Business events, the plus one who has read the brief
A business event is a room you did not choose, full of people you have to talk to, with a dinner in the middle of it. A companion for that room needs to be at ease with strangers, quick with a name, able to hold a conversation with a colleague's partner about anything at all, and invisible where it matters. It is a format that rewards briefing, which is why the desk asks more questions here than anywhere else.
Companions on this page are chosen for poise and discretion. They arrive dressed for the dress code you gave, on time to the minute, and leave when the evening does. A whole event evening is quoted on request as one figure, agreed in writing before she travels; the €180 opening hour is where a shorter booking starts. The rates page explains why the desk prefers a quote to a table.
Companions suited to business events
Chosen for this format from what each profile says about her, not at random. Open any line for her photo set and her details, then give the desk her name.
What a briefed companion actually does
She is a guest at your table who happens to be excellent at it. She knows what the evening is, roughly who is in the room and what you would rather not discuss, and she keeps the conversation moving in the direction you want it to go. She does not talk about the agency, does not describe herself in terms that would puzzle a colleague, and does not need managing. A good plus one lowers the temperature of a long dinner, and that is the whole job.
The brief, and why it matters
Tell the desk the kind of event, its dress code, the start time and the likely end, and anything she should know: the industry, the language of the room, whether partners are present. It takes three lines. In return you get a companion who arrives already at ease rather than working it out at the door. If there is a version of the evening you want kept simple, a dinner and nothing after it, say so and that is what is arranged.
- The event, the venue district and the dress code
- Start time, expected end, and whether dinner is included
- Anything about the room that helps her be good in it
Where these evenings happen
The convention halls at the RAI and the hotel ballrooms of Zuidas hold most of them, along with the conference hotels in Den Haag and on the Wilhelminapier in Rotterdam. The grand houses along the Apollolaan in Oud-Zuid host the smaller and more formal dinners. For all of them the arrival is timed to the invitation rather than to the hour, so she meets you in the lobby a few minutes before you need to walk in together.
Several evenings in one week
Conferences run for days, and a companion booked for the opening dinner is often asked back for the closing one. Tell the desk the programme at the start and it is arranged as one booking with one figure, which is simpler for everyone and keeps the same face beside you across the week. In a trade fair week the hotels around the RAI fill early, the taxi ranks queue and the desk quotes a wider window, so the earlier the programme reaches us, the better the choice of companion.
Arriving, leaving and being unremarkable
Companions arrive as your guest and are introduced by first name, exactly as any guest would be. Nothing about her presence invites a second look, because nothing about it is out of place: a well dressed woman at a business dinner is the ordinary state of affairs. If the evening moves to a hotel bar afterwards she comes along; if it ends at the door of the ballroom, so does the booking, unless you have arranged otherwise. Extensions are confirmed on the night with one message to the desk.
Who holds up in a room full of colleagues
Karolina is poised, discreet and dryly witty, with opera and architecture in reserve for a table that needs a subject. Samanta is composed in any room, plays the violin and collects languages. Danielle is calm, sophisticated and can carry a conversation about cinema with someone who thought they hated it. Violetta is elegant, confident and tall enough to be noticed only for that. Margo is refined and unshakeable at a formal dinner. The tall list and the black hair list cover most of these names, and the booking page explains what the first message should contain.
Questions about business events
How much should I tell you about the event?
The event, the dress code, the start and the end, and anything about the room that helps. Three lines is enough, and it separates a companion at ease from one working it out at the door.
How is she introduced?
By first name, as your guest. She does not mention the agency, and nothing about her presence needs explaining to anyone at the table.
Can I book for a multi-day conference?
Yes. Tell the desk the programme and which evenings you need her, and the whole is quoted as one figure on request and confirmed in writing.
What if the dinner runs late?
Send one line to the desk while the dinner is still running. Extensions are confirmed on the spot when her night allows it, and declined plainly when it does not.
Other formats on the board
Business events, settled in one message.
Send the hotel, the hour and the format. The desk replies with who is free and what it costs, before anything is agreed.