Open Air Business April 2017
The UK's outdoor hospitality business magazine for function venues, glampsites, festivals and outdoor events
The UK's outdoor hospitality business magazine for function venues, glampsites, festivals and outdoor events
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INSIDE<br />
Contents ISSUE<br />
#9 | <strong>April</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
UP FRONT<br />
6 News<br />
8 Industry Talk – Facebook<br />
fundamentals for open air<br />
hospitality businesses<br />
FUNCTION VENUES<br />
10 Heart of England – an events<br />
centre with a grand vision<br />
14 Marketing Costs – a realistic<br />
look at costs for start-up venue<br />
marketing<br />
16 Greenery Trend Alert – Kelly<br />
Chandler offers ways your venue<br />
can embrace it<br />
18 Marquees – Know your<br />
structures, with advice from<br />
MUTA<br />
GLAMPSITES<br />
24 Tor View Shepherds Huts –<br />
the first glampsite to achieve<br />
VisitEngland’s Gold Award<br />
28 Off-Grid Power – how to<br />
provide light and power to offgrid<br />
locations<br />
32 Luxury Glamping – Kate Morel<br />
finds what elevates an offering<br />
to luxury status<br />
39 Pods, Huts and Lodges – the<br />
case for solid structures at<br />
glampsites<br />
EVENTS<br />
48 Ireby Festival – a boutique folk<br />
festival with a mass appeal<br />
52 Field to Festival – monetising<br />
your spare land through events<br />
57 Ground Protection Advice<br />
– suppliers talk about their<br />
products<br />
60 Trackway and Flooring –<br />
products to keep your visitors<br />
safe and happy<br />
62 Spotlight<br />
64 Classifieds<br />
66 Periwinkle<br />
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