Scottish Summit for Peak Performers
'Your imaginative and creative ideas combined with your inexorable attention to detail and relentless pursuit of quality with value delivered results beyond our (already high) expectations.'

'In particular, I deeply appreciate your responsiveness and sense of professionalism. Your instinctive ability to focus on both the technical content as well as the emotional impact of the event also proved crucial.'

A Challenging Brief
 When management consultancy, The Concours Group, approached Elizabeth Floyd with a challenging brief, Hello Scotland was asked to rise to the challenge. The Massachusetts based company wanted "to create an event that was so well designed that it would attract large numbers of participants but also persuade them to stay for an additional two days."

The team at Hello set about creating a social programme around the formal summit that attracted a group of 25 senior management and their partners from across Europe and Asia.

An Imaginative Programme

The group started on a high with a jeep safari up into the beautiful Scottish Highlands. Wild game and wine were served for lunch while the group enjoyed the magnificent panoramic views and learnt about the wildlife and the flora. On the following day, the non-delegates enjoyed a short trip to Edinburgh and visited the Royal Yacht Britannia, followed by afternoon tea and then off back once more to the luxury of the St. Andrews Old Course Hotel, overlooking the world famous golf course.

The next day consisted of principally meetings and golf but it ended in a traditional Scottish Ceilidh evening. This was preceded by cocktails on the lawn which were combined with a 'Duck Dog Display', an intriguing variation on a traditional sheep dog display and yes there were a few surviving ducks at the end!

On the penultimate day, while the delegates participated in the summit, their partners were treated to a very special day with one of Scotland's finest Chefs, Christopher Trotter. His restaurant, 'Scotland's Larder' in Fife, was a celebration of Scottish cooking set within a wonderful rustic village environment.

The party had an interactive introduction to table décor with a Scottish flavour using natural elements and were shown how to prepare different dishes... the Scottish way – in fact they made their own lunch with venison included on the menu. They finally sat down to enjoy what they had made and this was washed down with a wine and champagne tasting led by a wine and champagne expert.

The Gentlemen's Only Club Before the evening kicked off, Hello Managing Director, Bill Thomson convened a Gentleman's Only Meeting with strictly no ladies allowed.  We aren't at liberty to disclose what went on behind closed doors but we do know that there was malt whisky in the room and a rack of kilts and sporrans! An incredibly useful piece of clothing, the sporran, you know!

With the ladies also dressed for dinner, the party set off to Glamis Castle where a six-course banquet was laid on. The evening was flavoured in a typical Scottish way with a variety of traditional music and the finale took the form of a 'Beating of the Retreat', an emotional and unforgettable assault on the senses performed by the 20 World Class performers from The Royal Burgh of Stirling Pipe Band.

Highest Ranked Event
The event was scored by the guests 3.9 out of 4.0 – the highest score in the five-year history of Concours!

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