Archive for March, 2011
Kingston Council forms partnership to recruit volunteers Olympic Projects
Event organisers are being urged to register for volunteers to help them ahead of the 2012 Olympics. Kingston Volunteer Centre, John Lewis, Kingston College and Kingston Council have formed a partnership which aims to recruit volunteers for one-off sport, leisure and cultural activities. Anyone organising an event in the borough will be able to register [...]
Eventia Awards 2011
The Eventia Awards will be held on Friday 18th November 2011 at the Hilton on Park Lane, London. The Eventia Awards have been in existence in various forms for over 20 years. They reward and recognise excellence in the events industry and specifically the projects that are developed and organised by event professionals. Created, developed [...]
ACC Liverpool to host Global Entrepreneurship Congress in 2012
ACC Liverpool, home to BT Convention Centre Liverpool is to host the Global Entrepreneurship Congress which brings together thought leaders, economists and entrepreneurs from over 100 countries. The event takes place in March 2012 and will see delegates from across the world congregate at the iconic waterside convention centre and at various fringe events across [...]
UniversalProcon Announce Profits of over £2m
In its final set of results before its merger with WorldEvents, UniversalProcon today announced its results for the Financial Year ending September 2010 which show Profit Before Tax at a consolidated level, including the US and travel related subsidiary ATW, at £2,156,051. This compares with a corresponding figure of £(168,600) for the Year Ending September [...]
MICE, Events and Entertainment Professionals Plan Meeting at the Premier Middle East EVENT Show in Dubai
Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Leading regional and international MICE, Events and Entertainment players are confirming their participation at the premier international trade show for the Events industry in the Middle East – the Middle East EVENT Show 2011, the organisers have announced. The show will be held from 1 – 2 June 2011 at the [...]
ITB Berlin – Awards at Elevations’ biggest ever show
Elevations Exhibitions & Design has just returned from a ITB Berlin 2011 having produced stands for a record number of exhibitors, including the award winning Jordan Tourism Board stand. At the Berlin exhibition, Elevations produced 19 stands using a labour force of 55 people. This is the most stands that it has completed in a [...]
Breathtaking locations in Cornwall set to play host outdoor cinema screenings
A series of stunning locations capturing the heart of Cornwall’s beauty will be the setting for a season of outdoor cinema screenings. Film lovers will be able to watch their favourite flicks on a giant screen in the most unusual places this summer, including the grounds of Pendennis Castle, on a beach in West Cornwall [...]
ESSA Launches Member Discount Card
At the 2011 AGM, on Thursday 23 March, ESSA announced the launch of its latest ground breaking initiative, the ESSA Discount Card, which provides 15% to 20% discounts at numerous concessions within its participating venues. The scheme is launched with an impressive list of venue concessions, the growing list includes familiar brands at The NEC [...]
RSVP – London’s Event Showcase is all set for a perfect event with the help of 2CL Communications
Event communications specialist, 2CL Communications Ltd, has been appointed as the Official Communications Partner for RSVP – London’s Event Showcase this year. The company will be hiring a full two-way radio system to RSVP to ensure the event organisers and security staff can communicate with ease and act quickly should a problem or emergency arise [...]
Showsec Strengthen Management Team
Showsec’s continuing growth within the live event sector has been aided by the recently announced next phase of their operational restructure. The award winning event and venue security specialists’ ongoing expansion, across England, Scotland and Wales, has meant that the internal structure has progressed from two to three regions. Breaking these down to Northern, Midlands [...]
Visit Birmingham targets Eastern European holiday makers
Visit Birmingham welcomed 22 international buyers on behalf of tour operators from Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary on a fact-finding mission this month as part of its strategy to build on the 32.6 million visitors that come to the city each year. The trip was organised in conjunction with Visit Britain, which is delivering a [...]
Trumble joins Tribe
Experiential Marketing specialist, Tribe, has appointed Sarah Trumble as Client Services Director. Sarah joins Tribe after leaving her position of General Manager at Gyro Live, part of international Marketing Communications agency GyroHSR, where she helped grow their event division, delivering large scale, high profile and worldwide events for clients including CA Technologies, SportsAid and Shell. [...]
Etherlive to present future technologies for the live event sector
Etherlive intend to reinforce their reputation as live events’ most progressive technology provider by hosting The Gathering at Lord’s Cricket Ground on Wednesday 30th March. The Gathering audience will be presented with a sneak preview of emerging technology trends and discuss the innovations that will characterise the live event sector over the coming months and [...]
