Marketing Event articles from February 2003

Marketing Event archives from February 2003

FROM THE EDITOR: Stars of tomorrow start to make their mark today.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
February 13, 2003... It seems we are witnessing the rise of a new star in the world of self-made organisers. Simon Kimble was appointed managing director of Clarion Events, the in-house organiser at Earls Court & Olympia Group (ECO), last year and told Event...

Business chief loses her post at Event Show.(Clair Whitecross)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... The Event Show business manager Clair Whitecross has been laid off by Inside Communications after an internal restructure phased out the role of business manager across the parent company's 14 events. Inside Communications exhibitions...

Clarion signs deal to organise SECC shows.(Clarion Events, Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre joint venture)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... Clarion Events is to launch an organising arm north of the border in a joint venture with the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) in Glasgow. Clarion Events Scotland (CES) will be headed by Mark Saunders, a former group...

Ex-Caribiner leader moves to Mice Group.(Brian Shepherd)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... Mice Group has appointed former Caribiner International chief executive Brian Shepherd to head its creative communications arm, Mice International. He will be responsible for client services and business development at the company. ...

BDC chairman cleared of sex discrimination.(Business Design Centre's Jack Morris v. Marcia Green)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... Business Design Centre (BDC) chairman Jack Morris was cleared of charges of sex discrimination, constructive dismissal and wrongful dismissal at an employment tribunal last month. Marcia Green, a former personal assistant to Morris, claimed...

AEO accused of hijack ploy.(Association of Exhibition Organisers)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... The Association of Exhibition Organisers (AEO) has been accused of trying to monopolise control over the way the exhibition industry develops. The charges were levelled at AEO director-general Trevor Foley during a heated debate at The...

Renault team unveils F1 car at Paris event.(Formula One team)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... The Renault Formula One team launched its car for the 2003 season last month at an event created by production company Sprout. The French team unveiled its challenger in front of 600 guests made up of the press, VIPs and sponsors at the...

The Brewery plays host to book awards.(Karen Earl Sponsorship manages Whitbread Book of the Year )(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... London venue The Brewery hosted the prestigious Whitbread Book of the Year award ceremony last month. The venue's main hall, The Porter Tun, was decked out with coloured tulips and featured a stage lit by 10ft tall fluorescent light tubes....

UBM axes CMP Europe division in shake-up.(United Business Media)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... United Business Media has shut its CMP Europe offices and moved its portfolio of shows to CMP Information's Property Group, headed by Paul Thandi. UBM hopes the move will improve best practice and communication. CMP Europe executive...

Qudos secures stand contract for British Gas.(Qudos Design)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... Qudos Design has won an events contract with British Gas (BG) to design and supply stands and feature areas in 2003. The agency beat off stiff competition in a ten-way pitch. Qudos's first task is to create a 206sqm stand for BG to...

Venue group agrees #3m sponsor deal.(McKenzie Group and Carling Brewing Co.)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... Venue owner McKenzie Group has signed a #3m sponsorship deal with brewing giant Carling. The agreement will see the group's five Academy venues re-branded as Carling Academies. New bar areas and branded hospitality areas will be developed...

ITMA sets up leisure website.(Cematex promotes International Textile Machinery Association 2003 show)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... International textile machinery show ITMA 2003 has launched a website to allow overseas exhibitors and visitors to source leisure attractions in the Midlands. The move is part of show organiser Cematex's #2.3m advertising campaign that is...

Triangle starts event arm with concert outfit.(Triangle Group and AMP create B-live)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... Marketing agency Triangle Group has created an event division to help companies make the most of their association with major events. B-live is a joint venture with Harvey Goldsmith-owned concert promoter AMP. Triangle chairman Kevin...

Venues group votes to relax rules of entry.(Exhibition Venues Association)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... The Exhibition Venues Association (EVA) has relaxed its entry criteria to let venues with less than 3,000sqm of exhibition space join the trade organisation. The decision was taken at a meeting of the 21-strong body at Alexandra Palace,...

Lender picks Ovation to run UK roadshow.(Yorkshire Building Society )(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... Event management agency Ovation has won the contract to run the 2003 Yorkshire Building Society roadshow after a three-way pitch. The tour, which kicks off next month, will give the company's 1,800 staff the opportunity to talk to senior...

Debut BECA survey reveals high levels of satisfaction.(British Exhibition Contractors Association )(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... More than three-quarters of the British Exhibition Contractors Association (BECA) are 'satisfied' or 'more than satisifed' with the organisation's level of service, while 59% of members feel it offers value for money. These are two of the...

