With the world slowly climbing out of recession, it has been a difficult year so far for businesses of all sizes and the events industry, perhaps more than others, would be expected to suffer, but as one events website found over the summer, the marquee hire industry has been standing strong.

www.marqueehireguide.com, a marquee advertising and lead providing website saw an unprecedented level of enquiries and website usage during the summer of 2009. These enquiries were for events being held in 2009, 2010 and 2011 which suggests that people are having the confidence to book large events, despite the global economic downturn. In May to August 2009 the website received 227,000 page views, compared to 92,000 the year before.

Gary Bennett at www.marqueehireguide.com said: Talking to marquee hire company owners at a recent trade show The Showman’s Show in Newbury, most talked of a really good summer of trading and many confirmed advanced bookings for summer 2010. As the UK’s economy looks to take an upward turn the outlook is carefully optimistic for the Marquee Hire industry, in part because the summer of 2009, which was widely predicted to be extremely difficult, was for many, not as bad as it could have been.

Marquees are a great way of ensuring that you have a gorgeous space undercover for any occasion. Marquees are used for a variety of activities including weddings, corporate events and keystone birthday parties. If you are considering getting a marquee hire company make sure you speak to the professionals and get a number of quotes to ensure you are getting a fair deal from the people in your area. Other things you might want to consider at your event are portable loos and caterers. And if there are going to be large numbers of visitors I would seriously consider skip hire.