CASE STUDY · AWARDS CEREMONY
Daikin Awards Night 2025
Annual recognition gala for Daikin Singapore — 600 guests, hotel ballroom, live awards, entertainment
The Brief
Daikin Singapore came to Get Out! Events in September 2025 with a clear objective: produce their year-end awards night that recognised top performers across sales, service, and operations divisions — while delivering an evening that would make staff feel genuinely valued, not just attended.
The brief called for a Red Carpet arrival experience, formal dinner, 22 award categories across 5 departments, entertainment between award rounds, and a surprise highlight performance for the finale. Daikin's leadership team wanted the event to feel premium — comparable to a hospitality industry gala — without exceeding a defined per-pax budget.
The Challenge
- 22 award categories needed to be paced across the evening without losing energy or running overtime — a common failure mode at recognition events.
- Mixed audience: Sales directors alongside warehouse operations staff — the entertainment and atmosphere needed to feel inclusive and celebratory rather than elitist.
- Tight production timeline: Full ballroom setup (AV rig, staging, LED backdrop, floral, table dressing) had to be completed by 5:30pm for a 7:00pm start.
- Surprise finale act required coordination without the information reaching staff — logistics had to be kept entirely separate from the main event team.
Our Solution
Programme structure: We restructured the award sequence to alternate between "high frequency" departmental awards (multiple recipients at once) and "hero" individual awards with personalised video tributes. This meant the room energy never dropped — every award round felt different.
Entertainment integration: Rather than treating entertainment as separate from awards, we wove 3-minute performances between award rounds — a spoken word performance, a comedy segment, and a dance showcase from an external troupe. Each was kept to exactly 3 minutes to maintain pacing.
Production timeline: We brought in two separate production teams — one for AV/staging and one for F&B/décor — running parallel setup tracks from 8am to 5:30pm. Full tech rehearsal completed by 6:15pm.
Surprise act: A renowned Singapore singer was confirmed separately and kept off all event briefing materials. The act was introduced during dessert — 600 guests had no prior knowledge. Reaction was captured on camera and became the most-shared content from the event.
The Outcome
"The night ran like clockwork. Every award felt meaningful, the entertainment hit at exactly the right moments, and the finale was genuinely surprising. Our team was still talking about it a week later."
— HR Director, Daikin Singapore
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