• An alright event - that's just something your company does each year - 32%
• Fantastic fun - that creates a real "feel good" factor at your company - 34%
• A Cheap chore - that makes you wonder why you work at your company - 34%

The Christmas Party, if done properly, can be a valuable opportunity to boost team morale and should be grasped as an opportunity to promote internal branding and communication that's worth spending money on.

Source: Square Meal 2006




Are you planning your office party this year?

Read the RoSPA guide (the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents), to make sure your colleagues only hear jingle bells, not alarm bells during this year's office party!

Download RoSPA guide here

Spectacular Themed Evenings - these are examples of 2006 events, 2007 event details will be updated shortly once confirmed by event hosts.

These are increasing in popularity across the UK and can often cater for several hundred guests (private or shared). They usually include a themed 3 course meal (served or buffet), highly creative themes, live performers and other activities. Some include unlimited beer, wine and soft drinks. All you need to do is turn up in your dancing shoes! Right: "Plunder The Pyramids", Nottingham

Themed evenings in and around London

Party with The Stars - Enjoy a spectacular evening with world famous movie stars, musicians, sportsmen, members of the Royal Family and many more at Madame Tussauds. From £125+VAT per person inclusive of beer, wine and soft drinks - Selected Dates Only!

Posh Comedy Nights - Enjoy a comedy night at one of three prestigious London venues, with a compere, 3 comedians, silver serviced meal, disco until 1am and more. From £85+VAT per person - Selected Dates Only!

Sam's Speakeasy - "It's 1930's Chicago;Gangsters and Molls, Trenchcoats and Tomy Guns are the order of the day. Capturing the spirit of Prohibition, bootlegging and the infamous gangland atmosphere with an "authentic" underground setting. From £50+VAT per person inclusive of beer, wine and soft drinks

Spectacular Spectacular - "Welcome to The Moulin Rouge, Paris' most famous and most glamorous nightclub, for a party that promises to be Spectacular Spectacular" From £58+VAT per person inclusive of beer, wine and soft drinks

Other themed evenings in and around London include

"Noah's Ark, 2 by 2 theme" £80+VAT, including some alcohol
"Black & White theme" from £68+VAT, including some alcohol
"Muskateer's Masquerade Ball - 17th Century French theme" from £62+VAT
"Rock The City" from £50+VAT
"The Snow Ball - from £54+VAT
"Bizarre Bazaar - set within a Moroccan bazaar" from £66+VAT (Surrey location)
"The Road to Marrakech - set within Bedouin tent" from £80+VAT
"Midnight in Manhattan" from £90+VAT
"Eastern Promise" from £62+VAT
"Through the Wardrobe" from £77+VAT
"All that Jazz" from £77+VAT
"Midnight in Monte Carlo" from £32.50+VAT
"Casino Royale" from £68+VAT



Themed evenings outside of London

Posh Comedy Nights (Leeds, Birmingham or Manchester) - Enjoy a comedy night at one of these locations, with a compere, 3 comedians, silver serviced meal, disco until 1am and more. From £80+VAT per person - Selected Dates Only!

Christmas Fun Fair (Coventry) - enjoy a show compere, local radio DJ, live tribute act, disco, band, entertainers and fun fair until 1am - £49+VAT per person, no drinks included

Gatecrash The Kremlin (Leicester) - spectacular Russian evening with Cossak dancers, vodka bar and ice luge, dodgems, fairground stalls and much more - from £32.50 inc VAT per person, no drinks included

"Christmas in Cairo" - near Warwick, from £40.00
"Rio Christmas Carnival" - Leeds, from £29.95+VAT
"Mardi Gras Christmas Carnival" - Leeds, from £44.95+VAT
"Trail to Timbuktu" - Manchester, from £40
"Vegas Evening" - Chertsey, Surrey, from £75+VAT, including unlimited drinks package
"Lapland evening" - Dunsable, Bedfordshire, from £59.95+VAT
"The Night it Snowed in Rio" - Bristol, from £42.50
"Plunder The Pyramids" - Nottingham, from £33
"Echoes of the Orient" - Reading from £29.95+VAT
"Echoes of the Orient" - Watford from £29.95+VAT
"Echoes of the Orient" - near Northampton from £29.95+VAT
"One Night in Bangkok" - Reading / Bracknell, from £41.50
"Red Hot in Rio" - Milton Keynes, from £42
"Rock the Kasbah" - St Albans / Watford, from £42.50
"Return to Christmas at the OK Corral" - Maidstone, from £29.95+VAT
"Hot in Havana" - Windsor, from £32.50+VAT
"Midnight in Monte Carlo" - Windsor, from £32.50+VAT
"Midnight in Monte Carlo" - Epping, Essex, from £29.95+VAT
"Christmas and all that Jazz" - Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, from £29.95+VAT
"Hollywood Nights" - Bognor Regis, from £55+VAT, including 1/2 bottle of house wine
"Casino Royale" - Minehead, from £55+VAT, including reception drink, 1/2 bottle of house wine
"Lost in Atlantis" - Farnborough, from £29.95+VAT
"Grease - The Best Christmas Party" - Cardiff, from £29.95+VAT