New Balls Please

We travelled with AB InBev to Thailand for an incredible adventure.

Don't take our word for it, here are a few highlights from the trip:

- We hopped on a speedboat to a private island for a laidback picnic that included sandy beaches, crystal-clear waters and some ice-cold Corona’s.

- We took a local bus to a village where we interacted with the locals & participated in their daily habits.

We can tell you that the fresh pineapple juice was just delicious!

- A tuktuk ride took us to the old town of Phuket, where we got to dive headfirst into the local sport Muay Thai. We're talking sweat, adrenaline, and a whole lot of laughs.

All this in combination with a luxury hotel, some leisure time & very good food made this program complete.

Thailand is the land of smiles & that's exactly what we realized with this trip, only smiling faces & a very satisfied group.

International plans?

You can reach us by sending a mail to nathalie@newballsplease.be

Share your thoughts with us & we will share our ideas and expertise to make a success story of your next event!

Does your passport have more stamps than blank pages? Do you have a minimum of 5 years of experience in organizing and creating incentives, from A to Z? Do you get a kick out of looking for unique places & do you consider the globe as your playground? Have you built up a good network at home and abroad? Do you like to work independently?

Then take a look at our vacancy for Senior Incentive Expert: https://www.newballsplease.be/senior-incentive-expert

Jingle Balls!

2022 was an eventful year (pun intended), to say the least… The merger of 2 event agencies, an agenda full of events & new people joining our team. It has been an action-packed year. Luckily, we had loads of fun doing it all.

If you’re curious how our year looked in under a minute? Watch our 2022 recap video.

Sales event for ING Belgium.

From 1 April, Ghent event agencies New Balls Please and Clouds will join forces to become the largest event office in Ghent.

The Clouds team will move to the New Balls Please offices on Dublin Street and both teams will continue as one under the name New Balls Please - 100% events. After the COVID crisis that hit the event sector very hard and a general trend towards consolidation in the market, it is a logical step for both companies towards greater stability, security and growth. The main reason for the merger is mainly the pooling of more than 150 years of combined event experience to provide customers even better with unforgettable events.

Both agencies were founded in 2013 and have grown well over the years. Just before the COVID crisis, New Balls Please (with 3 founding partners Michel Van Camp, Valerie De Coster and Stein Hoogstoel) had a team of 16 people with a nice international customer portfolio. Since 2016, Clouds (with founder Matthias Lievens) has mainly focused on large productions for Flemish companies with a team of 8 people, but has also invested in large projects such as Antwerp Photo Festival, the open air cinema HOFF and bringing the international useR! conference.

Just like any event office, the switch was made to 'survival mode' in 2020 and 2021 and both teams saw employees leave. Nevertheless, New Balls Please certainly had a more than decent year in 2021, for example due to the organization of the COVID vaccination center in Turnhout.

“Surviving the COVID crisis was quite a challenge, but it also forced us to think about how we as a company can bridge such difficult periods even more strongly”, Michel explains how the idea of merger came about. “A close collaboration or even a merger with another office was immediately one of the options, and we have known for some time that in terms of client portfolio, way of working, style and culture we are very close to Clouds, who have their own office barely a kilometer from us. have an office in the north of Ghent.”

“Michel called me after the summer of 2021 to ask if I would like to have lunch together, by the Christmas holidays we had an agreement in principle and we are barely 3 months further and we are all ready to take the plunge and continue together as 1 whole”, continues Matthias van Clouds. “We felt pretty quickly that this was really what we needed, with the same mindset and vision on how to organize top events, which makes the process much easier.”

From 1 April, New Balls Please has a team of 11 event managers supplemented with a graphic design and planning and digital marketing department, good for almost 20 people in total. “Many event agencies have to work with many talents but with little experience. We have chosen from the start to invest in senior profiles who are strategically supported by an extensive group of enthusiastic young people. This not only ensures little turnover, but also that we can offer our customers real top events with a focus on a personal approach and perfect service”, adds Valerie from New Balls Please. “We look forward to integrating the Clouds team's experience into this philosophy and tackling it 100% together.”

“New Balls Please immediately uses the merger to join a larger group,” says Stein Hoogstoel. “Central Park will participate in several new companies in the coming years that will operate autonomously as separate satellites. We are investing heavily in foreign incentives. Something we were already strong in in the past and for which we have now recruited a senior incentive manager to further develop this. Furthermore, there are already sportsDC (organization of sports events and supervision of athletes) and Savethem Renting (rental of event locations) that will expand their activities within this structure. In addition, we are working on a hospitality company with a focus on registration, ticketing and cash register and payment services for events, retail and catering and we are still brooding on various ideas to roll out in the coming years.”

Finishing touch: New Balls Please will have a completely new house style as a result of the merger. All information and contact details can be found at www.newballsplease.be. Curious to work with New Balls Please or want to strengthen the team? hello@newballsplease.be

Davidsfonds and event agency New Balls Please join forces to offer a unique teambuilding activity. With Tuupe-tegoare (Ghent dialect for 'being together') you can discover Ghent, Zulte and the picturesque Lys region with your colleagues. Combine the best Summer Search in Flanders with an original activity and experience an unforgettable experience with your team.

The Davidsfonds Summer Search will start this year for the 35th time. During the search you experience a mapped out walk and you try to solve the questions in your search bundle along the way.

For this edition you can choose from two destinations, Zulte or Ghent. The assets of cultural Ghent are very clear, but Zulte is also the epicenter for true culture lovers this summer. On July 15, we celebrate the 100th birthday of artist Roger Raveel.

Companies can now also experience the Davidsfonds Summer Search in combination with extra group activities. Choose your favorite culinary and/or artistic activity(s) from the extensive menu and ensure an unforgettable afternoon with your team (activity available until September 21).

More information about the Davidsfonds Summer Search

https://www.dezomerzoektocht.be/10/bedrijven