Solution · Corporate events

Corporate event management
for your summer party.

Corporate event management is planning and running a company's own events, from the invitation to check-in and the follow-up. AirLST puts invitations, registration with plus-ones and meal choice, locations, shuttles and check-in on one record. Free for up to 50 guests.

  • Plus-ones at registration
  • Meal choice and dietary needs
  • Shuttles per location
Summer party, company picnic

What a company event demands from the people organizing it

Your coworkers experience a party. HR handles forty details.

Whoever manages a corporate event usually does it on top of their regular job: invitations, replies, plus-ones, meal requests, shuttles from three locations, seating, check-in, and at the end the question of who actually came. Each of these lists is simple on its own. It gets hard when they don't match. That is the gap corporate event management software closes.

Outdoor evening party with tents and lights Photo: Alex Moliski / Unsplash

The best moment is when nobody has to ask anymore.

02Behind it

Invitation, plus-one, meal, shuttle and check-in on the same guest

At a summer party, one employee has eight touchpoints with the organizing team. In AirLST, they all hang on one record. When one changes, catering, shuttle and check-in know.

Invitationpersonal, calendar file RSVPvia the personal link Plus-one+1, by name LocationNorth Plant Mealvegetarian Shuttle5:15 PM from North Plant TicketQR, with confirmation Attendance5:42 PM, West Entrance
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Anna Brooks
Procurement · North Plant · Employee
RSVPJun 4, 9:12 AM · via personal link
Plus-oneMax Brooks · vegan
LocationNorth Plant · capacity 180 / 220
MealVegetarian
ShuttleOut 5:15 PM · back 11:30 PM
ProgramPlant tour 6:00 PM · band 9:00 PM
TicketTQ4LM8XA · +1 · sent
Attendance5:42 PM · West Entrance · +1
Last change: shuttle 4:45 PM → 5:15 PM · by guest · Jun 10, 8:03 AMVisible to HR, catering, drivers, check-in
For your team

Every role sees what it needs.

HR & Communications

Invites everyone and sees RSVPs per location in real time.

  • Invitations in your company design
  • Reminders to non-responders
  • Live RSVPs
03Invitation and registration

Invitations in your company design, registration with plus-one and meal

The invitation comes from HR or leadership, in your design, with a calendar file. Through their personal link, everyone RSVPs, registers a plus-one, and picks a meal and a shuttle. Nobody retypes lists.

  • Your sender, your designTemplates in invitation management with your company logo, colors and sender address, plus the calendar file.
  • Addresses from HRImport with department and location as fields; reminders go out automatically to everyone who hasn't replied.
  • Plus-one as a recordThe plus-one is stored with name and meal on the main guest, not as a note, and counts against the capacity. You decide per event or per guest group whether plus-ones are allowed.
  • Extra fields as neededMeal, shuttle, program, comments: registration forms ask for what catering and drivers need.
  • Capacities and waitlistLimited seats per location or program item; late registrations go to the waitlist and move up automatically.
  • Ticket with the confirmationPersonal QR code as a PDF or in the wallet, for the guest and the plus-one, valid only once.
  • Changes through the linkCancellation, a different plus-one, another shuttle: guests change it themselves, and the list is current right away.
  • Multilingual when neededLanguage versions for international teams, and a registration page on your own domain with event websites.
04Guest list

The company event guest list: locations, meals, shuttles, plus-ones

Catering, drivers and check-in work from the same list. One filter returns the count per meal, another the shuttle load per location, a third the guests without a reply for the reminder.

Filters, fields and exports in detail: guest list app. Seating for anniversaries and galas: seating chart.

05Check-in

Check-in at the company event: a scan instead of a printed list

Welcome means: no searching.

One scan, and the team at the entrance knows who is arriving, with whom, and whether the shuttle is already in. No flipping pages, no calls to HR, no line.

  • Who is here? Live attendance for HR and catering, not only after the party.
  • With whom? The plus-one is on the guest record and is checked in along with them.
  • Name badge? For an anniversary with outside guests: badge printing at check-in, with a barcode.
  • Several entrances? Every station sees the same status; a ticket is valid only once.

How it works and the app: event check-in app; for parties with thousands of guests and access control: event access control.

06One record

Invitation, registration, catering, shuttle and check-in work on the same guest

Anna BrooksNorth PlantConfirmed+1 Max BrooksVegetarianShuttle 5:15 PMchecked in 5:42 PM

After the party, event reporting shows registration rate, attendance and no-shows per location; the survey collects the feedback. Together they make the case for the next budget.

07Occasions

Summer party, anniversary, kickoff, holiday party

Four occasions, one process: invitation from a template, registration with the fields the occasion needs, check-in by scan. The next party starts as a copy of the last one.