Wallace to start event arm in new job.(Mark Wallace joins Evolutions Television)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... Former Capital Events UK senior partner Mark Wallace has joined post-production house Evolutions Television to head its operations and strategy. He plans to launch an events division, Evolutions Live, in the next few months. Wallace said:...

Software firm to tour US golf tournaments.(SAP America Inc., The Works London )(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... US software outfit SAP has teamed up with The Works London on a series of events at US golf tournaments. The activity, which kicks off in March, features a touring 102sqm clubhouse with interactive golf games and a 'chill-out' area. It...

Train Set.(Thomas & Friends - The Big Live Tour)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... Thomas & Friends - The Big Live Tour, is continuing on its travels around the UK after opening at the National Indoor Arena at the end of last year. Canegreen designed the sound system for the show, which features characters from the popular...

Ex-BBC marketer gets top role at Haymarket.(Haymarket Exhibitions appoints Simon Clarkson )(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... Haymarket Exhibitions has appointed former Radio Times marketing chief Simon Clarkson as its new marketing director. The 31-year-old replaces Sarah Horrell who quit Haymarket last month (Event, January). His remit is to review the product,...

TM Group buys venue-finder.(JHA Conference Services )(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... Event management outfit TM Group has snapped up venue-finding agency JHA Conference Services for an undisclosed fee. The deal means the company will be the venue-finding service for all TM Group events including product launches and...

Venues plan to up spend, says survey.(Davies Tanner surveys event and hospitality venues )(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... Almost six out of ten event and hospitality venues plan to boost spending in 2003, according to a survey by hospitality and marketing agency Davies Tanner. The agency questioned 223 UK venues at the end of last year, with 57% proposing a...

Child's Play.(Orbital Sound, Imagination and Royal Festival Hall create Peter Pan experience)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... Audiovisual supplier Orbital Sound teamed up with production agency Imagination and the Royal Festival Hall to create a children's walk-through experience to run alongside Peter Pan - A Musical Adventure at the venue on London's South Bank. The...

Appointment at Excel.(Tim Beswick)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... Tim Beswick has been appointed chief financial officer (CFO) at Excel. He replaces Barry Maiden who has completed his stint as interim CFO during the venue's refinancing. Beswick was previously financial director of RAC Motoring.

Appointment at Earls Court & Olympia Group.(Bryan Scott)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... Bryan Scott has become marketing manager at Earls Court & Olympia Group. He joins from Capital Radio Group where he was responsible for business-to-business commercial marketing and brand strategy.

Appointment at London's Business Design Centre.(Philip Lowery)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... Philip Lowery has joined London's Business Design Centre as head of events. He has previous industry experience as group director at Advanstar Communications.

Appointment at De Boer Structures.(Sue Johnson)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... Sue Johnson has been appointed sales manager at De Boer Structures, where she will be responsible for developing UK business. Johnson has previous experience with hospitality company Sellers International and ran her own event company SJ Event...

Appointment at Reed Exhibitions.(Justin Tadman and Tamar Beck)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... Justin Tadman and Tamar Beck have both been promoted to group exhibitions directors at Reed Exhibitions. Tadman will be responsible for the plastics, electronics, publishing, jewellery and office furniture portfolios. Beck will oversee IT and...

Appointment at The Mayridge Group.(Roy Kishor)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... Roy Kishor has been appointed chairman of The Mayridge Group. He was previously director of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) and chairman of SMMT Automotive Trade Show for four years.

Appointment at McKenzie Group.(David Laing)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... David Laing has joined the McKenzie Group as general manager of its Scottish venue the Glasgow Academy. He was previously head of the entertainments department at the University of Glasgow's Queen Margaret Union.

Appointment at The Evenser Group.(sales/marketing manager Dominic Crowther)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... Dominic Crowther has joined The Evenser Group as sales and marketing manager. The group includes Arena Event Services and Melville Exhibition Services. Crowther has previous experience at luxury goods brand owner Moet Hennessey Louis Vuitton.

Appointment at Event Marketing Services Worldwide.(Karine Ryan)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... Karine Ryan has been appointed to manage the Sony UK account at Event Marketing Services Worldwide. She has previous experience with sales and marketing roles in France, Holland and the UK. The company produces events for a number of...

Appointment at Brand Events.(Darren Keen and Lee Bramzell)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... Darren Keen and Lee Bramzell have joined Brand Events' experiential marketing division. Keen becomes managing director of the arm and was previously deputy head of integration at Saatchi & Saatchi. Bramzell joins as client services director...

IN MY VIEW: It's an amazing stand, but where are the customers?(meeting customers at trade shows)(Column)
February 13, 2003... Funny isn't it? After all that hard work, selecting the right show, negotiating exactly the right space, developing a design for the stand, sorting out hotels and flights and ensuring that the whole project is on budget, the one thing that we...

