Hi Channy,
Thanks for giving your ample time to reply towards my message on FB - appreciated a lot!
Just to inform you about InterNations...we are the largest expatriate networking group with approximately 1.5 million members worldwide. Madeleine and I are the Ambassadors for the Bangkok community, which now counts more than 15,000 high-end expatriates. These members come from 130 different nationalities and are all living and working in Bangkok (www.internations.org )
We think that hosting an event at 324 bar is a fantastic marketing opportunity for you. Each of our members will receive two emails promoting the event several weeks before. The invitation and reminder emails will go straight to the member's private email and will include the name of your venue, a small description and a few good pictures. If you want, we could even distribute discount vouchers or something to each guest upon arrival to give them an incentive to come back (i.e. 10% discount on the next visit, buy one get one free, etc.). This has been done at some of our other venues, but of course is entirely up to you.
Here are a few details about an event which we normally ask our hosts what he could do for us:
For example:
Day/time:???
Venue: 324 bar
Expected attendance: Around 80-100 members (a more accurate number would be given a couple days before)
We always work on a win-win situation for both parties involved. Therefore, we kindly ask you if we could have:
Requirements: & Requests:
1) Discount drink prices: Our members do normally drink beer, wine, house spirits and soft drinks. Could you offer some wine choices to us? The guests will pay you directly for their drinks and all revenue will go to you. You could even set up a drink coupon system, which would make it easier for your staff to sell and serve the drinks. We have noticed at previous events that guests tend to consume more this way.
What could be our expected discounted prices for those drinks?
2) Complimentary welcome drink: We’re kindly asking you to provide a free welcome drink for each of our guests. We have tokens to give them at the entrance (along with name tags and wristbands) that they can then exchange for one drink at the bar. You could choose to prepare one special cocktail as the only choice for the welcome drink or give members their choice of a beer, wine, or cocktail or would give them a choice between the three options? The goal is to give the guests a small refreshment at their arrival and set them up to drink more!
3) Complimentary finger food: We’re also asking you to please provide us with some free finger food during the event. It does not need to be gourmet food, but ideally should be around 5-6 pieces/bites per person served sporadically throughout the evening. This does not constitute a meal, as many members do come straight from work or come for a couple of hours to eat. If you could give us an idea of what kind of appetizers are available?
Please let us know what could be done from your side?
We would like to ask when we could perform an evening which is normally held from 6:30 to 10:30 pm for our valuable members.
Please advise on which days during the week it would be convenient?
Here is our next event at Hilton in Sukhumvit Rd. www.internations.org/event/promotion/details/1006787?ref=sp_et_ti1
Looking forward to hear from you the soonest.
Thank you once again for your time.