By the time the official report is published 2012 will go on record as the most wonderful year ever. It will then be followed by 2013 which will go on record as the most wonderful year ever. Which will then be followed by 2014 which will go on record as being the most wonderful year […]

Can I recommend a quick consideration of the Winning Years campaign at this point.. It provides a very interesting introduction into the art of creating a successful self promotion for a Quango. Essentially we are being reminded to do our job. http://www.visitscotland.org/about_us/our_focus/the_winning_years.aspx How can this fail to be a success?…[Read more]

Happy New Year Kenny. A very thought provoking piece for me. In 2008 speaking at the International Events and Festivals Association’s European Conference which I attended in Iceland Key Note Speaker Dr Joe Goldblatt argued that Year Long Festivals were a mistake. He explained in detail why the media and the public have no interest […]

Having sat through a whole semester in my MSc course in International Events Management in which the the tactics employed by politicians to justify the diversion of funds from the arts and other far more worthy causes to pay for the Olympics were revealed to me in all their hideous glory; I am sorry to […]