Archive for May, 2011
Evans to leave Brand Events to set up own business
Brand Events announced today that Chief Operating Officer, Andrew Evans, is to leave the organisation in August 2011to set up his own events business. Having joined Brand Events at the end of 2007, Evans has been working alongside the board of directors to build a business which now has offices in Australia, New Zealand, South [...]
The FA Cup arrives at Old Trafford?
The FA Cup made its first public appearance following the Wembley final when it was paraded in front of a 600-strong audience attending Fashion Kicks 2011 at The Point at Old Trafford Cricket Ground. Hosted by Manchester City and Republic of Ireland International goalkeeper Shay Given, and his wife Jane, Fashion Kicks 2011 took place [...]
Payne and Gunter appoints sales manager
Alana Bicknell has been appointed as sales manager of catering company, Payne and Gunter. As part of the sales team, Alana will be responsible for finding new revenue streams, building venue relationships and increasing the profile of the Payne and Gunter brand. Alana is joining the team from the Royal Albert Hall where she worked [...]
Gearhouse Splitbeam Provides Lighting For Superstar
Pieter Toerien’s spectacular version of the well-known musical, Jesus Christ Superstar opened this May at Cape Town’s, Artscape Opera House to tumultuous applause. This was the latest in a string of smash-hit musicals for which theatre equipment supplier, Gearhouse Splitbeam supplied the Lighting rig. The company offers niche theatre-specific equipment on a long-term rental basis [...]
Skate & Surf Trade Show Cancelled
The UK’s only trade show for suppliers of goods related to board sports has been cancelled. HUB 2011 was due to be held at the Bristol Amphitheatre on the 16th-17th August. The trade only event was targeted at buyers and retailers of hardware, apparel, footwear and accessories connected to board sports. Organisers Brintex events had [...]
Action packed summer for Jamie Oliver’s Fabulous Feasts
Jamie Oliver’s Fabulous Feasts has a diverse and exciting summer ahead, having won the contracts to cater for VIPs at two very different events this July; High Voltage Festival and Henley Regatta. The team will also be taking up residence to serve the hungry cricket fans at Lords Cricket ground for matches from 3rd June. [...]
ACC Liverpool receives a double win at the TMP Tourism Awards
The Mersey Partnership (TMP) Tourism Awards 2011, which took place last night (Thursday 26th May), saw ACC Liverpool achieve the award for Sustainable Tourism and the BT Convention Centre – part of ACC Liverpool – win the award for Excellence in Business Tourism. Organised by the official tourist board for the Liverpool City Region, the [...]
Internet World first show to benefit from Melville’s new LeadManager
UBM is the first organiser to deploy Melville’s LeadManager across an entire show at Internet World, where almost all of the exhibitors took the opportunity to use the system. Melville’s exhibitor services manager Clair Ray described the result as a “stunning success” with positive feedback from the organiser and from exhibitors. “They found the system [...]
Robe Lights ‘La Grace’ with Style
Robe lighting was invited by the Czech Consulate in Athens, Greece, to create a special lighting scheme for the official launch of “La Grace”, a replica of the famous 17th century corsair (pirate) ship captained by Czech seafarer Augustin Heřman, which took place in the exclusive and picturesque harbour at Flisvos Marina, Athens. The vessel [...]
Open Air Cinema Plans Cancelled After Council Refuse to Grant Alcohol License
An open-air cinema, planned as part of Glasgow’s West End Festival, has been cancelled after council officials refused to grant a licence to serve alcohol. The cinema, which was due to be constructed in the city’s Kelvingrove Park, had planned to screen movies including Dirty Dancing and Mamma Mia over a four-night period. As the [...]
Mojo Barriers northern office already a festival success
Mojo Barriers’ York based northern office is already enjoying a successful start to the summer festival circuit. The new office which opened in April 2011 has already provided services for Radio 1’s Big Weekend and is preparing for new contract win Newcastle’s Evolution Festival. The Mojo Barrier team led by managing director, Jim Gaffney supplied [...]
Handsie Display designed and built new catering areas for Sodexo at the Chelsea Flower Show
Handsie Display, one of the leading event design and build companies for mobile bars and catering areas, have supplied Sodexo with 11 catering areas at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show. Sodexo wanted a new look and feel for several of their catering areas at this year’s event and turned to Handsie to design, create and [...]
Portable Building Supplier Wins Chelsea & Tatton Park Flower Show Contracts
Portable building supplier PW Hire has further developed its relationship with the Royal Horticultural Society having secured a contract to supply units to this year’s Chelsea Flower Show and Tatton Park Flower Show. The company already supply units to the RHS for the Hampton Court event. The multi-purpose units will be used for both ticketing [...]
