Hostesses for trade fairs and congresses in Brussels
Half the events in Brussels are not trade fairs: they are conferences, panels and receptions with an institutional audience. That audience needs a different reception, quieter and with the list under tight control. Tell us what kind of event it is and we will build the proposal.
Wira team at ICE Barcelona: an example of stand support.
A fair at the Heysel, an event in the European quarter
The large fairs of the city are held at Brussels Expo, on the Heysel plateau to the north. But much of the calendar runs through rooms in the European quarter, hotels and congress centres in the centre, in formats of a hundred or two hundred people.
At an institutional event reception is almost everything: a closed list, accreditation by name, control of who enters which room and discretion at the door. It is nothing like staffing a stand. Tell us the format and the headcount.
French, Dutch and English are the three working languages of the city. Spanish is added when your delegation needs it. Tell us the language per position and we will confirm it.
What changes depending on where it is.
Brussels Expo, the Heysel
Home to the large fairs, north of the city. Here the position is the classic stand one: welcome, filter and escorting.
The European quarter
Rooms and congress centres for conferences and panels. Small formats and a closed list.
Hotels in the centre
Receptions and dinners for a hundred or two hundred people. The door is run by a person with a list, not a desk.
Several rooms at once
A conference with parallel sessions needs control over who enters each room. Decide that beforehand, not at the door.
What you can ask for in Brussels.
Accreditation by name
A closed list at the door, name checks and handover of materials or a badge.
Room control
For conferences with parallel sessions: who enters each room and a word when one fills up.
Trilingual hosts
French, Dutch and English, with Spanish when your delegation needs it.
Stand hostesses
For the fair side at Brussels Expo: welcome, a filter on visitors and escorting.
Bar staff
Drinks service at the reception or dinner you close the programme day with.
A point of reference
Someone holding the programme for the day and giving notice before each session change.
Before you brief us.
Where are Brussels events held?
The large fairs at Brussels Expo, on the Heysel plateau. Conferences, panels and receptions in rooms in the European quarter, hotels and congress centres in the centre.
Which languages are needed?
French, Dutch and English are the three working languages of the city. Spanish is added when your delegation needs it, and it is set position by position.
Can you run accreditation from a closed list?
Yes. It is the format most requested in Brussels: name checks at the door, badge handover and control over who enters each room.
What about a conference with parallel sessions?
That is covered with room control: one person per door, a word when a room fills up and someone holding the programme for the day. Tell us how many rooms there are.
Tell us the roles your event needs