23 12, 2016

IMEX America

By |December 23rd, 2016|conferences, events, incentives|0 Comments

Roddy was over in Las Vegas for IMEX America, the biggest tourism trade event in the calendar; America’s worldwide exhibition for incentive travel, meetings and events. Roddy was working alongside Visit Scotland to help promote Scotland as a destination to international group buyers. Roddy started the group presentations with some Scottish music on his small pipes, before reciting Robert Burns Address to the Haggis.  With current international trade restrictions, this meant addressing a furry haggis, but it was still well received and had the usual impact! For the afternoon cocktail [...]

7 12, 2016

Introducing Brazilians to Ceilidh Dancing

By |December 7th, 2016|conferences, events, incentives|0 Comments

Kuoni organised a trip to Edinburgh for a group of Brazilian buyers. The aim was to show off the best that Edinburgh has to offer, and they certainly seem to have suceeded! The group visited some of Edinburgh’s best hotels and venues, including Edinburgh Castle, The Balmoral, The Sheraton, Mansfield Traquair and the National Museum of Scotland. On their final evening, following a private tour of the Royal Yacht Britannia, they were treated to a gala dinner at Dundas Castle. The catering was provided by Prestige Sodexo; they had prepared a menu [...]

2 12, 2016

Visit Scotland’s St Andrew’s Day Highland Games

By |December 2nd, 2016|incentives, weddings|0 Comments

It was a pleasure to work with Visit Scotland to entertain Andrews in St Andrews as part of their St Andrew’s Day marketing campaign. Andrews, Andres and Andreas from across Europe were invited to come and experience a flavour of what Scotland has to offer, and discover more about the home of their namesake, and Scotland’s, Patron Saint. We were incredibly lucky to experience some great weather for the filming. 10 degrees and bright sunshine at the end of November was the best we could hope for, and led to a [...]

4 11, 2016

Strictly Come Ceilidh Dancing

By |November 4th, 2016|conferences, events, incentives|0 Comments

Have you been looking for a new type of team building activity? Look no further! Reel Time would like to introduce you to “Strictly Come Ceilidh Dancing”. What is it? As you might have guessed, this is based on the TV show Strictly Come Dancing, though you don’t have to have watched the show to take part! It’s a great way of carrying team building activities on into the evening. How does it Work? No prior knowledge of ceilidh dancing is required; this is ideal for everyone and suits [...]

1 12, 2015

Rackspace visit Edinburgh for Incentive Trip

By |December 1st, 2015|incentives|0 Comments

Reel Time Events were happy to welcome Rackspace for their Edinburgh incentive trip with a selection of experiences to fully immerse the group in Scottish culture. To start their Scottish adventure guests were welcomed to the amazing location of Dundas Castle by a Reel Time piper.  Guests then had the chance to give the bagpipes a try themselves in our bagpipe masterclass, with our piper giving some expert advice and tuition, and also to test their dancing skills in our ceilidh masterclass.  With our professional dancers to lead the way as the accordion [...]

16 11, 2015

Reel Time Events and ThunderMark team up to welcome Momentum to Edinburgh

By |November 16th, 2015|incentives|0 Comments

Reel Time Events, working with Thundermark, welcomed the Momentum group to the Edinburgh leg of their incentive trip. Travelling from South Africa for their incentive trip Momentum were treated to a truly Scottish experience by Reel Time Events for the Edinburgh part of their journey.  With great collaboration between Reel Time Events and Thundermark in the run-up to the event, guests were treated to the best entertainment possible for their visit to Edinburgh.  To get both groups in the mood for the evenings entertainment they were fitted into kilt outfits for the gentlemen [...]

7 07, 2015

Edinburgh M&I Forum 2015 Entertained by Reel Time Events

By |July 7th, 2015|conferences, incentives|0 Comments

Reel Time Events had the pleasure of being part of the M&I Forum held in Edinburgh, in conjunction with Visit Scotland, providing a rousing Scottish experience and entertainment for the hundreds of meeting and event planners visiting our city from across the globe. The Meetings and Incentive (M&I) Forum is a speed dating-style networking event bringing together buyers and suppliers from the events industry across Europe and gives them a taste of what Scotland has to offer. Reel Time Events helped Visit Scotland showcase the best of Scottish entertainment as part of the [...]

19 12, 2014

Reel Time Event’s 2014 Highlights

By |December 19th, 2014|bars, conferences, events, incentives, weddings|0 Comments

Reel Time Events has had a busy and varied year in 2014, and as it’s the end of the year, we would like to share some of our highlights from across the year.Our corporate events and conferences have been as busy as ever, and in partnership with some of the best conference centers and 5 star venues in Scotland, we have had the pleasure of entertaining a great many delegates from a number of the world’s leading companies and organisations.  From Burns night with the Reel Time Band and highland dancers at Stirling [...]

3 12, 2014

Highland Games at Dundas Castle

By |December 3rd, 2014|incentives|0 Comments

Reel Time Events were happy to provide a Scottish Highland Games Experience for a luxury German car company at the fantastic Dundas Castle as part of their incentive program. Providing a taste of Scotland, the party of lucky attendees were greeted at the doors of the stunning Dundas Castle by a lone piper, before being separated into their clans to participate in a number of different events.  A variety of traditional and more contemporary events, held both inside and out, gave the delegates a chance to experience the very best of Scottish tradition and also see the beauty [...]

13 06, 2014

Meetings and Incentive Trip to Scottish Castles | A Highland Games Experience

By |June 13th, 2014|conferences, events, incentives|0 Comments

Last weekend Reel Time Events were pleased to provide the finest Scottish entertainment for a meetings and incentive trip. The client, an international cosmetic brand, was keen to entertain their high achieving sales team. Arranged through Cashel Travel, the guests enjoyed a day of Highland Games Activities in the luxury surroundings of Ferniehirst Castle. Reel Time Events organised an afternoon of fun and challenging activities including Caber Tossing, Scots Hammer Throwing and Welly Wanging. While this may sound like a physically challenging day, the Falconry Display, Bagpipe Lessons and Archery helped guests recover in between the more competitive activities. To add to the challenge, the team was split into five ‘clans’ [...]