Seating Styles:
When all the arrangement and setup is already performed, including the desired venue and location, it’s time to think about the room layout. It includes the seating style, room decor and event requirements for the attendees during events.
Seating arrangement make all the difference whether it is setting up a training class room, full scale gala dinner hosting, product launch or a business presentation. All the audience must be seated in a best way so that they can easily achieve the maximum impact.
Business events are arranged in developed countries on irregular intervals. Whether they are business meetings or the rest of corporate events in Dubai, the following popular seating styles are effective for achieving maximum impacts from those events.
Theatre Style:
Theatre seating style is the simplest way of seating order during events that reflect the order in a theatre or cinema. In this style, the chairs are arranged in aligned straight rows form.
Theatre style of seating alignment let the audience face forward towards the function room’s front, that allow them getting the more impact from the speaker’s message. Maximum seating capacity is achieved using theatre style.
Classroom Style:
Classroom style is same to the seating alignment found in lecture theatre or schools. In this order, the chairs and trestle tables are aligned in consecutive straight rows form. Along with audience facing towards the front, classroom style also let the audience note taking or consumption of beverages and plated food.
Herringbone Style:
Herringbone style follow the same setup just like classroom, however all the consecutive rows of tables and chairs are angled inwards. Consumption of beverages and plated food along with note taking is allowed in this style along with audience facing towards the function room as well.
U Shape Style:
This style of event seating is arranged in the shape of letter U in which all the chairs and tables are arranged in open ended configuration. All of the audience and attendees are facing inwards while the open area allows presentation area or focal point.
The presenter is allowed to engage and approach individual member in the room. The interaction between attendees is also enhanced when they are facing each other.
Horse Shoe Style:
The style is similar to U shape order, however there exist no tables. The chairs are arranged in open ended configuration while the audience are facing inward. Individual audience member can easily be approached by the presenter just like in U shaped style.
Hollow Square:
The seating (chairs and tables) are arranged on four sides having no open end while the audience are all facing inward. Still as the audience are all facing towards each other, their interaction is enhanced. Consumption of food and beverages is also performed easily.
The Final Statement:
Corporate events and business meetings in UAE, America, United Kingdom and other countries are strongly focusing on seating order during the whole management of events. The fact that seating arrangement is the most important factor of room layout, the whole of the event purpose can easily be achieved when seating order is performed according to the event purpose.
