Introduction Letter

Following an exciting year of events, development and innovation, all of us here at Bedouin Freeform Tents would like to introduce you to our primary team members and highlight some of our achievements and event options.

First off - Lets meet the Team

Sydney:

Stuart Johnstone, Company Director. Stuart is the mastermind behind the Bedouin Freeform Tents brand. Stuart started the company in 2005 and has worked tirelessly to create new & innovative products which have seen the company grow from strength to strength. His unique Bedouinflex™ fabric, and its incredible versatility, not to mention the exciting range of colours, is one of the key factors in making our products stand out from the crowd.

Rochana Perri, Sydney Branch Manager Rochana has been with Bedouin now for nearly a year. Rochana is studying for her Events Management Diploma at TAFE and has worked in the events and entertainment industry for most of her adult life. She’s an excellent communicator and works very hard with her customers to ensure that everything is taken care of.

Antony Corkin, Chief Installer Antony joined us back in November 2006. Since then he has been responsible for erecting our tents all over Australia and is now our most experienced installer. It seems that there’s nothing Antony can’t do with a Bedouin Freeform Tent.

Penny De Beer, IT Web Design & new Product Development Penny is not only co-owner with her Husband, Stuart Johnstone, but she is the creative genius behind our exciting and interactive website. With an extensive IT background, Penny maintains all of our IT needs in both Sydney & Melbourne. Penny has also been a driving force behind some of our exciting new products and is always working with Stuart to turn their innovative visions into real products, so we can offer our clients the very newest solutions for their events.

Melbourne:

Nat Flint, Melbourne Branch Manager Nat joined us in November 2006 in her home town of Sydney, but when the opportunity arose to move to Melbourne last year, Nat and her family packed their bags and took up the challenge of opening what we hope will be the first of many interstate offices. After a couple of temporary works spaces, Nat is now excited to be finding her feet in our brand new (permanent) location at Bundoora’s University Hill complex.

Stuart Murphy, Installer Stuart joined Nat as her installer in December 2007. A true Melbourne boy, Stuart is always working hard installing our tents around Melbourne and getting ready to take over the reins in June / July when Nat has a little break for the birth of her second child.

Tents and Marquees

During 2007 we helped turn many corporate and private events into something truly memorable with our unique Freeform tents and decor. Vodafone has been a valued client of ours for a couple of years and we were happy to assist them with their events and Music Festivals again in 2007. We’ve also been lucky to work closely with such esteemed clients as Nokia, Virgin mobile and Optus, to name just a few – Optus discovered how fun and exciting the range of colours could look at their Annual awards events in Melbourne and Sydney. We really don’t mean to drop names but we’ve loved working with these and all the other fantastic companies we’ve been privileged enough to have the chance to assist in the last year. These companies, like many other forward thinking companies opted to steer away from using traditional white marquees and in doing so stood out from the crowd and were able to maximise the impact of their events and promotions on their customers, staff and the public.

Also clients who purchase their very own Bedouin Freeform Tent can opt to brand them. A Bedouin freeform stretch tent is the ultimate branded event solution, providing our clients with a distinctive and high impact outdoor advertising vehicle with the unique benefit of giving them a funky, flexible and easy to install outdoor cover for all of their future events. Another interesting tent development in the last 12 months was the introduction of our first 20m x 30m tent. This is the largest tent in our rental stock and will allow us to cater to standing events for more than 1800 people in a single tent. Tents can still be joined together but a single “enormous” tent provides a more dramatic and exciting event space. Circus Entertainment in Melbourne was our very first customer to use this new tent for their Climate08 Music Festival in Melbourne at Birrarung Marr in March this year. The development of these larger tents and our new extendable truss king poles has meant that we can continue to scale up our freeform tents and we will be adding even larger tents and event solutions to our range in the future.

Echidna Pods

Taking a step back from the tents, but a leap forward in innovation, we now also offer other structures for rental and purchase. First up is the new Stretchee Echidna Pod. This is a freestanding, clear span structure available in many colours and one hundred percent waterproof. Added options include lining, fully integrated flooring, door options, and of course, your very own corporate branding. For indoor or outdoor use, be one of the first in the world to use this completely unique product.

Inflatable’s and Lighting

Our new BUTO - Blow Up The Office inflatable’s are a lightweight room system that packs down conveniently into a bag. While not restricted to being just an office, BUTO’s can be used to transform any indoor or outdoor area into an funky room or creative event space. Ideal for exhibitions, office chill out space, sales pitches or a breakout meeting area. BUTO is available for sale and hire and can be used as either a temporary fixture or permanently installed.. We can brand them or custom make them in any colour or size to suit. Combine them with projectors or lights and you’ve got one of the funkiest and fun event products we’ve ever come up with.

If the BUTO doesn’t suite your needs but you love the look of the inflatables, why not try our inflatable walls or our huge range of freestanding and hanging inflatable lights? Used to great effect at the “Good Vibration” festival earlier this year these lights are a must have at your next evening event.

Also brand new to our range is our luminous bar, stretch and lycra event décor, colour changing ottomans and numerous other lighting and event décor options – all designed to spice up your next event.

And last but not least….

If the traditional Bedouin theme is more your style, we have an ever increasing and expanding range of Middle Eastern décor which is guaranteed to delight guests at your next event.

With our large range of futuristic, chilled out, and traditional event décor, combined with our full event design, custom designed interior solutions, stretch decor sets and customised lighting we’d love to assist you in making your next event unforgettable.

Contact us today and if you mention this blog, or are just generally friendly and fun, then we’ll be happy to provide one of our inflatable standing or hanging lights free at the next event you book with us.