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About Us

The History

 
 
 
 

Oasis was founded in 1996. Based in the centre of the UK serving the whole country, we are an independent family business dedicated to providing the "wow" factor at your event.

Our Founder is Biny Gregory, whose daughter and son-in-law Dany and Mark Fremantle are now directors and run Oasis with a team of brilliant office and onsite staff.

1995

Founder Biny Gregory buys a tent for her garden from the tent souk in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia.

1996

Biny and her daughters run the first Oasis Café at Campus Festival in Devon.
The tents are hired out for the first time to Welbeck Abbey in Nottinghamshire and then clients across the UK.

1997

Biny and Tony Gregory do the first lining job at Farmington Quarry, Gloucestershire, written up in The Times by Anne Robinson

1999

Oasis featured on television for the first time for the Forsyte Saga

2000

www.oasistents.co.uk was born

2002

First Oasis event in central London for GSP

2004

Biny's daughter Dany, who had worked for international events company Jack Morton Worldwide, and her husband Mark (who worked for IBM) decide to set up a branch covering London and the South East (Oasis2) whilst Biny with her branch and equipment continue to serve the South West and West Midlands (Oasis1).

2005

Oasis London and South East is launched based in Hertfordshire.
Largest yet Bedouin Village installed inside ExCel.

2006

New cubed pouffe seating introduced.
Oasis travels further afield, transforming a wintry tractor barn into a cosy Kasbah for 300 guests in stormy Scotland

2007

Oasis are now able to offer 3m, 4.5m, 6m, 9m, 10m, 12m, and 15m wide linings the last of which were launched in 2007 for a wedding for 400 guests in Essex.
Oasis work alongside a fantastic team of event planners on a range of events.

2008

Oasis 1 and Oasis 2 merge in new premises  in central England still covering the whole country and form new company Oasis Events ltd.
The next generation of Oasis arrives - Dany and Mark have identical twin boys.
Staff at Oasis include members who have been with us for seven years.

2009

Oasis Rococo is launched; a contemporary, baroque-inspired look with an elegant, neutral background of black, white and grey.  Broad stripes feature a black, damask-style print.

New software is up and running to further streamline our processes and two babies are born to members of the Oasis team - first a girl, then a boy!  Two of our team are on maternity leave with excellent cover in place from November.

Oasis WINS the hire Association Europe's 2009 award for Excellence in Customer Care and is finalist in this year's Gloucestershire Business Awards in the Customer Care and Service category.

2010

Oasis starts the year with our first Bespoke Lining launched at the Passenger Shed in Bristol for Hype Party Planning.  Oasis wallpapered the vast christmas party venue in "Dickensian" style with a plum and gold background and intricate gold patterns.

Oasis SCARLET and JASMINE arrrive, and we welcome back all the maternity leavers.


Our new PR initiative gets results.


 

 
 
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Oasis Specialist Tent Hire is a division of Oasis Events Ltd. | Company No. 6458502 | Registered in England and Wales
Unit 13, Cotswold Business Village, Moreton in Marsh, GL56 0JQ | T: 01608 651100

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