I am very proud to announce that once again we won “Best Box” at the Hong Kong Sevens.

The Hong Kong Sevens is a highlight on the event calendar and defiantly one of the best festivals in Asia. This year like many others in the past I didn’t actually see a whole game and only managed a couple glasses of Pimms on the Saturday but loved the atmosphere and had a great time.

We were looking after two corporate hospitality boxes this year. One was a sponsor of the sevens and our third year in looking after them. The other we celebrated our fourteenth year of creating experience together for their clients and staff at the 7’s. In the past we helped them to secure the coveted award from Finance Asia for “Best Box” twice and this year 2013 marks the third..  for the full article click here

Best Box history

In 2002 we won for “All Bar Scrum” for which we created and managed a traditional English Pub.

A clear winner in 2005 for “Seven’s Heaven”… They came to me and said ‘heaven’ is the theme, but no angels and no wings.. So I turned the place into the Sistine Chapel all with rugby elements We removed the ceiling and replaced it with photo shopped Michael Angelo’s … “Creation” had god throwing Adam a rugby ball, “Creation of Eve” became “sin bin” with God giving a yellow card to Eve..

Sevens 2013…

For 2013 this year’s “Art of Rugby” design was a team effort. We turned the small space into a studio and art gallery with original art all with a rugby element.

Everything had a ‘rugby art’ theme we had a great video installation from artist Kees Van Wan check out a low res version here

My old days of street art were reinvigorated with my Wang Gaungyi inspired stencils on the bar top and the Neon Art created a nice pink glow..

Mona was very popular as was the other photo op

But the piece d résistance was our drinkable art .. a vodka cranberry “liquid painting” that you could drink.

Maybe our other client should have won?

Although we won ‘best box’ for the art themed suite actually I think the feel, décor and atmosphere of our other client might have edged out the artsy vibe  to take the prize… however as the other client wasn’t a financial company they weren’t in the running. For them we had a “Team Theme” and good team needs their own stadium. So that what we made.. a private stadium.

Complete with visiting Rugby legends…

Own locker room too!

Awards are a wonderful incentive but it is only with good clients that trust your judgement and allow you the space to be creative can you truly create award worthy material.

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Just came across this write up on one of the boxes we did for the sevens last year.. Pleased that the clients goal was matched exactly Here is an excerpt from Finance Asia’s Funny Money article March 26 2012.. Who had the best box?
…”Hats off too to UBS, which did perhaps a better job of sending a branding message on a smaller budget. A pit stop theme drew on its association with Formula 1 and, at the same time, allowed the bank to claim that it is in “pole position”. It also had a buffet and drinks table supported by tyres, where guests could “refuel” (the cup holders also looked like tyres). The wait staff wore pit-crew uniforms and the de rigour photo stand featured a trophy so you could pose like a Formula 1 winner. Clever, not costly, and good fun. Not surprisingly, the box was packed, and a senior banker was on hand throughout the weekend so clients were suitably wined and dined. The only thing missing was Sebastian Vettel…

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The Green Future

I was recently featured in CEI writing about “Green Events in 2013″

(original text)

Sustainable events in 2013

Around the world event communities  were buzzing with the news of the release of  ISO 20121 Event Sustainability System, everywhere except here that is…Over the last 7 years I have watched the progression as the multinationals’ headquarters based in the US and Europe dictated that all events should have a sustainable factor to them. At first there was nothing… then slowly the satellite offices aroundAsiastarted ‘greening’ their events. In 2009/10 there was a flurry of green activity. Seemingly every event had a green component some were even centered totally around the concept and branded as a “Green Event”. It was end of 2010 that I proposed a sustainable element to an ongoing annual event for a client and their response was “No we already did that”. I politely pointed out sustainability was an ‘ongoing thing’ and ‘environmentally sustainable’ was mentioned on their website as a ‘core value’. “No, we want to do something fun.” was the reply. I wondered if inAsia‘green events’ was nothing but a fad.

Over the past two years during the poor economy I have noticed less spotlight on sustainable events and more attention on the bottom line and budget control. Sustainability seems to have lost the limelight. Until you look a little closer, then you find there are many industry leaders and back of house ‘green ninjas’ that have infiltrated the process and although they don’t push the ‘green gospel’ they do bring sustainability in their own way, making responsible choices where they can. These planners and producers realize that the power lay in their hands. These are the ones that hold the ultimate power in the event world. They control the budget. They make buying recommendations, they are the ones with spending power. They are the ones that lead from behind to create real sustainability and not just green washing. These are our industry leaders.

In 2013 as the event industry market inAsiamatures, as education becomes paramount and experience becomes more valued than ever, it will be the leaders who understand the value of sustainable practices that will thrive. Systems like ISO 20121, services like Feeding HK and products from the ever growing rental market will help to make sustainable practices an easier and integral part of the management of events. I see sustainable events coming back into fashion. No longer will these events be neutral earthy tones with pictures of leaves and smiling faces. These “Green Events” will be indistinguishable from any other event because this time sustainability will become part of the processes from start to finish.

Robert Rogers, CSEP

Reference

http://www.iso.org/iso/sustainable_events_iso_2012.pdf

http://feedinghk.org/food-waste-in-hk/

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