral himself. HMS Belfast veterans can take your group on a tour of the ship before dinner, whilst talking about first-hand experiences of their time at sea.
The Sailors’ Christmas Party package starts at £85 per person and includes venue hire, three-course dinner, Christmas table novelties and unlimited house wine, beer and soft drinks for two hours.
The Admiral’s Christmas Party package starts at £139 per person and includes venue hire, champagne cocktail reception with canapés, six course dinner, Christmas table novelties, themed venue and room as well as unlimited house wine, beer and soft drinks for two hours.
HMS Belfast, Morgan’s Lane, Tooley Street, London SE1 2JH.
For more information or to arrange a visit please call 020 7403 6246, email hms.belfast@sodexo.com or visit www.superbchristmasparties.co.uk.
Christmas parties at Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms, Westminster
This unique historic site in the heart of Westminster, London is where Winston Churchill and his War Cabinet led Britain and her allies to victory during the Second World War.
The recently refurbished Harmsworth Room and Switch Room along with the HCA Auditorium (situated adjacent to the award winning Churchill Museum) are ideal for parties from 20 to 400 people.
The Christmas Party Canapé package includes a glass of mulled wine and canapés on arrival, two glasses of champagne and access to the Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms starting from £49.50 + VAT per person.
The Christmas Dinner Package starts at £99 and includes room hire, three course traditional Christmas Blenheim menu, unlimited bottled beer, house wine and soft drinks for four hours, table flowers and access to the Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms
Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms, Clive Steps, King Charles Street, Westminster, London SW1A 2AQ.
For more information or to arrange a visit please call 020 7766 0134, email cwr@sodexo.com or visit www.superbchristmasparties.co.uk.
Christmas parties at Knebworth House, Hertfordshire
Celebrate this Christmas with the Disco Decades at Knebworth House, which has received the ‘Best Venue’ award six times from the Corporate Hospitality and Event Association.
The Disco Decades Christmas shared party package costs £46.00 per person and takes place in the stunning star-clothed marquee attached to the Lodge Barn, and includes a three-course meal with freshly brewed coffee and mince pies and resident DJ playing 70’s, 80’s and 90’s music until 1.00am. Exclusive party nights at Knebworth Barns are also available for groups of 60 or more from £52.00 per person.
Knebworth House is a grade II listed, red-brick Tudor building with Victorian High Gothic decoration, and has been home to the Lytton family for 500 years. The Knebworth Barns Conference and Banqueting Centre is made up of two 400-year-old Tithe Barns, carefully restored to create a unique setting, and is within walking distance of the house.
Knebworth House, Knebworth, Hertfordshire SG3 6PY.
For more information or to arrange a visit please call 01438 813 825, email party@the-christmas-company.co.uk or visit www.the-christmas-company.co.uk.