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Weddings are big business in Canada – this fact is a given. In 2014 alone there was over 160,000 weddings with an average cost of $30,000. But weddings aren’t the be all and end all when it comes to a golf course’s special events and food & beverage revenue. Corporate events, charity events and so much more can be attracted to drive off season event sales and keep the revenue flowing – and your staff paid.

Check out the below SlideShare to see how to successfully attract special events during the entire year and as a result, have more revenue to fund operational overhead during the off season. The presentation shares event ideas to stimulate cash flow during the off season and share real world examples that can be made into a seasonal event calendar that can be used as your working document for the upcoming year.

This presentation will also cover the following topics:

• Where to market your golf course to attract events
• What events to consider avoiding
• How to create a holistic event calendar to easily refer to year after year

The National Event Supply team are heading to Lionhead Golf & Conference Center for the National Golf Course Owners Association’s Golf Business Canada Conference & Tradeshow. Be sure to stop by our booth #34 to say “hi” and check out what we have to offer your golf course for your banquets and restaurant needs.

General Managers, Food & Beverage Managers, and Chefs come to us when they need help buying their tabletop supplies and event equipment. We extend the life of event equipment by offering high quality products tested in the rental industry. We extend your budget on tabletop supplies by offering similar quality products at a lower cost so that you can focus on driving more revenue for your golf course.

This year we will be showcasing a hot new item we’re getting asked for more and more – the Crossback Chair. Rustic themed weddings are such a hot trend and the crossback chair is a perfect complement to these events paired with an 8 foot harvest table.

We will also be participating in a session Friday that we would love to have you join us for:

Date & Time: Friday November 20th 11:45AM – 1:00PM
Location: Hilton Meadowvale Conference Center
Room: McCallion AB Room
Session Title: How to Drive Off Season Event Sales for Year-Round Event Revenues

We look forward to seeing you November 19th or 20th!

You just received your new NES Glass Rack Cart and you are wondering how to assemble it. Look no further for a full run down of the pieces you should receive in your package as well as assembly instructions and tools that are required.

What you should receive:

• (4x) Swiveling Wheels
• (1x) Base Cart Unit
• (4x) Screws (for Glass Rack Cart with Handle Only)
• (1x) Handle (for Glass Rack Cart with Handle Only)

Tools Required (Not Included)

• Screwdriver (for Glass Rack Cart with Handle Only)

Step 1:

First unpack the box to ensure you have received all of the parts. The master pack will include a box inside containing the wheels, bolts and lock washers, along with the handle (if you purchased a glass rack dolly with handle) and base cart unit. (If you haven’t received all the parts, please let us know by calling 1-800-827-8953 or contacting sales@nationaleventsupply.com) Once this has been confirmed you can start to assemble the cart.

Step 2:

Turn the base cart unit over so that the brackets that hold the wheels are pointing up.

Step 3:

Insert the wheels into the holes on the corner and press to fit.

Step 4:

Repeat Step 3 until all wheels are installed. If you purchased the cart without handle your cart is now complete. If you purchased the cart with handle, continue onto step 5.

Step 5:

Push handle into provided brackets on the bottom of the cart. This may take a fair amount of force to ensure the handle is in all the way. The handle is in all the way when you can see all 4 holes where you install the screws.

Step 6:

Install 4 provided screws to secure handle. Your cart with handle is now complete!

When our Operations Manager first said we were adding glass racks to our inventory I was super excited as customers and prospects had been asking us for these. When our first samples arrived though it suddenly occurred to me I had absolutely no idea how to tell a customer or prospect what glass rack they should be buying. I needed to learn pronto. Thankfully though, glass rack sizing isn’t a particularly difficult concept once you’re taught it. I’m going to walk through a glass rack sizing scenario below utilizing our Serenity Crystal Champagne Flute and our Victoria 28oz Crystal Wine Glass.

1. You always start with a basic glass rack.

This is what keeps your glasses from falling out of the rack and features handles so you can carry the glass rack.

2. Measure the widest part of your glass – whether that is the foot, the stem, the bowl or the rim.

For the Serenity champagne flute the widest part is the foot which measures 2.75” inches wide. For the Victoria 28oz wine glass, the widest part is the bowl which measures 4.5” inches wide.

3. Once you’ve measured the widest part of your glass, you want to find the compartment size that best fits the width of your glass. You will only have one full drop extender and one basic glass rack.

Based on the table above, the Serenity champagne flute best matches with the 36 compartment full drop extender. The Victoria wine glass best matches the 9 compartment full drop extender.

4. To ensure the height of the glass is covered, you choose as many half drop extenders (in the same number of compartments that fit your glass width) necessary to cover the entire height of the glass minus the basic glass rack height and full drop extender height.

The Serenity Champagne Flute has a height of 9.13”. The Victoria Wine Glass has a height of 8.9” and the Victoria old fashioned glass has a height of 3.5”. Each half drop extender regardless of the number of compartments has a height of 1.56”. Each full drop extender regardless of the number of compartments has a height of 3.5”. Therefore, in order to ensure the Serenity Champagne flute is properly secured you would need:

Basic glass rack + 36 compartment full drop extender (3.5”) + 4*[36 compartment half drop extenders (1.56”)] = 9.74” which fits the Serenity Champagne Flute height of 9.13”.

Or

• 1x Basic Glass Rack
• 1x 36 compartment full drop extender
• 4x 36 compartment half drop extenders

In order to ensure the Victoria Wine Glass is properly secured you would need:

Basic glass rack + 9 compartment full drop extender (3.5”) + 4*[9 compartment half drop extenders (1.56”)] = 9.74” which fits the Victoria Wine Glass height 8.9”

OR

• 1x Basic Glass Rack
• 1x 9 compartment full drop extender
• 4x 9 compartment half drop extenders

Note that the basic glass rack’s measurements are not included because when the full drop extender is secured into the basic glass rack, it is flush to the base creating no extra height requirements.

5. Then you need to figure out how many glasses you need to wash, store and transport.

If you need to store 50 champagne flutes, and each glass rack that properly secures the champagne flutes stores 36, then you would need 3 of the basic racks, 3 of the 36 compartment full drop extenders and 12 of the 36 compartment half drop extenders.

If you need to store 110 Wine Glasses, and each glass rack that properly secures the wine glasses stores 9, then you would need 13 of basic racks, 13 of the 9 compartment full drop extenders and 52 of the 9 compartment half drop extenders.

Back in May of 2015 we brought in chair covers for sale in both polyester and spandex. These wedding chair covers are fabulous for event venues and party rental companies – but only if they had round-backed banquet chairs. If they wanted to cover folding chairs, square backed banquet chairs, unfortunately we didn’t have a solution. We knew that we needed to continue adding to our event chair cover inventory because there’s more types of chairs out there than round backed banquet chairs. Plus, it just makes sense to supply as chair covers are such a great way for event venues and party rental companies to maintain their investment in banquet chairs. They help avoid staining to the original banquet chair fabric, they’re easier to launder and the covers come in neutral colours that naturally lend themselves to wedding décor in particular.

I’m excited to announce a new product in stock: spandex folding chair covers.

Available in black or white, our spandex folding chair covers fit NES Reliable Plastic Folding Chairs or similar Samsonite chairs. They feature reinforced feet pockets in the same colour as the chair cover and an elastic band that should be tucked under the folding chair seat to emphasize the intersection of the chair back and seat back. The chair covers are made of 190 gsm spandex fabric, require no ironing and offer a sleek contemporary look to folding chairs.