Sporting events need more than just sports teams and managers to run successfully! Sporting venues receive hundreds of thousands of visitors, sometimes weekly, and count on hundreds of members of staff to ensure the smooth running of each event. Push Promotions can help to provide them!
One of the key staffing roles that Push Promotions can fulfil at sporting events is that of hosts and hostesses.
Hosts and hostesses can successfully work in many roles throughout an event. These include reception duties, meet & greets, welcoming guests, serving food and drinks, champagne service, event registration, and more. At exhibitions, hosts and hostesses are commonly booked to manage stands, data capture, and complete sales. They can also host VIP lounges and VIP guests at various events with the utmost discretion.
Push Promotions Experience
Push Promotions have over 10 years of experience providing staff to sporting events and venues. We have previously provided hosts and hostesses to the following locations:
- York Racecourse
- Cheltenham Racecourse
- Silverstone
- Twickenham
- Edgbaston Stadium
- Ricoh Arena
- Edgbaston Priory Club
- The NEC
- Yorkshire County Cricket Club
- Worcestershire Racecourse
- Nottingham Tennis Centre
- London Stadium
- Warwick Racecourse
- And More
We have listed a few examples below to display our skills and experience in these roles and show the versatility of sporting event promotional staff.
The Lawn Tennis Association
The Lawn Tennis Association is the national governing body of tennis in Great Britain, and promotes the sport ‘from grassroots participation through to the professional game’. Push Promotions have been providing the Lawn Tennis Association with corporate hospitality staff since 2014.
We have supplied experienced and professional hosts & hostesses to work with the LTA at various events across the UK, such as the Davis Cup and the Aegon Classic in Birmingham. Our staff worked here in a variety of roles such as meet and greet, reception duties, drinks services, and more general promotional duties.
Gala Events
Gala Events is a family-run corporate hospitality business who host a multitude of events covering sport, music, culture, celebrity experiences, and online events. We have worked regularly with them for over 10 years, beginning our partnership with them in 2011. Since then we have supplied hostesses to work at various Gala events across the UK.
We received the following review from Gala in 2021:
“We are delighted to have worked with Push Promotions to organise hostesses for our various events for almost 10 years. The ladies are always of the highest standard, being really well presented, friendly, and really welcoming to our clients. Our clients pay a lot of money for our events and it’s important that they are given a VIP welcome and a quality service throughout the day. We thoroughly recommended Push Promotions for hostesses to anybody”.
Alan George, Managing Director, Gala Hospitality, May 2021.
Aston Villa FC
Once fans were allowed to attend football matches again, after nearly 12 months away due to the pandemic, Premier League club Aston Villa approached Push Promotions for their staffing needs. We supplied Aston Villa with 45 staff members every home match (at Villa Park stadium) who worked as turnstile operators assisting entry into the ground, and as Covid-checkers who ensured that football fans had their then-government-mandated Covid-passes.
With a capacity of 42,785 people, assisting entry into Villa Park is no mean feat! Push Promotions have successfully and efficiently supported the Birmingham club with their long-awaited fan-attended matches, allowing thousands of fans to enjoy the atmosphere and excitement of a football match post-lockdown.
Eventmasters
Since 2014 Push Promotions have supplied Eventmasters with hosts & hostesses, event managers, registration staff, and corporate hospitality staff. We have completed over 700 individual shifts within this time, working at several iconic UK sporting events such as Cheltenham Festival, York Ebor, and the Henley Regatta.
We received the following review from Eventmasters in 2021:
“I met Rachel (Push Promotions’ director) in 2014 when through a recommendation I booked hostesses with Push. Due to Rachel’s attention to detail, she initially worked (as a hostess) herself in order to get to know us as a client and what we required from the hostesses at our events. The hostesses are always punctual, articulate, and work hard. Rachel always wants feedback so she can improve their service. I got great feedback from my clients about how well they have been looked after. Push is the best agency I have ever worked with”.
Denise Sheasby, Director Eventmasters, May 2021.
To read about more events that Push Promotions have staffed, click here.
This article is brought to you by Push Promotions; a promotional staffing agency that supplies staff nationwide to support some of the UK’s largest brands at their promotional events and campaigns. We can supply a variety of promo staff including brand ambassadors, product sampling staff, data capture staff, and promotional models. We work closely with brands and agencies to ensure that we deliver the staff that you need!
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