Hospitality Awards 2020

www.lux-review.com Page 25 LUX 2020 Global Hospitality Awards Located close to City Hall Square in the centre of Copenhagen, Blank Venue and Pop- up is a small, intimate venue for meetings, events, dinners and pop-up showrooms. The almost 300m 2 ² space in a beautiful listed building dating to 1895 boasts elegant and bright Danish design that is as minimalist as possible to allow clients’ imaginations to run wild. Serving clients predominantly in the lifestyle industries such as fashion, beauty and design, the blank canvas of Blank’s main staging space is designed to maximise the impact of client’s brands and products. The room, which is flawlessly white from its walls to its furnishings, is completely customisable to the needs of the clients, whether they want foil or paint on the walls, rented furniture, flowers, balloons or whatever else their imaginations can fathom. The adjacent meeting space has been designed to the same aesthetic; almost completely white, totally spotless and tastefully decorated with fresh flowers, whilst also equipped for productive meetings with customers, business partners or co-workers. Just like the main event space, the room is designed to inspire creativity, and the ‘Creative Wall’ provides a blank canvas on which ideas and inspiration can be realised. Blank’s flexible, client-centric service enables the team to help and guide their clients as much as they require, taking over all planning For those planning an event, where better to start than with a blank canvas? Blank Venue and Pop-Up is the Copenhagen provider of that blank canvas, offering an intimate venue in the heart of Copenhagen for meetings, events and pop- up showrooms. Distinct in its sleek, white design, Blank forms the perfect foundation for event planners to let their imaginations and creativity run wild. Owner and Creative Director, Helle Bay Eriksen tells us more. BlankVenue & Pop-up Best Intimate Event Venue - Copenhagen and production if needed. The team is led by Owner and Creative Director Helle Bay Eriksen, who uses her expansive experience from spectacular events around the world to help clients put together their intimate yet impactful events in the Blank space. “I know that magic can happen when people meet up – face to face – and they get to interact with you and your company. Especially if you market products, then the ability to touch your guests emotionally through touch, smell, taste or vision is very powerful when it comes to building brand perception,” says Helle. Moreover, Helle and the two principal hostesses who assist her recognise that everyone likes to feel like a VIP, which is a key point of consideration when planning events. As such, the Blank team combines years of industry experience with a passion for event planning to deliver excellent customer service that begins with a warm welcome and continues to be friendly, attentive and proactive in responding to their clients’ needs throughout a project. Driven by their personal desire to deliver the best experiences and events for their clients, the Blank team works with a team of creative freelancers that they can rely on to source creative solutions and ideas for any event. The results are outstanding events that clients rave about in positive reviews that the Blank team takes just as much pride in as they do for their multiple awards acquired in only twenty-two months of operation. As a young firm, Blank has faced its biggest adversity in the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, having had to adapt to continue delivering high standards in service for their clients. Fortunately, as a smaller venue, the firm has been hit less significantly by the pandemic and restrictions, as smaller meetings and gatherings have been able to continue taking place. Clients are able to feel safe and comfortable in the clean, open spaces of Blank’s event and meeting room which each have separate entrances and facilities to further enhance safety. Blank is also able to offer video conferencing capabilities, allowing its clients’ businesses to continue operating internationally even in the midst of worldwide travel restrictions. As Blank enters its third year of operation, the future looks bright for the firm. Adding to its repertoire of event management and production services, Blank is about to launch its concept for on-trend, Instagram-worthy foods and has hired access to a professional production kitchen so as to provide events in 2021 with these foods that are a treat for both the eyes and the mouth. It is clear that the creativity and ambition of Helle and her team at Blank is endless. We look forward to seeing where these powerful attributes take this young and exciting firm over the many years that are undoubtedly to come. Company: Blank Venue & Pop-up Contact: Helle Bay Eriksen Web Address: www.blank-venue.dk