Below you'll find information about the sponsors and media partners of the BT Visit London Awards 2009.
BT Visit London Awards 2009: Sponsors and Media Partners
BT, Title Partner and Sponsor of Sports Tourism Award
BT is one of the world's leading providers of communications solutions and services operating in 170 countries. Its principal activities include the provision of networked IT services globally; local, national and international telecommunications services to our customers for use at home, at work and on the move; broadband and internet products and services and converged fixed/mobile products and services. BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services, Openreach, BT Retail and BT Wholesale. BT is proud to be the official communications services partner for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
For more information, visit www.bt.com/aboutbt
Evening Standard, Media Partner
The London Evening Standard is an independent, fresh and forward-looking newspaper, renowned for setting the agenda. The Standard's award-winning journalists bring the latest news, city, and sports coverage to readers. Top columnists, quality feature writers and the latest arts reviews also make the Standard essential reading for Londoners. The London Evening Standard: Tomorrow's News Today.
Magic 105.4 FM, Media Partner
Magic 105.4 is London's favourite radio station lifting over 2 million listeners' moods every week. It's one of the UK’s best known music brands playing a wide range of mood-lifting hits mixed with captivating competitions, as well A-list stars dropping into the studios. The Magic 105.4 day starts with Neil Fox hosting the "More Music Breakfast", sees Angie Greaves taking on the long drive home and Danny Pietroni calming the hustle and bustle of the city with Mellow Magic. Magic 105.4 is guaranteed to lift your mood and put a smile on your face whenever and wherever you are.
To lift your mood, visit www.magic.co.uk
Kiss 100, Media Partner
Kiss 100 is the station for a fun, young London with more 15-24s and 15-34s listeners than any other London station and reaching over 1.7 million listeners each week. Kiss is a multi-platform brand across radio, TV, online and mobile.
Rickie, Melvin and Charlie jump start London's mornings every weekday with the Kiss 100 breakfast show. During the week Kiss plays music from the biggest artists, showcasing new music and trends providing a stage for new and global talent. Kiss' passion for Dance, Hip Hop and R&B is at the heart of everything they do – with artist takeover shows, exclusive backstage tickets for winners and giving listeners the exclusive opportunity to be Kiss reporters at events.
Listeners say that Kiss is the trusted source of the latest tracks and artists – Kiss is constantly moving and never stands still.
Smiles of London, Sponsor of the Best Tourism Experience Award
Smiles of London is presented by The National Skills Academy for Hospitality and in this year of the "staycation" we are celebrating the excellence of the people who work in our industry and provide a fantastic experience for our guests and visitors.
The role of the Academy is to seek out, showcase and raise awareness of excellence whereever we find it. As part of this process we wish to shine a light on those in our sector who are leading the way for customer service delivery.
Excellent customer service always starts with a smile; this is the inspiration behind Smiles of London – recognising, highlighting and rewarding the very best consumer experiences in London. After all, we have a lot to be proud of!
British Airways, Sponsor of the Outstanding Customer Service Award
British Airways, one of the world's largest and longest established international airlines, has always been regarded as an industry leader. Award-winning and with more than 90 years of heritage, we are the UK's largest international scheduled airline, flying at convenient times to the best-located airports in more than 300 destinations worldwide.
Our main operating bases are London's principal airports: Heathrow and Gatwick. As a member of the oneworld™ alliance we offer an unmatched network of some 700 destinations in almost 150 countries worldwide. The British Airways name has become a byword for quality travel. Whether in the air or on the ground, we take pride in providing the full service experience that our customers expect of us. As the proud airline partner of the London Olympic and Paralymic games, we look forward to welcoming the world to London in 2012.
Heathrow Express, Sponsor of the Sustainable Tourism Award
Heathrow Express is the fastest, most frequent way to travel between Heathrow Airport and Central London. With no traffic jams, taxi queues or stops to worry about, you can be in the centre of London, or right inside the airport, in just 15 minutes. Departing from London's Paddington station every 15 minutes, Heathrow Express delivers an airline-style experience the moment you step through the doors.
Heathrow Express keeps you entertained during your journey through Express TV, with up-to-date BBC news and weather, as well as international and local information about destinations and attractions. Mobile telephones work the entire length of the journey and free wifi helps you to organise your day ahead. There are also quiet zones where mobile phone use is not permitted and Express TV does not play.
Heathrow Express also helps you with your onward journey with a taxi sharing scheme at Paddington station.
Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R, Sponsor of Marketing/PR Campaign Award
RKCR/Y&R London is a full-service above-the-line advertising agency. Through research, strategic analysis and idea development, it is able to develop and execute 360-degree communications plans, ensuring that the agency is focused on media-neutral ideas, rather than advertising executions. RKCR/Y&R prides itself on its ability to combine real creative zest and enthusiasm with a keen sense of commercial efficacy and accountability. Its clients include M&S, Lloyds TSB, Land Rover, Bacardi, Oxfam and Virgin Atlantic, to name a few. RKCR/Y&R places advertising effectiveness at the heart of its philosophy, and that's why it's the most awarded agency for effectiveness in the UK.
visitlondon.com, Sponsor of the Budget Accommodation of the Year Award
visitlondon.com is the ultimate London website. We provide a range of popular sites aimed at a variety of audiences including consumers, event organisers, travel trade, Visit London partners and media. Our leisure site receives more than one million unique visitors per month. We provide a wealth of information and inspiration plus the ability to book hotels, tickets and restaurants online. We also promote great special offers and competitions. Our lively blog is going from strength to strength and you can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter. We send e-newsletters to a global audience.