Outdoor evening party with tents and lightsPhoto: Alex Moliski / UnsplashSummer partyPlus-ones, meal choice, shuttles per location, kids' program
Guests at a festive evening event cheering at the cameraPhoto: Filip Rankovic Grobgaard / UnsplashAnniversary and galaOutside guests, seating chart, name badges, protocol
Coworkers celebrating in the office with party hatsPhoto: Vitaly Gariev / UnsplashKickoff and town hallLocations, workshops, hotel for travelers, survey afterwards
Guests at an evening summer party under string lightsPhoto: J. Weisner / UnsplashHoliday partyShort registration, meal, plus-one, waitlist for limited seats
Company events and employee formats with AirLST
Telefónica Zalando About You Munich Airport medi

Telefónica manages 2,000 attendees with reusable design templates and plans its events in-house; Essity ran a top-management event with 150 attendees, deputies and ten workshops in AirLST; Munich Airport ran its summer party with QR tickets and 20 check-in points. Industries: manufacturing, retail and consumer brands.

08Outcome

What corporate event management with AirLST gives your team

Fewer questions. More party.

  • 01
    No sign-up sheet, no retypingRSVPs, plus-ones and meals arrive in the list through the link. The spreadsheet goes away because there is nothing left to collect.
  • 02
    Reliable numbers for catering and driversA filter instead of an estimate; cancellations up to the day change the total on their own.
  • 03
    Every location in viewCapacity, shuttle and RSVPs per site; headquarters sees everything, each location its own part.
  • 04
    Check-in without a lineA scan instead of a name search, plus-ones included, live attendance for everyone who needs it.
  • 05
    The next party is already set upCopy the template, change the date, send invitations. Reporting and survey from the last event sit right next to it.

Your team should celebrate. Not reconcile lists.

What is corporate event management?

Corporate event management is the planning and running of events a company hosts for its own people and guests: summer parties, anniversaries, kickoffs, town halls and holiday parties. It brings four things together: the invitation to every employee, a registration that captures what catering and logistics need to know, the guest list as a shared status for everyone involved, and check-in on the day. Depending on the occasion, plus-ones, several locations with shuttles, a program with limited seats, a seating chart for the anniversary and the analysis afterwards come on top. The hard part is not any single list but keeping them consistent while everything keeps changing until the day.

Corporate event management means one list everyone works on, instead of six that someone has to reconcile.

How does a company event run in AirLST?

HR imports the employee list with department and location and sends the invitation in the company design with a calendar file. Everyone RSVPs through their personal link, registers a plus-one, meal and shuttle, and receives a confirmation with a QR ticket. The guest list shows RSVPs per location, catering filters by meal, drivers by shuttle, and reminders go to everyone without a reply. On the day, the team scans tickets at the entrance and attendance is visible live. Afterwards, reporting and the survey provide the numbers for next time.

Which data and building blocks does a company event need?

Per guest: name, department, location, email; RSVP with timestamp; plus-one with name and meal; dietary restrictions; shuttle or travel; selected program items; ticket; attendance. The building blocks are invitation management, event registration with extra fields, the guest list with capacities and a waitlist, the QR ticket and check-in. Special configurations cover edge cases: Catering Manager for meal time slots, Hotel and Transfer for guests traveling in from other locations.

Which company events does it fit?

Every internal occasion with registration: the summer party or family day with plus-ones and a kids' program, the company anniversary or gala with outside guests, a seating chart and name badges, the kickoff or town hall with workshops and travel from several locations, and the holiday party with a short registration and a waitlist. Customer events of the same company use the same building blocks with a different tone; how the two differ is covered under email invitations. Larger formats with a program and sessions are covered by conference management.

10FAQ

Questions about corporate event management

What does a corporate event manager do?

A corporate event manager plans and runs a company's own events: budget, venue, catering, program, vendors, and everything that concerns the guests. The guest side is where most of the hours go: sending invitations, tracking RSVPs, collecting plus-ones, meal choices and travel details, passing headcounts to the caterer and the drivers, and checking people in on the day. Corporate event management software takes over that part, so the manager can focus on the event itself.

Do you need an event agency or corporate event management software?

Often both, for different jobs. An agency handles venue, production and staging; software handles the guest data, from the invitation to check-in and the survey afterwards. AirLST is free for up to 50 guests per event; larger plans are listed on the pricing page.

How do you invite employees to a company event?

With a personalized email in your company design, a link to online registration and a calendar file attached. Addresses come in by import from HR or your directory, with department and location as fields, so each unit sees its own RSVPs. Reminders go out automatically to everyone who has not replied. Details under email invitations.

How do you run one company event for several locations?

With one guest list in which every guest carries their location, and with capacities per location. Shuttle times, hotel needs and travel are asked at registration; headquarters filters the list by location and status, and each site sees its own part. Anniversaries and kickoffs with guests from every plant run the same way.

How does the caterer get reliable numbers for a company party?

From the guest list: RSVPs, plus-ones and dietary restrictions are stored on each guest record, and a filter returns the count per menu plus an export for the caterer. Cancellations up to the day change the number automatically, and live attendance at check-in shows who actually came.

How do you measure the success of an employee event?

With registration rate, attendance and no-show rate from event reporting, and with feedback from a post-event survey. Together they make the case for next year's budget, and the template for the next event is already set up.
Events made easy

Your next company event. No sign-up sheet.

In 15 minutes, we show you how invitations, registration with plus-ones, locations and check-in work together in AirLST. Or start on your own, free for up to 50 guests.