Today marks day two of the four day African Energy Forum in Mauritius. Chattels are extremely proud to be the marquee infrastructure supplier responsible for building the AEF Village in the South West of the island comprising of: The Main Exhibition Area Marquee (3,000sqm) Four Conference Room Marquees (1,300sqm) Four Speaker Rooms As well as the usual Back of House facilities All marquee infrastructure was built on top of our level decking system. A total of 4,500sqm of decking was used. The...
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The Zando Cape Town 10’s is definitely one of the best 2-day festivals Cape Town has to offer. (What with all that sweaty muscle chasing after an oval ball…. What’s not to like...?) It is South Africa's biggest amateur sporting tournament and a must on the social sport and lifestyle event calendar, this year marked the 9th anniversary which was hosted at Hamilton’s Rugby Club in Green Point. Its not hard to spot our beloved icons in the sport amongst the sea of beautiful people, with the likes...
Picking up where we left off after the LQP , our glorious (and exhausted) crew broke down the entire event to make way for the Sun Met . By the end of Monday the majority of the 6,000 sqm of infrastructure was removed off site making way for a whopping 10,000 sqm of marquee and a further 6,200 sqm of decking and flooring that needed to be built in just a little over 2 weeks. We worked day and night to make it happen, and happen it did. The Met boasts inaugural title sponsors - the Sun...
2017 kicked off with a very stylish affair – The LQP. Our crew worked furiously through the Christmas holidays to build all the Decking, Marquees & Bedouins for the lavish event, and we wouldn’t have it any other way. Shout out to our hard working guys on the ground – you guys rock! Now back to the sport of people watching, this year, like every year, the dress code is any colour as long as its blue and white. Even Décor plays along. It all blends together perfectly, akin to a perfect...
5 Cape Town Sporting events you should attend if you are into the sport of people watching Can’t throw a ball worth catching or manoeuvre a horse around a polo field? Neither can we! So join in for the ever-so-popular Capetonian sport of People Watching at these fabulous upcoming events Yes, that old sport has been a firm favourite amoungst the ‘in’ and not so ‘in’ crowd for decades. Our list of Fabulous upcoming events in chronological order ( you’re welcome) are as follows: 1. The L’Ormarins...
8 Golden Rules for the Perfect Bedouin Tent Wedding Following our last post- 8 Golden Rules for the Perfect Marquee Wedding this week we look at Bedouin Tent Weddings . Over the past few years Bedouin Tents have had a bit of an upward swing. More and more brides are ditching formal indoor venues for a more ‘in touch with nature’ boho inspired wedding . And boy oh boy, what’s not to love. A Bedouin Tents Tent Wedding, granted, is not for everyone, but this style of wedding is a new breed that is...
The Silly Season is upon us, so let us reacquaint ourselves ...But before we get started, a little history... Chattels was founded out of a garage in Ottery by our Director Paul Clarke and Tanya & Hamish Hamilton in 1990 . What started out with one imported marquee for hire, has evolved into a multi-faceted group of successful companies. From turn-key event solutions to a full range of Infrastructure options, Chattels is now the most experienced Event Infrastructure Management company...
Planning your wedding day can be equal parts exciting and daunting. There is so much variety out there that you would want to have a sense of what you like and dislike early on, to make the process less confusing. The first thing that you would need to decide on is your wedding venue, as this will be one of your big-ticket items, however, in order to choose the right venue, you will need to know how big your wedding party will be. Most often, beautiful places have gloomy conference-room looking...
With a skeletal team holding down the fort at Camp Chattels in Cape Town, the majority of the brawn is working through the night to beat the looming deadline for the handover tomorrow. The 21st AIDS Conference is starting on Monday, we have 4 days to build over 8,500 sqm of stock! That’s over 2,000 sqm per day. Awesome teamwork from everyone there, you guys make us proud!
Mid-winter in South Africa is nothing to be scared of, and apart from the almost scheduled 'black' South Easters in the Cape and the occasional flood-like down pours in Durban, there is really nothing that a jacket, scarf and umbrella can't remedy. With that said, Cape Town does tend to go into hibernation mode when it comes to events in the winter months. It does seem that Cape Town might needs a larger audience in order to perform at her whimsical peak. Jhb and Durban are not that picky. Our...
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