Tag: 2012 London Olympics
Olympics a ‘Massive Positive for UK Events Industry’ says Festival Republic’s Melvin Benn
The National Outdoor Event Association welcomed Melvin Benn to open its seminar programme at their 2012 annual convention. The Managing Director of Festival Republic, who promote and produce music festivals including Glastonbury and Reading, gave the opening keynote address to delegates representing the complete spectrum of the events industry. Addressing the conventions title of ‘The [...]
2012 – it’s not all about the Olympics
Of all the opinions voiced about 2012, most have been about how the Olympics and the Diamond Jubilee will put an extra strain on resources. Here, Heath Freeman, managing director of national crewing company, Pinnacle Crew, explains why he believes the effect of this on other events has been underplayed; and how the Olympics will [...]
SIA launches new 2012 Olympics page
The Security Industry Authority has launched a new page dedicated to the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games. The ‘2012 Olympics’ page provides advice for security suppliers, security buyers and front line staff. The pages contain a section on the licensing requirements during Games time, a downloadable factsheet titled ‘Be aware and prepare’, and an [...]
Organisers kept on their toes by Olympics-Test events
Test events for the London Olympics have led organisers to revise some of their plans, including moving mounds of earth to reconfigure the BMX track, after unexpected problems came to light. Speaking ahead of a Diving World Cup event at the new Aquatics Centre, London 2012′s director of sport Debbie Jevans told Reuters that the [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Hotel Booking Agents Association warns of licensing system for large events in 2012
Concerns over traffic congestion, crowd control and security in 2012 has prompted the Mayor of London’s office to launch a licensing system for every event or meeting taking place in London that attracts over 500 people, the HBAA has reminded its members. Corporates, agents and venues organising or hosting annually occurring events or one-off initiatives [...]
University of Westminster seeks to train event professionals of the future ahead of 2012 Olympics
The University of Westminster will be welcoming leading event management experts back to the capital in November to share their expertise at the university’s prestigious, four day Executive Certificate in Event Management. Organised in conjunction with the Australian Centre of Event Management (ACEM), based at the University of Technology, Sydney, the course will be presented [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
London organizers plan shorter events sessions
The organizers of the 2012 London Olympics want to use shorter sessions to allow more fans to see more events. “In Beijing they had five-hour beach volleyball sessions,” London 2012 organizing committee chief executive Paul Deighton told legislators Tuesday. “It was a great event but we will shorten it so it increases the risk of [...]
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