"Restaurant format": how corporate parties will be held in Prikamye

Perm companies will again not be able to hold New Year's corporate parties. In Prikamye, against the backdrop of a continuing increase in cases of COVID-19 , a ban on corporate events has been introduced until January 10. The leaders of the city's large banquet halls say that the demand for New Year's banquets has not yet recovered after the pre-pandemic period. If earlier organizations started booking celebrations back in September, now companies don’t even set a budget for holding an event, and those who booked a corporate party cancel their reservations due to newly introduced restrictions, entrepreneurs emphasize.

“Small corporate parties are in demand, where small companies gather up to a maximum of 10 people. It's kind of like a restaurant. There are no big corporations. Companies give out some kind of bonuses or go somewhere on the street, some holidays. Because I know and communicate with the organizers. The government is canceling everything. I don’t remember any government events in recent times,” said Elena Rastselueva-Tretyakova, manager of the Atmosfera banquet hall.

Banquet hall owners say they hoped for increased demand from companies. After all, a month ago, organizations were actively booking dates for corporate events, but after the authorities announced a ban on holding large events, now only calls are received to cancel the reservation, or customers are asked to reschedule the date to the end of January, in the hope that by this time all restrictions will be lifted , market players summarize.
“In fact, we have a population of 2,500 people, all restrictions work for us in full force. We cannot gather 10 out of 2500 people and hold a corporate party for them. Therefore, we are holding New Year's events online for the second year. On our YouTube channel, we post a concert in which the employees themselves participate with numbers, where the CEO congratulates the employees, deputies - this is a blue light format only with their people, employees, ”explained the Assistant General Director for Public Relations of LLC LUKOIL-Permnefteorgsintez » Vera Martynyuk.

Company representatives believe that corporate events are necessary to maintain the image and maintain the emotional state of employees during a pandemic. According to representatives of private organizations, they were ready for the ban and immediately planned the event online, or booked country houses, employers summarize. However, business representatives - catering, banquet halls, as well as the event industry, until the last hoped that the ban on mass events would be completely lifted, or allowed in compliance with sanitary and epidemiological measures. After all, the second year they suffer only losses, business representatives summarize.