New Judge Confirmed for UK Event Awards as Deadline Draws Closer
There is just over five weeks left to enter this year’s UK Event Awards so now is the time to start planning what you are going to include in your submissions. To make things easier, the team behind the UK Event Awards have let Event Industry News in on some secrets on how to write [...]
Reduce the unknowns – particularly with crowd numbers
In 2009 a free non-ticketed event in Birmingham made headlines when 20,000 people descended on the city centre for a Christmas lights switch on featuring pop band JLS. With only 5,000 attendees expected, the overwhelming crowd numbers caused one of the barriers to fail, resulting in several injuries and the shutting down of the event. [...]
Bay Festival Organiser Responds to Speculation Over Refunds
The organiser of the cancelled Bay Festival on the Isle of Man has broken his silence regarding the speculation surrounding ticket refunds. Speaking to Isle of Man radio station 3FM, Jonathon Irving said that the refund policy was clearly stated on the festival website and they are putting in to place means to deal with [...]
New Solution Will Help Meeting Managers Track and Accurately Report HCP-Related Spending
Cvent, the world’s largest provider of online event management, meeting site selection and web survey solutions, today announced plans to roll out a new Strategic Meetings Management (SMM) solution in the third quarter of 2011 that will help meeting managers at pharmaceutical and other life sciences companies comply with fast-approaching federal reporting requirements for expenses [...]
Survey Reveals Different Motivations for Attending Events In Person or Online
The Virtual Edge Institute (VEI) and ROI of Engagement today announced the second report in a multi-year study into the effectiveness of hybrid events. The “Measuring and Maximizing the Impact of a Hybrid Event” included responses from 260 attendees of the Virtual Edge Summit 2011, the premier event on digital solutions. In addition to evaluating [...]
HBAA spreads its net with technology seminar
The HBAA is to run a technology supplier showcase day combined with workshops to help booking agents and hoteliers maximise their knowledge on the rapidly changing face of booking technology for the sector. This will effectively ‘enable’ hoteliers to optimise their sales opportunities with HBAA agents through greater content and distribution channel understanding. With a [...]
Tourism Ambassador Announces Influential Local Tourism Awards Open for Entries
The Highlands and Islands Tourism Awards Ambassador of the Year 2010, Lady Claire Macdonald, has today launched the 2011 Highlands and Islands Tourism Awards scheme to identify excellence in tourism across a variety of different sectors within the industry. HITA, which is free to enter, recognises and rewards businesses and individuals offering superior service levels [...]
Refunds uncertain after Bay Festival is cancelled
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is still been unable to establish personal contact with the organisers of the cancelled Bay Festival according to its chairman Bill Henderson. The festival, which was due to be held for the third year running in Douglas on the Isle of Man, was cancelled due to poor ticket sales [...]
Liverpool Sound City’s fourth year most successful to date says event organiser
Liverpool Sound City’s fourth year was its most successful to date, its director said today. Hundreds of bands played to tens of thousands of people during three days of almost non-stop music throughout the city last week. Festival organiser Dave Pichilingi said he was already preparing for 2012 even as this year’s event wound down. [...]
ACC Liverpool takes its plans for expansion to International IMEX
At IMEX 2011 the ACC Liverpool team will be sharing more details with buyers in relation to the recently announced expansion plans for the venue, which continues to enhance its reputation as a landmark conference and events venue. The development in Liverpool will include an 8,100m2 exhibition and events complex which is scheduled to open [...]
Stageco and Tait Technologies UK office officially opens
Stageco and Tait Technologies celebrated their new European strategic alliance at the launch of their joint London office on May 20th 2011. Directors and staff were joined by guests from event production fraternities across the UK and Europe. Stageco’s unrivalled expertise in staging innovation, design and construction along with Tait Technologies’ specialist knowledge of scenic [...]
The Eventia Awards 2011 are open for entries.
Entrants are urged to log-on to www.eventia.org.uk and head straight for the Eventia Awards pages to see all categories, specific criteria, what’s new and how to enter using Eventia’s new system powered by The Active Network and their online event management system, RegOnline. The Eventia Awards recognise professionally managed, produced and executed events and the [...]
Gearhouse SA joins Global event technology services provider alliance
South Africa’s premier technical supplier, Gearhouse South Africa recently joined a world-wide network of key industry players; a move which will undoubtedly improve their international profile and extend their market reach as well as assist local meeting planners who can now easily access the same standard of technical service anywhere in the world through this [...]
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