Event Organisers Update ISSUE 110 November 2013

COMMUTER RIP-OFFS CURBED? The Department of Transport has belatedly reduced the annual percentage increase that it allows train operating companies …

CRATE INNS? Could some shipping containers converted into self-catering accommodation units offer very cheap residential facilities for organisers in future?

GRANDSTAND VIEWS Located a mile to the south of the city the four-star Marriott York offers 151 bedrooms, including 16 Grandstand rooms and two Penthouse suites…

NEW CHALLENGE WANTED A sales and marketing professional with extensive experience in the London hospitality, MICE and Travel industry is seeking a new …

SPEAKING OF SPEAKERS Those hiring speakers for their events might be interested in some tips supplied by Mindy Gibbins-Klein, co-editor of a new book launched last …

Marketing Matters Nov/Dec 2013 ISSUE 35

HACK ATTACK News that the low editorial standards of some sections of the press have now resulted in government regulation of the sector should surprise nor upset…

BASH THE BULLIES Those travellers who have suffered the bullying legal department of train company First Capital Connect, (FCC) a part of First Group, will be cheered to…

POLICING THE MEDIA? Meanwhile, given the reportedly cosy commercial relationship between some police officers and some chequebook journalists it was jolly interesting…

MORE O’BLARNEY Following his Ryanair airline being voted by Which? the worst of the 100 largest brands for customer service, and criticism from his own shareholders…

PAPER DRAGONS It is always perversely satisfying when marketing experts are proved wrong and the case of the top entrepreneurs on the BBC TV show Dragon’s …