Our award-winning event planners' website speaks to top decision makers in the meetings and events industry: visitlondon.com/business
Our travel trade website contains invaluable information for the travel industry: visitlondon.com/trade
Visit London partners access regular updates and partner opportunities at visitlondon.com/partners
Members of the media can find our latest press releases and statistics at visitlondonmediacentre.com
Cake, Sponsor of the Consumer Event of the Year Award
Cake is a creative communications agency that is expert at engaging audiences, shifting perceptions and creating news and excitement in all relevant channels.The surety of our campaign management comes from creating teams of senior professionals who get to the heart of the issue; the success of our news creation comes from a highly skilled, strategic approach that conjures up ideas with real cut-through. In-house specialists in communications strategy, media relations, content, design, experiential and digital marketing, work in cross-disciplinary teams to garner support for a business, a cause or campaign.
Our blue chip client list includes The Prince’s Rainforest Project, Sky, Sainsbury’s, Unilever (PG tips, Ben & Jerry’s and Pot Noodle), Motorola, Vodafone and Visit London. Cake is based in Central London and opened an office in New York in 2009. We’re part of the Havas Group, which gives us access to in-depth consumer research materials.
Learn more at www.cakegroup.com
Confex Group, Sponsor of the Business Venue of the Year Award
Confex Group is the umbrella brand for an events industry portfolio that covers the following events and support products & services; Event UK, International Confex, venuefinder.com / blue& green.Confex Group provides organisers with a wealth of information and opportunities to obtain venues, products, services, ideas and advice on every aspect of running an event. Likewise to provide exhibitors/advertisers with a varied and complementary route to market that can be tailored to a supplier's individual requirements.
OpenLondon, Sponsor of the Accessible Tourism Award
Leading charities for the disabled have teamed up with the main tourism bodies to create OpenBritain and its sister OpenLondon - supported by the LDA and Visit London. Designed as a comprehensive information source for anyone with access requirements, from a wheelchair user, to an athlete with a broken leg, or an older person needing large print, OpenBritain and OpenLondon will be exciting new guide books, supported by a web site – OpenBritain.net. Visitors to London will be able to find hotels, attractions, restaurants, theatres and transport which meets their needs. All London tourism businesses are urged to participate to show they are ready to welcome the world in 2012.
Tourism for All UK and RADAR are the lead organisations, supported by the National Federation of Shopmobility, Visit London, VisitEngland, Visit Wales, Visit Scotland, British Hospitality Association, Automobile Association, the Caravan Club, Hudson’s guides, Heritage Houses Association, ATOC, RDA’s and more.
OMD, Sponsor of the Large Hotel of the Year Award
OMD is one of the world’s foremost media communications specialists. Investing billions in media through over 140 offices in over 80 countries and contributing to the success of many of the world's leading brands. Smart analytics and world class creativity powers our clients marketing efforts and drives results. We create dedicated teams of executives that function as an extension of our clients’ businesses, designed to deliver breakthrough advertising and media in a complicated world.
OMD is a unit of Omnicom Group Inc. the world’s largest and most successful marketing and communications company Formed in 1986, Omnicom is a strategic and financial holding company managing a portfolio of market-leading communications companies. As part of Omnicom, OMD is able to harness Omnicom’s global capabilities and marketing service companies to deliver optimal communications plans for our clients.
Paragon, Print Sponsor
As a market leader in the provision of print services, Paragon prides itself on supplying custom managed solutions that are delivered to clients through a dynamic and scalable global manufacturing and logistics platform.
Strategically built over 100 years, Paragon understands that today's global brands require partners who can assist with their worldwide and local marketing communication requirements. As such, Paragon is pleased to support Visit London. As their single source supplier, Paragon provides facilities for the storage and distribution of all printed collateral; storage and pick and pack services, including international fulfilment; and call-centre management, answering all worldwide customers' requests for information.
A varying skill base, the ability to provide a full solution and a strong global distribution network has resulted in Paragon delivering a diverse contract for Visit London, which has been managed from Paragon's state-of-the-art manufacturing, print and fulfilment centre based at Wakefield Europort.
London Restaurant Festival, Sponsor of the Best Gastronomic Experience Award
London Restaurant Festival is a city-wide celebration of eating out, the first of its kind. The inaugural festival took place in October this year. The London Restaurant Festival allows everyone to celebrate all that is good about London's restaurant scene.
From Festival Menus offering dishes at discounted prices, to a Routemaster bus tour of the city's most exclusive restaurants; from an underground supper club to a Sunday roast in Leadenhall Market cooked by some of London’s favourite chefs; from a film and food collaboration, Eat Film, to Pierre Koffmann's pop-up restaurant on the roof of Selfridges.
Conference & Incentive Travel, Sponsor of the Corporate Event of The Year Award
Conference & Incentive Travel (C&IT), the UK's leading meetings magazine, is the definitive read for the corporate events industry. Circulated to more than 18,500 agency and corporate event planners, C&IT covers the leading brands and their event strategies on a monthly basis.
C&IT's portfolio now includes the annual Brand Book, State of the Industry report, Power 50, Venue London and The A List, plus a series of mini guides. www.citmagazine.com relaunched last year and features the latest industry news, case studies, features and photo galleries, plus four weekly e-news bulletins and web TV features including C&IT Cribs.
SML Marketing & Events, Sponsor of the Small Hotel/B&B of the Year Award
SML Marketing & Events is a creative agency specialising in unique events and innovative marketing solutions. A small, nimble and driven agency with vast experience in producing impressive award ceremonies, gala dinners, public events, corporate parties, PR stunts and global marketing campaigns.
SML works regularly with Visit London on award-winning events and has produced the amazing Visit London Awards for the second year running. SML is at the forefront of the events and marketing industry and consistently pushes the boundaries to create award-winning, media-worthy projects. Most of all, SML knows no limits!
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