Thursday, February 2, 2012
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
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 [...]
Friday, September 16, 2011
The London 2012 organisers nearly quadrupled their marketing spend to £8m in the past year, fuelled by marketing activity promoting the sale of Olympic tickets and the volunteering scheme. The accounts for Locog (London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games) reveal that it spent £7.87m on marketing in the period to 31 March. [...]
Thursday, June 16, 2011
An art event called the Great Exhibition 2012 has said it has had legal action threatened by Olympics organisers over its use of “2012″. The exhibition is due to take place between the Olympic and the Paralympic Games, next August. Julie Benson, the event organiser, said it was “preposterous” to be asked to withdraw their [...]
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
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 [...]
Sunday, March 6, 2011
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. [...]
Thursday, November 5, 2009
London has seen off tough global competition to host the prestigious 2011 international SportAccord Convention, raising prospects of a multi-million boost for the capital’s economy. The SportAccord Convention will see over 1,500 of the world’s top sporting officials and business people from more than 60 countries come to the capital for the six-day event. The [...]
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
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 [...]
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