The Pop Up Hotel has chosen a Hampshire-based contractor to provide 24-hour security for its compound at Glastonbury Festival, this summer.
Topher will provide day and night security for the The Pop Up Hotel compound which includes the self catering The Pop Up Motel area. Topher will also provide stewarding and traffic management services to The Pop Up Hotel during the three days of the festival proper, June 24 to 26.
The Pop Up Hotel has been providing hotel-standard ‘glamping’ facilities to festivals, events and impromptu resorts since 2011. Glastonbury this year will be The Pop Up Hotel’s biggest event to date, creating a hotel from canvas bell tents plus a mix of yurts, Airstream trailers and even gypsy caravans, all a short walk from the main festival site. Featured are concierge and reception services, a dining room and lounge. The Pop Up Hotel’s managing director, Mark Sorill, said: “When I was looking for a security firm that would be a good fit for the needs of The Pop Up Hotel at Glastonbury 2015, I wanted one that could deliver effective, reliable security with a strong customer service ethic, as well as accredited traffic management personnel to manage cars, on and off the public highway. We want our guests and their belongings to be safe and secure, and that means a continuous security presence day and night. But I don’t want our guests to see it as a heavy security presence. Topher strikes exactly the right balance, providing smartly dressed, fully trained personnel with great interpersonal skills and approachable demeanour.”
On-site for nearly a fortnight, Topher Ltd will also be bringing its Nepalese Curry Tent to the hotel, providing spicy sustenance to guests, staff and the Topher employees who are camping out during their deployment.
Angel Kotsev, Topher’s head of security and on-site manager for the deployment, said: “This is precisely what Topher does best, providing a robust and vigilant security umbrella for an event and expert traffic management, whilst delivering impeccable service to guests and visitors.”
About the firm
Based in Fleet, and founded in 2007, Topher Ltd. specialises in security, parking and traffic management services for live events. Topher has a core staff of former Gurkhas, who have brought their military training and professionalism to over 200 events in the last seven years, including The Ryder Cup, The Country Life Fair, RHS Wisley Flower Show, Chatsworth Country Fair and RAF Waddington Air Show near Lincoln.
Pictured, courtesy of The Pop Up Hotel: the Mughal Pavilion.
