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| - I've attended events, the past two years in a row, at the Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre Hotel, in the Grand Ballroom.
I'm part of the "social committee" at my office, which is way less cool than it sounds, and was therefore part of organizing this event. The committee is like Rob Ford and therefore has little actual power (Thank GOD, in the case of Rob Ford) and so we don't actually select the location. We select very minor things, like DJ services, menu, etc. And of course, the theme. This year was Mardi Gras. It's been done, I know, but beads and masks are cheap and cheapliness is next to Godliness at this firm.
So our firm event (which is strictly for the firm, no spouses, sad face) took place yesterday with many, many glitches. I won't really list them here because they were boring glitches, but the catering services staff didn't get many things right (including serving people with food allergies special dishes that wouldn't make them...um...how do you say? Die...and many other things). It was disappointing because no matter the budget, you know when there are 250+ people in the room eating and drinking and drinking and drinking that a significant chunk of change is being spent and it's sad to see that spending be in vain and be the subject of regret later on.
Hotel banquet food, no matter the hotel, seems to always be the same. Chicken, roast beef carving station, dessert buffet. It's no wonder why the City of Brampton (where my mother works) just holds their holiday party at the Mandarin. Because really, at the end of the day, the food is ok and most people go for the dessert anyway.
I also feel like I'm at a wedding no matter the type of event, when it's held in a hotel function room. Except for in the case of yesterday, when there was a convention on cord blood banking and breastfeeding going on in the next room and lots of pamphlets about it on the floors. Mmmm......banquet dinner, cord blood, dessert buffet, breastfeeding.....amuse bouche, alright.
For a city like this, you would think that the larger hotel chains would take note of what constitutes a "good" event and act accordingly, but it seems even the Marriott doesn't care enough to step up the quality of the menu, the decor or anything else for that matter.
What's more unfortunate is that by virtue of it's location, this place will continue to receive banquet business without really having to work for it. Ah well.
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