Find the Perfect Venue

For Meetings, Conferences & Special Events

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Venue Selection

Selecting a unique, welcoming venue for your corporate event is a key part of creating a memorable experience for your clients or employees. Whether you are looking for a space that will serve as a “blank canvas” for your event vision, or have a very specific request in mind – like a rooftop bar or a formal ballroom – CLI can find your next venue space – anywhere around the world.

CLI Groups uses a software system that gives us access to unique, interesting and even exclusive event spaces around the globe. CLI will work with you to understand your event vision and help you find that special venue, wherever it happens to be.

Selecting that perfect space can be intimidating; after all, how do you go about finding restaurants for 100 (or 500) people, or large venues with lots of empty space? What if your guests prefer a night club vibe? Not to mention that you might have something very specific in mind, like a rooftop in Miami or Los Angeles or an empty warehouse for corporate events. If you’re not sure how to start finding options to suit your vision, turn the stress and responsibility over to CLI Groups. Our dedicated, experienced event planners will find the hard-to-find, unique and interesting venues that make your event unforgettable.

Whether your event is in New York or San Francisco, we have the capability to find unique venues that suit your needs, budget and vision. CLI Groups provides you with the expertise and touch of a local company, regardless of where in the world your event happens to be.

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Checklist: Before the Search

Target audience
Number attending
Guest (audience) preferences
Convenience
Weather

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Checklist :What to look for with your venue

Layout
Capacity
Décor
Lighting
Sound
Parking
Security
Restrictions
Fees

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Is it also very important for you to understand what type of set up you need for your event. Take a look at all the set up styles and see which is best suited for your next event.

Setup Styles

theatre style

Theater Style

Simplest style, Chairs aligned in consecutive straight rows like a theatre.

Positive

All Seats Face Forward
Maximum Seat Capacity

Negative

Inconvenient for Audience to Enter/Exit the Seating Area
No Writing Desk
Audience Interaction Limited

Mostly Used for

Inconvenient for Audience to Enter/Exit the Seating Area
Meetings
Announcements
Product Launches

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Classroom

Chairs & long tables aligned in a row.

Positive

All Seats Face Forward
Allow for Note Taking and Have Table to Eat

Negative

Inconvenient for audience to enter/exit the Seating Area
Less Seating Capacity
Audience less likely to interact

Mostly Used for

Training
Conferences
Lectures

herringbone

Herringbone

Similar to Classroom Style with rows of Chairs & Tables are Angled inwards.

Positive

Seats are angled inward to the podium.
All Seats Face Forward
All for Note Taking and Have Table to Eat

Negative

Inconvenient for audience to enter/exit the Seating Area
Less Seating Capacity
Audience less likely to interact

Mostly Used for

Training
Conferences
Lectures

u shape

U Shape

As the name suggests this style is in the shape of the letter U, with the tables & chairs arranged in an open ended configuration with the audience facing inwards.

Positive

The open end allows for a focal point or presentation area.
Allows presenter to approach and engage with each audience members.
Audience interaction is enhanced, with audience members facing each other.

Negative

Inefficient use of floor space, with seating capacity reduced.
A large proportion of the audience are seated side-on to the presentation area.

Mostly Used for

Training
Conferences
Workshops
Meetings

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Horse Shoe

This style is very similar to U Shape, however there are no tables, only chairs arranged in an open ended configuration with the audience facing inwards.

Positive

The open end allows for a focal point or presentation area.
Allows presenter to approach and engage with each audience members.

Negative

Inefficient use of floor space, with seating capacity reduced.
Aisles are required to ensure sufficient access and egress to seating area.
There is no provision for note taking or consumption of plated food and beverage.

Mostly Used for

Large Meetings
Presentations
Team Briefings

Hollow Square

This style is similar to U Shape, however there are four sides and no open end, with the audience all facing inwards.

Positive

Audience interaction fully enhanced, with audience members all facing each other.
Allows audience to consume plated food and beverage easily.

Negative

Seating capacity is reduced.
Does not allow for a main presentation area or focal point.

Mostly Used for

Discussions.

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Banquet

This style is similar to a round dinner table, with the audience seated around the circumference facing inwards.

Positive

Audience interaction fully enhanced, with audience members all facing each other.

Negative

The audience is closed in, needing to push past other audience members to enter/exit the seating area.

Mostly Used for

Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner Events.

Cabaret

This style is similar to Banquet style, however there is an open end, with the audience seated in an arc facing forwards.

Positive

The open end allows for a focal point or presentation area.

Negative

Inefficient use of floor space, with seating capacity reduced.

Mostly Used for

Training Sessions
Working Lunch
Team Workshops

Cabaret

This style is unlike any others with no chairs or tables. It is literally standing space.

Positive

Most efficient use of floor space, with maximum room capacity available.
Audience interaction greatly enhanced, with audience members able to freely mingle and roam

Negative

Audience is standing with no opportunity to sit and rest.
Does not allow for note taking or consumption of plated food and beverage.

Mostly Used for

Parties
Social Events