Category: London 2012
Olympic tests events at Excel ‘a success’
Olympic organisers have expressed delight with the successful staging of seven test events at ExCel. Athletes have competed in table tennis, weightlifting, boxing, wrestling, judo, fencing and taekwondo at the Docklands venue in east London in recent weeks. New cameras in the corner of the boxing ring were tested out as well as floor lighting [...]
Keith Prowse Warns UK’s corporates to be mindful of being mis-sold corporate hospitality
Keith Prowse, the UK’s most prolific supplier of official hospitality, has put out a warning to the UK’s corporates to be mindful of being mis-sold corporate hospitality. The World Athletics Championships 2017, the latest addition to the UK’s Golden Decade of Sport, has spawned a flurry of activity by unscrupulous suppliers seeking to cash in. [...]
Lord’s expects corporate hospitality to thrive in 2012 alongside Olympics
Lord’s Cricket Ground has forecast that cricket hospitality at the Ground will not be affected by its status as an official venue for the 2012 London Olympic Games. The Home of Cricket has released 2012 hospitality packages for general sale, including Test matches and One Day Internationals against South Africa and West Indies and an [...]
Businesses set to receive 8-figure return on investment from London 2012 hospitality purchase
With less than one year to go before the flame is lit to herald the start of the London Olympic Games, a new report commissioned by Prestige Ticketing Limited – the official hospitality provider to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games – predicts that companies investing in corporate hospitality at the Games are likely [...]
Showsec Helps 2012 Olympics off to a Flying Start
Showsec helped the Olympic 2012 celebrations get off to a flying start, as they ensured the safety of thousands of guests at the prestigious ‘One Year to Go’ countdown event in Trafalgar Square in London on Wednesday 27th July, 2011. Over 6,000 people attended and among the crowds were a plethora of special guests and [...]
Olympic Employment Regulations Need Clarity
It seems that most of the live events industry agrees that the list of requirements for suppliers laid down by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) is confusing and difficult to understand. Here, Heath Freeman, managing director of leading nationwide crewing company Pinnacle Crew, tries to unravel the facts [...]
London Marathon director, Dave Bedford quits due to “Locogs inexperience”
The London Marathon director, Dave Bedford, has criticised Olympic organisers, Locog, for their inexperience and quit his role as head of the team responsible for staging the race during the Games. In the most high-profile defection yet for the London 2012 organising committee, Bedford revealed he had left his role as marathon manager earlier this [...]
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 [...]
Sustaining London 2012
Sustainability is going to be central to The London 2012 Organising Committee’s (LOCOG) procurement process. So, with all eyes in the live events industry looking for tendering opportunities, just how does a potential supplier make sure they meet LOCOG’s requirements? Heath Freeman, managing director of Pinnacle Crew, takes a look at LOCOG’s Sustainable Sourcing Code. [...]
Olympic Executive outlines key challenges related to £1bn Olympics supply chain
The largest supply chain effort since World War II will pose a big challenge, but create big opportunities, for professional events organisers, says a top Olympics insider. Speaking at the National Outdoor Events Association (NOEA) Annual Convention (Thursday 24th February), Government Olympic Executive Phil Cholewick outlined the key challenges related to the £1bn Olympics supply [...]
Sailing venue gains green event standard “BS 8901″ ahead of 2012 Olympics
The Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA), the location for the 2012 Olympics’ sailing events, has been certified by the British Standards Institute (BSI) for Sustainable Event Management ‘BS 8901’. The WPNSA has become the first UK sailing venue to meet the eco standard. The certificate was presented to John Tweed, Chief Executive of [...]
Olympic events village could operate in Weymouth during 2011/2012
AN Olympic events village could operate in Weymouth during 2011 as well as 2012. The idea was suggested by Councillor Roger Allen whose Weymouth and Portland management committee colleagues agreed to consider it after approving the principle of developing an events village on the Pavilion peninsula. Special projects spokesman Councillor Howard Legg said the area [...]
Wyboston Lakes’ Executive Chef Helps Britain’s Olympic Hopes
Fergus Martin, Executive Chef at Wyboston Lakes Conference Centre, has taken on a vital additional role: helping to develop the competitive talents of Britain’s young chefs. He has been appointed team manager of the Culinary Academy at the Craft Guild of Chefs, and one of his major targets is driving it to success at the [...]
Appeal for coordination of knowledge management from Olympics by Commission for Sustainable London
The lessons of sustainable construction and event management resulting from preparations for the 2012 London Olympics should be assimilated into all government procurement, says the annual report from the Commission for a Sustainable London 2012, published this week. The report, Raising the Bar, is calling on the government to fulfil on the promise to make real changes to [...]
Festival organiser lands key role for London 2012 Olympics
AN EXPERT in events management has been given a key role in helping to ensure the smooth running of the London 2012 Olympics. Dr Eleni Theodoraki, director of the Edinburgh Institute for Festival and Event Management at Edinburgh Napier’s Business School, has been appointed as core commissioner for a sustainable London 2012. She will work [...]
Venues in London to unite for fair pricing around 2012 Olympics
With just over two years until the 2012 Olympics in London, the UK event industry is working hard to ensure that companies are able to host corporate events around the games at reasonable prices, according to IET Venues, the premier family of venues in London, Birmingham and Glasgow. As part of this work, IET London: [...]
Reading Festival organiser Melvyn Benn & councillors behind plans for “tent city” during 2012 London Olympics.
Businessman Sir John Madejski, Reading Festival organiser Melvyn Benn and a councillor are behind plans for a “tent city” during the 2012 London Olympics. They say people who may not be able to get to Olympic events could be attracted to the town if giants screens were installed at the camping site. The group plans [...]
World Sport Destination Expo can act as catalyst for tourism recovery
The United Nations World Tourism Organization’s secretary-general Taleb Rifai has insisted sporting events such as FIFA World Cup 2010 and the London Olympics 2012 can act as catalysts to revive the ailing global travel and tourism industry. So he would be among the first to applaud the foresight of the organisers of the inaugural World [...]
Cultural Olympiad gets £16m boost towards London 2012
An investment of £16 million towards the London 2012 culture programme – the Cultural Olympiad – was announced today. The grant, from the Olympic Lottery Distributor, will fund six of the major projects that feature in the Olympiad. Launched last year, the four-year Cultural Olympiad puts culture at the heart of the 2012 Games, encouraging participation and [...]
Meteorologists needed for London 2012 Olympics
Organisers of the London Olympics have begun advertising for meteorologists to predict weather patterns in 2012. Consultants will spend two years preparing for the Games by creating a detailed database on the micro-climates around more than 20 venues in London and elsewhere. Officials hope to be able to accurately predict the weather so that they [...]
Green guidelines published for London 2012 event organisers
London 2012 Olympic Games organisers have published sustainability guidelines aimed at cutting the environmental impact of corporate and public events leading up to the games. David Stubbs, London 2012 head of sustainability for London 2012, which is delivering the games alongside the Olympic Delivery Authority, said: “Between now and 2012, we will be holding any [...]
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