Two Shows, one more to GO!

This week we have had some guests in our Romanian office, two of our Directors; Kerry and Phil  and our new Repairs and Testing Administrator  from our Cwmbran office; Josh. The purpose of the visit as always is to ensure that everyone who joins Airquee  in the UK knows exactly what happens at the very heart of our company.  Josh has overseen the entire process from initial order receipt, design, printing, cutting, stitching and the quality control testing. Kerry and Josh are flying home tomorrow as the office in Cwmbran are already missing these guys; apparently it is too quiet without Kerry; no idea what they mean??!

Yesterday was an Airquee FIRST when we did our first ever Facebook Live: With Bridget Jones aka Lady McIvor, if you were fortunate enough to see it we really hope that you enjoyed it, if you didn’t you can view it on Kerry’s Facebook page or via the link below…and very soon it will be on our website too. Since it went Live she has been inundated with questions, product enquiries and positive feedback so it seems that showing the World what happens behind the scenes has enhanced our business and given everyone peace of mind! We’ve posted it on social media as a whole clip, because the internet kept cutting off due to the proper winter they have in Romania!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODHSLnOmo-I&t=4s

This year has started out with a BANG! Our two shows from Republic of Ireland and the INPAS 2017 at Cambridge were a HUGE success! The feedback to our newly launched Nickelodeon products was astounding! We currently offer 7 themes on a range of inflatables, and we’re planning to expand our range with the progression of our collaboration with Nickelodeon! All our artworks are amazing looking, crisp and very clear!

“Airquee are on tour” in Northern Ireland on Saturday 11^th and Sunday 12^th February 2017, we will have all of our amazing products on show at the Cooley Castles Play Barn, 47 Cooley Road, Beragh, Omagh, County Tyrone, BT79 0SP. The doors open at 9am and will close at 5pm both days of the event. So make sure you bring your family and friends, ESPECIALLY the decision makers to assure you get your inflatables for First Holy Communion and Confirmation celebrations. We know you can’t ever have enough inflatables and with the launch of Nickelodeon maybe you’ll see something eye-catching (WHICH, I’m certain of as they look absolutely BRILLIANT!).

Airquee and Nickelodeon?

Airquee and Nickelodeon?

What a hectic week this has been preparing for the SHOWS!!!  Last weekend we had an incredibly successful show at Bounce Ireland at our Airquee Show at the Republic of Ireland; this will be repeated in October too.  This weekend is all about INPAS 2017.  Starting on the Sunday 22nd and Monday 23rd at The Event Arena Wood Green Animals Charity, London Road, Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire PE29 2NH. The gates will open at 9:30am and will close at 4:00pm both days of the event! As usual we have our Team from Romania at the show. We have the biggest stand this year, and oh boy we have some fantastic fully licensed Nickelodeon branded inflatables for you guys to play on! So make sure you come to our TWO stands at the INPAS 2017 show, any questions you have will be handled by our team!

Yes you’ve read that correctly! The mystery has been unveiled and Social Media went into overdrive the other night and I gather Kerry was actually chatting with a customer at 2.30am!!! Now that is commitment!

We are proud to announce that we are manufacturing inflatables and softplay with fully licensed artwork from Nickelodeon! We cannot express fully how excited we are that Nickelodeon chose Airquee after doing a lot of research into the suppliers in Europe, and among all, Airquee were the chosen ones! This is due to our complete ownership of the design, print, cut, manufacture, quality control and distribution channels! And what we’re really pleased to announce is you will receive a fully licensed artwork on your inflatable with a Certificate of Authenticity!

   

 

2017 Alreadyy!

WOOOOW!! Here we are 2017 ALREADY!!!  This is the first Airquee blog for the New Year and what a year it is set to be….

THIS WEEKEND Airquee are on tour as Phil and Julia will be at the Republic of Ireland Airquee Show in partnership with Bounce Ireland; this is at the home of Bounce Ireland at Carriage Road, Navan, Co Meath. On Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th the doors will be opening at 9am until 5pm both days! There will be lots and lots of amazing inflatables and games for you to play on and even take away with you on the day so remember to bring your children as they are the best critics and DO NOT FORGET CASH OR CARD to pay with!  This is also a great opportunity for you to place orders in time for the big Communion and Confirmation time of year bookings!

The NEXT HUGE EVENT we are preparing for is INPAS 2017 on the Sunday 22nd and Monday 23rd at The Event Arena Wood Green Animals Charity, London Road, Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire PE29 2NH. The gates will open at 9:30am and will close ate 4:00pm both days of the event! At INPAS this year Airquee have an incredibly exciting announcement and launch so make sure you are there!!!  Our stand this year is the BIGGEST EVER with many new products and designs for you to add to your hire fleet.

 Ensure that you are following Airquee on ALL SOCIAL MEDIA platforms as you want to be the FIRST to hear everything!

We made it!

