Archive for July, 2011
CPL Builds Largest Christie MicroTile Wall in Europe
UK AV specialists Central Presentations Ltd (CPL) created a new record at the 2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed, by building the largest Christie MicroTile video wall yet for a temporary installation in Europe. The Wall measured 12.25 metres wide by 2.754 metres high and was created using 270 MicroTiles. It was a major element in [...]
Etherlive widens net in response to growing demand.
Etherlive Ltd. has appointed three new faces in response to growing business demands. Recognised as one of the UK’s leading IT companies dedicated to the live event sector, Etherlive has a prestigious portfolio of clients including Southampton Boat Show, the Goodwood Estate and Sky. Following Etherlive’s appointment by the Greater London Authority, Emma Campbell joins [...]
Vulcan bomber returns home with help from LS-Live
The only remaining flying Vulcan bomber plane has returned to its original cold-war hangar, with a special ceremony supported by LS-Live. A crowd of over 200 admired the Vulcan XH558 bomber plane at its new permanent home in Hangar 3 at Robin Hood Airport in Doncaster, Sheffield, the historic site of former RAF Finningley. The [...]
DBN gets intimate at Manchester International Festival
Manchester based lighting design and rental company DBN is often involved in interesting and esoteric arts-based projects, but particularly during the Manchester International festival (MIF), their collective ingenuity and sense of adventure is called on to collaborate in some truly evocative and different works. This was the case when Stephen Page was invited by MIF [...]
Blackout joins Creative Technology to support White Light industry open day
Drapes and rigging experts Blackout partnered with entertainment lighting specialist White Light for an exclusive Open Day on Thursday 21 July, supplying the structures, truss support and draping to ensure White Light’s equipment was showcased in a truly spectacular way. Just down the road from Blackout’s own extensive warehouse and headquarters, White Light has expanded [...]
Imago Techmedia appoints Aztec to provide AV, IT & technical services for IP EXPO
Aztec Event Services has been contracted by Imago Techmedia to supply audiovisual and IT equipment and technical support services for the IP EXPO event in October 2011. The services at the show will include providing audiovisual equipment for seminars, and plasma screens and IT equipment for Imago Techmedia’s modular build stands, as well as audiovisual [...]
ESSA G50 Review – Exclusive
The ESSA G50 has been a central strategic event in the industry for several years and over that time it has adapted to suit the changing needs of the market and those who attend the event. This year the event had two very different content streams, and ESSA Chair John Robson picks his favourites. There [...]
LeeFest and ID&C launch unique ‘VIPee’ Competition
‘VIPee’ charity auction gives punters the chance to bid for festival tickets and win their very own luxury portable loo for the weekend. Festival accreditation & access control company ID&C are sponsoring the award winning* LeeFest’s unique competition to win festival tickets and… the world’s most glamorous portable toilet. The annual music festival in South-East [...]
Showsec awarded security contract for Lincoln’s Engine Shed
Showsec has been awarded the security contract for Lincoln’s largest live music venue, University of Lincoln’s Students Union, The Engine Shed. The event and venue security specialist won the contract following a competitive tender process. The three year agreement will see Showsec secure the venue’s gig and club nights, starting on Friday 19th August with [...]
Events Industry and Local Community Unites To Save District Line To Olympia
The events industry and concerned local residents have joined forces to continue the fight to save the District Line connection to Olympia. This united front comes after the end of TFL’s recent consultation period on the closure, about which both groups have raised concerns. At a meeting today Austen Hawkins CEO of the Association of [...]
Festival Technology Foils Fraudsters
Wireless gate access control technology deployed for the first time at the Isle of Wight Festival demonstrated that ticket touts and fraudsters can be stopped from profiting in the trade of counterfeit wristbands. Solo Promoters, organisers of the Festival were able to upload all unique wristband serial numbers into the access control system which immediately [...]
Thorns makes fast work of new Silverstone contract
Spaniard Fernando Alonso wasn’t the only one celebrating a triumphant F1 British Grand Prix on Sunday – Thorns Group also put in a winning performance after securing a new contract to supply catering equipment to the event. As Alonso’s all-conquering Ferrari saw off the challenge of Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber, furniture and [...]
Sweet Charity
Property consultant, Paul Dixon, has become the ‘must have’ event and charity auctioneer. He will shortly take the floor and stand shoulder to shoulder with Simon Cowell, when Paul hosts a major, high profile auction in September. Many celebrities will be in attendance at the Savoy, London. As you might expect, the event will be [...]
