Open Air Business February 2017
The UK's outdoor hospitality business magazine for function venues, glamping businesses and outdoor event organisers
The UK's outdoor hospitality business magazine for function venues, glamping businesses and outdoor event organisers
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FUNCTION VENUES<br />
planning permission and all the extra<br />
costs such as groundwork, drainage<br />
and building regulations, is to provide<br />
temporary pop up accommodation. This<br />
can also enable your venue to be flexible<br />
to the needs of clients in terms of the<br />
number of accommodation units that are<br />
provided, and allow your venue to test the<br />
water without making a commitment to<br />
the overheads of having permanent onsite<br />
accommodation.<br />
What advice could you offer a function<br />
venue owner on choosing pop up<br />
accommodation?<br />
When choosing a supplier for the<br />
provision of pop up accommodation, it<br />
makes sense to choose an established<br />
company with a reliable track record that<br />
can offer a range of products to suit your<br />
budget.<br />
What about the logistics?<br />
There are an enormous number of<br />
considerations, such as the interior decor,<br />
furniture, beds and bedding, provision<br />
of power, water, toilets and showers. If<br />
the accommodation units are required<br />
for a whole season, it might make more<br />
financial sense to purchase the units and<br />
store them away for the off-season.<br />
What is the USP of your product/service?<br />
Canvas structures, and yurts in particular,<br />
are well suited to fulfil many of the essential<br />
requirements for pop up accommodation.<br />
They can be quickly and easily erected,<br />
dismantled and stored away. They are<br />
robust, weather proof and can be equipped<br />
with lockable doors and wood-burning<br />
stoves. Critically, they are classed as tents,<br />
and can be installed on any agricultural<br />
land for 28 days a year, and longer if the<br />
venue has a Campsite license.<br />
What options do you offer for small,<br />
medium and large budgets?<br />
We have been manufacturing traditional<br />
tipis and yurts since 1999, long before<br />
glamping became fashionable. As well as<br />
manufacturing yurts and tipis to order,<br />
Hearthworks supplies accommodation to a<br />
number of major festivals, glampsites and<br />
venues. It offers units that accommodate<br />
from two to 25 people, and a range of<br />
add-ons including furnishings packages,<br />
heating, lighting, beds and bedding.<br />
With over 300 yurts and tipis in stock,<br />
we can cater for large events and small<br />
intimate functions. Hearthworks can offer<br />
your venue a tailor-made service and give<br />
you the added value needed for it to fulfil<br />
it's potential.<br />
Tara Weightman,<br />
founder & director<br />
Hearthworks Tipis & Yurts<br />
www.heathworks.co.uk<br />
01749 899521<br />
What is the business case for offering<br />
pop up accommodation at venues<br />
without on-site accommodation?<br />
You may have a perfect venue for<br />
weddings and functions, but be unable to<br />
offer space for people to stay. Being able<br />
to provide accommodation alongside the<br />
main venue will give your event site an<br />
added attraction, leading to more demand<br />
and a clear advantage over competitors.<br />
The alternative to permanent<br />
accommodation units that will require<br />
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