Happy Holidays! Yes we’ve made it, and we can gladly say, that we accomplished our goals for 2016, and we are looking forward to 2017 with new and exciting projects. Even if we’re looking forward for a 2 week of shutdown, we are still planning for the 2017 season and for the first shows of the year, the Republic of Ireland (14^th and 15^th of January) and the INPAS 2017 show (21^st and 22^nd of January). So make sure you stick around to find out more interesting stuff and follow us on all our social media platforms. 

As mentioned on the previous blog, our colleagues from Romania have their annual shutdown, and they are off until the 4^th January (which is great!). At this point everyone should be preparing for Christmas and having a laid back period. The factory is empty and silent, no machines rumbling, no people moving around, no testing, no problems! Its peace and quiet for 2 weeks. 

In our office in Cwmbran, work is still going on, and preparation for the Christmas meal with the staff has happened. We had almost everyone from the staff out, well, Kerry is ill so she had to miss this one out! (Poor Kerry). It’s sort of annual tradition where our Cwmbran colleagues have this “family” moment, it makes our team grow stronger!

With this blog, we want to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year! Airquee want to thank everyone for contributing to our growth and helping us becoming who we are, and better every day! See you in 2017, with new and exciting things!

Holiday feeling!

It’s about that time of the year when we can gladly say we made it! It’s the last full working week for our colleagues in Romania, because the Factory shutdown is due on the 21^st, which gives them a head start in the festive feeling and the preparations for the Holidays. On the other hand, in our Cwmbran office, we’re preparing for the next weeks Secret Santa, organized and managed by Ollie! More details will come on the next week’s blog, so make sure you stay tuned.

In Romania, we have had one of the coldest days this year. The temperature went well below 0 (yes it was really, really cold -15⁰C!!), which makes us want the holidays faster so we won’t need to go outside, it’s too cold. It hasn't stopped people in the factory testing the units, even though there's snow on the ground. On a positive note, the Factory managed to send out every order in time for Christmas, which we take pride in. An excellent end to an excellent year! 

Our colleagues in Cwmbran, are preparing for a staff night out next week to celebrate Christmas as a team! We’re expecting a few pictures and a lots of stories, which we might even share on next week’s blog. Next week, the Cwmbran office will be the most complete for this time of year, as people are away planning their festive activities and using annual leave, so it was the best time to plan it.

Stayed tuned next week, we’ll be having a sum up of the 2016 year with some details of the last working week in Romania, and the staff night out!

We’re almost there!

It’s Friday again, and this week was no exception in the volume of work. We have had an almost full office this week, except Sol who’s off for 2 weeks recharging after spending all year spreading the word of Airquee across Europe. We’ve had two of our Romanian colleagues visit our Cwmbran office this week, Adam from Logistics and Viktor from Marketing. Their dedication to making everything run as well as it possible can shows, as it’s all business and no pleasure, except when they treat everyone in the office to some fantastic Romanian chocolates. A nice Christmas treat for everyone! We already foresee a really busy and productive 2017 so make sure you’ve made your orders and are checking the website for constant updates of new products!

2016 isn’t over yet though and we’ve spoke about how busy we are with everyone in the Romanian factory packing the final lorry to arrive in Cwmbran this year! It will be a busy time preparing the final shipment so that orders arriving are sent out before Christmas. It’s been a great year, and the final dispatch of the year marks the end it, and we can look forward to a bit of leisure time over the festive period when the factory shuts down.

This blog is a bit short, but we’re determined to keep you updated as much as we can about the goings on at Airquee. Quality without compromise is what we aim for, and after another week of success, we’re looking forward to the next, and there are only two more until the end of the year!

The Countdown has Begun!

We made it! It’s the 2^nd December, we’re feeling festive and as ready as we’ll ever be to embrace the Holiday Spirit, with this week marking the start of opening of Advent Calendars. In the Cwmbran office, Ollie and Sol from our lovely Sales Team, have taken time to decorate the place. It’s definitely made everyone here feel the festive spirit, along with customers who come to visit us and our showroom, and Phil even added to the atmosphere with more decorations before everyone came in this morning!

Our factories in Romania have been closed Wednesday and yesterday for their national holidays of St Andrew’s Day and National Day. We have certainly missed colleagues not being around and it shows how much teamwork is needed from both ends to make a final product, with care and quality for our customers. This also brings us even closer to our annual factory shutdown, which is a few days before Christmas, 21^st December being the last working day in Romania, just two days before the Cwmbran office closes on the 23^rd December.

And a quick weather report! We had our first temperatures below zero in the UK, which means it’s the perfect time to look around our fantastic stock for indoors inflatables! There has also been a blizzard in Romania, but luckily everyone’s indoors and busy working on getting your inflatables to you before Christmas. It's like Santa's workshop with all the staff busy at work!

We’re definitely feeling the Friday vibe and it’s been a different week with the factory closed for two days and temperatures falling, but we’re pushing hard to fulfill all the orders that were sent in until November to arrive to you before Christmas!