Make your New Year's reception the talk of the town for the next 365 days!

The New Year's reception: the most fun moment of the year that everyone looks forward to! Although, here and there, there are employees who see the New Year's reception as a mandatory event. A bit of drinking, a bit of chatting to look good in front of the boss and colleagues, and eventually going home with a "well, that's good for the coming year" feeling. For those organizing it, it's often not a pleasure to arrange a reception for such employees.

The upcoming New Year's reception? It's going to be a BLAST! Make sure you have fun while organizing it and go all out so that even the most critical employee will still be talking about that ultimate party months later!

But how do you do that? Is it even possible? YES, IT IS! We're here to help you get started.

Go for chic

Opt decisively for chic. Or should we say: decadent and over the top! Beautiful champagne glasses, lots of glitter, and fashionable clothing. Add a little extra to the dress code on the invitation: a glitter accent, a fancy accessory, a cocktail dress, or a suit... all dressed up, they can dream away and move through the evening as part of the jet set.

By the way, you can have those fancy champagne glasses served by two reception ladies in a champagne dress. Never heard of it? It's just as you imagine: a dress where full champagne glasses can be attached. Not just bubbles, but also fun during the reception!

To complete this party and capture the guests on film, automatically choose our Beauty Photo Mirror. This beautiful photo booth is extra stylish because you're not just looking at a camera, but simply... into the mirror.

All-in experience

The all-in experience ensures extra bonding with your company. The partygoers are not "going to" a party, they are IN the party! Provide plenty of large and small activities that have a link with your company. Activities that don't feel like "musts" (as the daily grind of work can sometimes feel), but that make work fun. A office chair race, for example, or a crazy photocopy contest. You know: make the funniest copy with the copier.

Or this: provide various costumes and set up a 360 Degree SelfieSpinner. Ideal to complete the total experience of the party.

Attraction and fun guaranteed! Slow-motion videos with intro and outro, completely in the style of your company. Hold on, because these will be widely shared on social media.

Playful

Choosing something special is also a nice option. Appetizers? No way! Set up a nostalgic doughnut stand. Bet the guests will flock to it like flies? Or something crazier: childlike fun in the form of a carousel, such a beautiful merry-go-round with horses. People who return to the past automatically become happy. At your New Year's reception, they are served nostalgia. That immediately creates extra beautiful memories.

More than work

You might find our suggestions a bit over the top, and that's completely okay. Simpler is also possible, and often the positive memory lies in the simplicity of the party.

People spend a lot of time at work, but they also often talk with colleagues. Often, the children, the partner, the mother, and the witch (mean mother-in-law) are discussed. They love to share their life and world with others, hoping to build a group of like-minded people. It's pure biology: the desire to belong somewhere.
The New Year's reception is therefore the perfect opportunity to invite partners so that employees can put a face to all the (wild) stories shared at work about their loved ones. Conversely, it's also nice for the partners to be able to empathize with the other's work. This way, there is more chance of understanding, jokes, conversation at home... it opens the doors to (even more) connection with each other.

Organizing a New Year's reception: check!

Whatever you decide, if you organize the New Year's reception with a positive attitude, it will be a blast for everyone. Whether it's one of our crazy ideas or a simple gathering with conversations and laughter: it will be fondly remembered for the next 365 days.