Production AV relishes the Big Feastival
Production AV were chosen to provide a full video solution to the inaugural Jamie Oliver’s Big Feastival on Clapham Common. The highly anticipated event drew together live music from the main stage with cookery demonstrations and food stalls throughout the festival site. The event contributed 100% of profits to charity supporting both the Princes Trust [...]
Pineapple Parlour & Searcys join forces to promote exclusive venues
Exclusive London catering and property management group Searcys , which operates The Gherkin and The Hurlingham Club amongst other prestigious venues, has become the latest group to join London venues and events agency Pineapple Parlour. The rapidly expanding venue hire and marketing group has seen its venues portfolio double in size in the last six [...]
Cvent Raises $136 Million in Funding Led by New Enterprise Associates and Insight Venture Partners
Cvent has announced it has secured $136 million in funding led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Insight Venture Partners, with Greenspring Associates also participating. This is the first round of funding in over a decade for the company, and will be used for substantial technology developments, continued global expansion and potential acquisitions. With this [...]
Aztec serves up an Ideal Home Christmas
Aztec Event Services has won the contract to supply audiovisual and technical services to the first ever Ideal Home Show at Christmas, to be held in London in November 2011. Organised by the publishing and events company Media 10, this will be a busy consumer event, with around 60,000 people and more than 400 exhibitors [...]
Eventia Measures Impact of Recession on the UK Business Events Sector
Eventia today discloses the full impact of the recession on the UK business events sector. New research entitled ‘UK Events Market Trends Survey 2011’ (UKEMTS11) reveals that the overall value of the UK business events market fell by 13 per cent in 2010 compared with 2009. While the number of events staged, approximately 1.3 million, [...]
Second mobile brand showroom for Sealine
4D Design has delivered a second mobile showroom for luxury motor boat manufacturer Sealine following the success of the first unit in 2010. The mobile showroom produced in 2010 was designed to convey all of the brand values of the luxury boats in a mobile trailer unit, using materials that created an immersive brand experience [...]
ESSA announces SO Group as International Partner
Member feedback over the past year has highlighted a need for the association to have a heightened international presence. Alongside increased attendance at events such as the International Federation of Exhibition and Event Services (IFES) AGM and the appointment of Steve Barratt as International Ambassador earlier in 2011, the SO Group has agreed to become [...]
Wyboston Lakes Appoints New Managing Director
Mark Jones has been appointed Managing Director of Wyboston Lakes Venues, the UK’s largest privately owned single site specialist conference and training centre. For the last six years Mark has been Group General Manager of Whittlebury Hall Management Training Centre, Hotel and Spa and Scalford Hall Hotel in Melton Mowbray. During this period, Whittlebury Hall [...]
Wellpleased create ‘Inventors Workshop’ for the Redbull Flugtag Leeds VIP area
Wellpleased built an extensive inventors workshop which served as a VIP area for over 200 guests at Leeds Redbull Flugtag. Serving as a catering and hospitality venue for both the competitors, their friends and family; the event turned the Lakeside Cafe at Roundhay Park, Leeds into a creative workspace complete with remote control blimps, workbenches, [...]
Festival Republic unveiled its traffic-calming scheme for this year’s Leeds Festival
Leeds Festival organisers are hoping that their tried and tested methods of keeping traffic to a minimum at this year’s event will prove successful. Event organiser Festival Republic unveiled its traffic-calming scheme for this year’s event, which will include directing festival traffic from junction 45 of the A1(M) to Bramham Park via local access routes [...]
Future events at Matterley estate will avoid JLS chaos, say organisers
The organisers of major events on an The Matterley estate near Winchester have given assurances there will be no repeat of the chaos at last month’s JLS concert. Both the Boomtown Fair music festival and the Motocross 2011 Grand Prix of Great Britain are being held at the Matterley estate near Cheesefoot Head next month. [...]
Event Organisers Slam Plans To Cut London Underground Olympia service
Plans to cut District Line services to Kensington (Olympia) on weekdays have been slammed by event organisers who claim the move will be disastrous for business in West London. Transport for London is currently consulting on the matter, but claims that by removing services running to Olympia, more trains could be provided on the busier [...]
Mojo Barriers Keep Foo Fighters Fans Safe
Mojo Barriers helped ensure the safety of thousands of Foo Fighters’ fans when the band performed two sell out concerts live at the Milton Keynes Bowl earlier this month. The shows took place at the open-air amphitheatre on 2nd and 3rd July, and were attended by over 45,000 rock fans each night. Mojo Barriers’ UK [...]
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