Jack Morton secures Athens Olympics role.(Jack Morton Worldwide producing opening and closing ceremonies, Athens, Greece)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... Jack Morton Worldwide has been appointed to produce the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. The agency won the job after a four-way pitch against Mice Group, Imagination and French firm ECA2. The agency will...

Arc creates Ski station drive.(Arc Field Marketing, Nestle's Ski D'lite yogurt sampling event)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... Major London railway stations were home to a sampling campaign for Nestle's Ski D'lite yoghurt brand last month. The Arc Field Marketing-organised activity ran for one week with 200,000 samples given out. A 36-strong team targeted commuters...

Registration firm CTS plots double launch.(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... Registration and data management company CTS is launching a brace of products at International Confex later in the month. Profiling is a tool that enables organisers to access and search databases direct from their desk computers. CTS is...

Royal Appointment.(Royal Yachting Association charity, Sailability, receives 10,000 pounds sterling)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... Earls Court & Olympia Group chief executive Andrew Morris presented the Princess Royal with a #10,000 donation to Royal Yachting Association charity Sailability. The cheque was handed to the Princess Royal, who is patron of the charity that...

LIVE ISSUE MOTOR SHOWS: Looking for a new direction.(car show trends )
February 13, 2003... Motor shows are under threat as car companies begin to question their value. Can they survive? The decision to axe the London Motor Show for a second time underlines the growing disaffection among car manufacturers of the UK's big motor...

PROFILE: David Pegler.(managing director for Imark Communications )
February 13, 2003... David Pegler is in charge of a 50-strong workforce at IT and telecoms exhibition organiser Imark. It's a far cry from his early days when he dreamed of playing rugby for England. More than ten years on he tells Emma Reynolds why he has no...

SHOWCASE: Pernod Ricard at Vive la France.(French culture exhibition )
February 13, 2003... An event championing the French way of life proved the ideal place to push spirit brand Ricard. For lovers of all things French, the Vive la France exhibition at Olympia in London last month was heaven on earth. Anything with a French...

SECTOR GUIDE REGISTRATION: Ticket masters.(online registration for events )
February 13, 2003... Online advances mean registration packages supply much more than just tickets. The Internet and its surrounding technology have had a big impact on registration and the industry is continually finding new means by which to harness this...

CORPORATE EVENTS: Budget busters.(event planning )
February 13, 2003... The pressure is on to reduce event costs, but that doesn't mean sacrificing quality. Stuart Derrick explains how a little imagination can go a long way Over the past 18 months the economic slowdown has forced many companies and...

DIARY: Ball of swing..(trapeze artists and acrobats at Angels Ball, Old Billingsgate, London, England)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... Guests at charity event Angels Ball at Old Billingsgate, London got involved in a bit of swinging. No, not that sort of swinging, this was a respectable party with respectable guests (for the most part - ed). The swinging came in the form...

DIARY: Flight of fancy..(100 years of flight to be celebrated by Virgin Atlantic Airways)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... We all have our own ways of celebrating special occasions. Virgin Atlantic has decided to celebrate 100 years of flight with a series of events, including sponsorship of the annual International Bognor Birdman. There's been a message from the...

DIARY: Wedded bliss..(celebrity weddings)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... When it comes to celebrity weddings the Americans win hands down over us Brits. Just imagine the guest list for J-Lo and Ben Affleck's nuptial do. And then compare it with the great and the good at Ricky 'My arse' Tomlinson and Rita Cummiskey's...

DIARY: Prize guys..(2003 Wembley Arena awards)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... Boy band Blue enjoyed a great start to 2003 by being named Performer of the Year at the Wembley Arena awards. The soul-less - sorry, Diary of course means soulful - foursome follow in the illustrious footsteps of, er, Westlife, Boyzone and...

DIARY: Truly, Hadley, Deeply..(ex-Spandau Ballet singer, Tony Hadley, to perform at Incentive World 2003)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... It's True, Reed Exhibitions' Incentive World 2003 is hoping to strike Gold! by inviting 1980s icon Tony 'foghorn' Hadley (right) to perform at the exhibition's gala dinner. To Cut a Long Story Short, the ex-Spandau Ballet singer will be...

DIARY: Winning Ways.(NEC Arena, Birmingham, England, Formula 1 Awards)(Brief Article)
February 13, 2003... NEC Arena hosted the CMP Entertainment-organised Formula 1 Awards last month celebrating the competition's best cars and drivers, otherwise known as Ferrari and Michael Schumacher. Entertainment was provided by Beverley Knight and Mis-Teeq. Oh...