HBAA’s reactions to the budget 2011
Members of the HBAA turned to the Chancellor’s budget yesterday to see the effects on the accommodation and meetings and events booking sector. The Chancellor, who is looking to “put fuel into the tank of the British economy”, engendered comments from across the association whose buying power in the sector accounts for £2.3bn. Reacting to [...]
Isle of Wight festival applies to for new licence to increase capacity by 20,000
An application under the Isle of Wight Act has already been made by organiser Solo and there is an April 12 deadline for a Licensing Act application for an extra 20,000 people. That would push the number of people attending June’s Seaclose Park event, to be headlined by Foo Fighters, Kasabian and Kings of Leon, [...]
Festival Republic to launch a new event in the US
The organiser of both Reading Festival and Leeds Festival is to launch a new event in the US, it has been announced. Festival Republic is to hold a 50,000-capacity music festival in Orlando, Florida, this November. Speaking about the new festival, Festival republic managing director Melvin Benn said: “Festival Republic is not called Festival Republic [...]
Gloucestershire’s cheese rolling event cancelled after threats of violence
Gloucestershire’s famous annual cheese rolling has been cancelled after organisers said they had been threatened with violence. The event was called off in 2010 after concerns about safety because of the number of spectators it attracts. Plans for a new two-day event, with tickets costing £20, were announced in January but organisers said the public [...]
Research reveals Kia Oval at heart of cricket’s changing demographics
The Kia Oval represents the changing face of corporate hospitality in the results of a new survey published by Keith Prowse. Research conducted by Experian’s PH Group in conjunction with Keith Prowse, the UK’s hospitality leader, has revealed that a younger generation of companies now opt to entertain at international cricket matches. While cricket has [...]
Wondering Wine Company commissions vintage fleet for events
Trailer and brand environment specialists Mobile Technik has been commissioned by new outside wine service the Wondering Wine Company to create four vintage styled wine trailers, ready for a busy summer season. Mobile Technik has worked with Simon Swift, Managing Director of the Wondering Wine Company to create the unusual vintage vehicles, which will specialise [...]
Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Uses RFID Wristbands For Events Access Control
Security wristband company, ID&C are set to provide a full RFID solution for the admission control at the famed Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in California. ID&C, leaders in admission control for live events, will supply RFID wristbands to accompany a complete contactless access control solution for April’s Coachella Festival. The wristbands will enhance [...]
Entec Supplies Lighting & New Media Server for The Australian Pink Floyd Show
West London based lighting and sound rental house Entec is supplying lighting, rigging and part of the visuals package, including a new – and the first in the UK – Green Hippo Grasshopper HD media server – to the current Australian Pink Floyd Show tour. The band’s lighting designer is Phil White and the show [...]
Aztec showcases innovative new technologies
Aztec Event Services has showcased its exciting new technologies at an in-house technical session for an invited audience including delegates from Reed Exhibitions and Blondefish. These included a seamless display wall made up of Christie MicroTiles, with hands-free 3D object manipulation via Xbox Kinect, as well as the use of iPads in events environment. For [...]
Nottingham company to run prestigious sports conference
Nottingham-based creative agency The Media Group (TMG) have won the rights to produce a major conference for one of Europe’s leading sports groups. The European Women and Sport (EWS) group have appointed TMG to run their biannual conference in London this autumn, attracting 300 of the most influential women in sport. Produced in conjunction with [...]
The Museum of Science & Industry names new sales manager
The Museum of Science & Industry, a premium central Manchester venue offering ten rooms for meetings and events has strengthened its sales team with the appointment of Lucy Cort to the position of sales manager. Lucy will assume responsibility of managing event co-ordination, reviewing and updating sales and marketing activity, whilst driving new sales for [...]
Renegade at London Fashion Week
London based creative lighting design consultancy Renegade designed lighting for the main British Fashion Council (BFC) Tent and peripheral areas in and around Somerset House for the recent London Fashion Week event, together with 4 major innovative off site shows for the Matthew Williamson, Temperley, Julien Macdonald and Hardy Amies collections. Renegade’s Nick Gray once [...]
New offices for DBpixelhouse
Following a sustained period of growth, as well as taking on new staff, DBpixelhouse, the creative arm of IT and AV rental company DB Systems, has moved into bigger offices. DBpixelhouse was set up by c in 2009, to supply design agencies, exhibitors and event organisers with content, including software, animation, graphics and videos, which [...]
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