Extending Invitations to Special Company Events
Guidelines and Alternate Phrases
Show your enthusiasm about the event. Avoid a “business-as-usual” tone.
Extend the invitation, including date, time, and place.
We would like to invite you to….
Please be our guest….
We are eagerly awaiting your answer—would you be able to join us at…?
You are cordially invited to….
May we count on you to join us…?
You are the center of our attention. As such, we want to you to show up next….
Include all the necessary details: the appropriate attire, any fee, an expected gift, and so forth.
Please feel free to come casually dressed.
This black-tie event will include….
Regular business attire will be the order of the day.
The complimentary meal will be provided by….
A small admission charge of $35 will cover the price of dinner, two drinks, and games for the children.
Mention the purpose of the event: a farewell, an award, an appreciation dinner, opportunities for networking among customers, or such.
Our purpose in gathering is to allow you the opportunity to meet with other subcontractors who may want to share their experience and mutual leads.
This dinner will give us a chance to express our appreciation to Joe Barnes as he leaves Tulsa.
This resort holiday allows us to express to you, our client, how much we appreciate your business month after month.
State whether another representative (associate, spouse, or another guest) is invited to attend if the reader cannot be present.
Please feel free to send a colleague if you yourself can’t attend.
We are limiting this event to one guest from each department.
If you cannot attend, please ask a colleague who you think can share your views on the subject.
We hope all CEOs from the invited organizations can attend personally because we feel that other designated representatives would not have the insights we hope to garner at this event.
Ask for a response to a designated person by a certain date; if no response is necessary, say so.
Please call Linda Laughton by May 9 to reserve your table.
Please let Madge Mayfield know by May 9 if you plan to attend.
We must have your answer by May 9 to make all the necessary arrangements.
We would appreciate an RSVP to Dana Letterman at ext. 2895. But if your schedule is unpredictable and at the last moment you find time to drop by, please come and don’t worry about the RSVP.
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