{"id":1264,"date":"2021-02-13T06:47:54","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T06:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smapenzi.com\/blog\/?p=1264"},"modified":"2021-02-13T06:47:54","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T06:47:54","slug":"testimonial-one-drop-foundation-cirque-du-soleils-non-profit-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smapenzi.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/testimonial-one-drop-foundation-cirque-du-soleils-non-profit-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"Testimonial One Drop Foundation -Cirque du Soleil&#8217;s non profit organization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I reached out to Penzi for &nbsp;last minute help to organise 3 cocktails and dinner nights for our 1 week conference that was held in San Miguel de Allende.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our organisation had to pivot quickly to a new location and we had &nbsp;less than 8 weeks to do it. &nbsp;Without the help of Penzi\u2019s very capable hands, we simply could not have pulled it off and our event would have been at risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I had a good feeling about Penzi from the very beginning.&nbsp; I had noticed the diversity of people in their online portfolio, and, &nbsp;had also noticed &nbsp;the owner Guadalupe Alvarez, was deeply involved in social causes within the San Miguel community. As we are a non profit organisation, I thought their values were well aligned with ours and it simply felt good, from the start. I therefore decided I should be in touch to get more information about them and &nbsp;what services they offered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I reached out by email asking for help and to my surprise they had responded within 24 hours with some ideas and proposals. &nbsp;I have worked with the Mexican markets many times and the response times are normally much longer!&nbsp; I told myself, they must be used to working with North American cultures who are well known for wanting to have quick answers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At this point we had less than 7 weeks to have everything organised &nbsp;and we were so impressed that we decided to make our way to San Miguel and further elaborate on options and hold further discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We met Mee -Ngan , Valetta, Pato and Gudadalupe who brought us to see all the different venues.&nbsp; They also took the time to show us their operations and warehouse and I was extremely impressed at how well organised and clean everything was.&nbsp; The dishware, utensils , glassware , serving trays &nbsp;etc. were all wrapped and sealed and kept in a very clean area in protective plastic covered shelfs. Their show room had a great variety of table presentations , d\u00e9cor etc. Mee -Ngan here impressed me most since she knew exactly what I wanted and her mind reading skills were amazing!&nbsp; It took very little time to choose from the high quality dishware, centrepieces, glassware and table runners.&nbsp; All of it is very well made, hand crafted and simply beautiful.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In terms of creative themes for every evening function we worked magic with some very creative concepts.&nbsp; We were able to integrate &nbsp;notions of Mexican culture with the themes and it was simply beautifully imagined and executed. From entertainment , to menu options and the small touches, nothing went amiss. &nbsp;Mee-Ngan and Guadalupe\u2019s experience could be felt throughout and it really took short brainstorming sessions to come up with brilliant ideas!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The logistics team onsite for every event&nbsp; headed by Pato and Valetta, did excellent job at overseeing that the lighting was perfect , table layouts were set &nbsp;out perfectly well, and, everyone involved in the set up simply knew what they had to next. My observations were that &nbsp;the employees were happy to be working and are not disgruntled at all.&nbsp; The Maitre\u2019D s and the waiters were gregarious and gracious and all did a fantastic job serving us &nbsp;the delicious &nbsp;evening meals that were beautifully presented.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our group consisted of 13 different nationalities and some with &nbsp;specific dietary restrictions or specifications. &nbsp;They were able to easily accommodate all of them on every occasion and without forgetting anyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All of the guests and VIP\u2019s were extremely impressed, enchanted and delighted with our evening functions . They were the highlight of our week long conference and some attendants still talk about it today! &nbsp;&nbsp;It helped us with building rapport amongst international attendees and our objectives of reuniting around one cause was made possible with the help from Penzi&nbsp; \u2018s services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can &nbsp;highly recommend anyone who is thinking of holding an Event in San Miguel de Allende to hire Penzi. They simply excel at everything they do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you Penzi and we look forward to seeing you work you magic again for us in the future!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alain Robert<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Travel Specialist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One Drop Foundation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I reached out to Penzi for &nbsp;last minute help to organise 3 cocktails and dinner nights for our 1 week conference that was held in San Miguel de Allende. Our organisation had to pivot quickly to a new location and we had &nbsp;less than 8 weeks to do it. &nbsp;Without the help of Penzi\u2019s very [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-testimonials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smapenzi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smapenzi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smapenzi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smapenzi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smapenzi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1264"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.smapenzi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1265,"href":"https:\/\/www.smapenzi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264\/revisions\/1265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smapenzi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smapenzi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smapenzi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}