A word from the editor

‘Happy Birthday to us, Happy birthday to us...’ Revelation is 10 years old!!

For those of you who haven’t been up to visit us in the new offices yet, or stopped by for a quick coffee (or if you are lucky a bbq) then here are some pictures of Hope Manor since we’ve moved in.

I will take this opportunity to reiterate that if you are ever in the area, you are more than welcome to pop in and join us for a cuppa and some cake. In fact so keen are we on cake that our recent team meeting saw the theme of a very competitive ‘bake off’!

A number of clients have taken up the offer to spend the day looking behind the scenes at what we do and how we do it, as we continually strive to be our clients ‘event partner’.

In addition to this and as part of Revelation’s ongoing commitment to providing a high quality service and developing our already talented on-site team, we held a freelancer afternoon at the office. This was an opportunity for some of our extended team to come in and catch up with the core team, chat through our goals for this year, the work ahead whilst having a spot of tea and cake! The session was very well received and feedback given post event was very positive. This is now something that we plan to do again in the following months.

Just to update you, this seasons shows include World’s 50 Best Restaurants, Gastech 2009, more Easyfairs exhibitions, Tourism Management Institute’s Hot Topic event, Sustainability Live! exhibition with Faversham House Group, the Industry Awards 2009 and many more.

Enjoy the lovely spring weather.

Fiona, Editor
It's a Revelation...

Red Prairie Stand Build

Red Prairie appointed us to design and produce an exhibition stand that was adaptable enough for them to reuse on shows they were planning to attend both in the UK and in Europe. Our creative team provided 3D visuals of the proposed stand as well as graphical content for the stands. The final design signed off by Red Prairie was then developed further and two versions were created, a French language version and an English language version.

The team produced the stand to specification, shipped one to Belgium where it made its exhibition debut and the other is awaiting its chance to shine at Logistics Link Live exhibition later this month.

Jane’s Information Group – Gulf Defence Conference

Jane’s Information Group is a leading global information provider who host a number of highly successful events in the global defence and military, transport and aerospace sectors. Jane’s approached us to partner them on the Gulf Defence Conference which took place alongside IDEX (International Defence Exhibition & Conference) one of the largest defence shows. The events were being held at ADNEC in Abu Dhabi a venue very familiar to our team.

Revelation provided production support at the conference, which attracted around 200 delegates. This role included the design and implementation of the stage, set and audio visual packages, as well as ensuring cohesive branding was represented throughout. Our Middle East office based in ADNEC was also used as a base for all those involved in organising the event and used for any additional jobs that needed to be done. A member of the Middle East team acted as onsite management for the duration of the event to make sure that everything ran smoothly and to provide a constant source of support for the Jane’s team.

Exhibitions

We are well into exhibition season now and the team is busy with a portfolio of Easyfairs, Imago, Faversham House Group and dmg World Media events.

Revelation’s exhibition services are very versatile.

For exhibition organisers we can do anything from the supply of large scale AV to acting as an external operations department and running the entire exhibition. We’ll build the stands, supply the AV equipment for exhibitors, manage the logistics, and arrange installations, supply support staff as well as project manage each and every process.

For exhibitors we can plan, design and build your stand – whether it be a bespoke stand or modular panels or a simple ‘pop-up’ graphic display. We are also the official contractor of AV on many of the UK's exhibitions, providing plasmas, pc’s, sound and lighting plus on site support.

If you are organising an exhibition or planning to exhibit then why not get in touch and get a competitive quote, call 01454 262 242 or email sales@revelation-events.co.uk.

Grocer Branded Excellence Awards

Working with William Reed as their production partner, Revelation were tasked with designing the stage and set of this well established award ceremony, held in the Sheraton, Park Lane.

The art deco style of the venue’s interior was the inspiration for the design which took on stepped sweeping curve shape across the top of each set panel. With a tailored lighting package executed to reflect the event marketing the stage looked right on brand. The guest presenter for the evening was the charismatic Chef, Jean-Christof Novelli.

Procter & Gamble, Mission Possible IV

Background

Procter & Gamble (P&G) started as a small, family-operated soap and candle company; today it provides products and services to consumers in 140 countries. The company markets more than 300 branded products, including some very well known ones, such as Gillette, Fairy and Pringles. They have operations in more than 80 countries, employing nearly 140,000 people.

For the last 4 years P&G have followed the theme of ‘Mission Possible’ for its Annual Sales Force Conference. This year they wanted to round it off and accomplish the mission to end on a “we did it” note, rewarding their colleagues for their hard work. After Revelation’s impressive work on the theming of the event last year, for the 2009 conference we were asked to manage the production of the conference and to event manage the team build (with a twist!).

Solution

The conference brief was to provide AV production, theming and entertainment that had to be on brand and reinforce the event theme. Our team designed and built the set to incorporate the P&G brand and was also flexible enough to be able to change its physical state instantly with effective and vibrant lighting. This change in state was then the transition from the day time conference to evening team build and entertainment.

The conference suite in the London Airport venue was lit with intelligent light fixtures as well as LED up lighters. Mission Possible gobos were used around the room to reinforce the event theme and pyrotechnics to create extra drama.

With regards to the multi media elements we provided a themed presentation template for all the speakers’ presentations, completed any editing required and embedded the appropriate video and audio.

The team build element involved the Revelation creative team coming up with a task for the delegates over one of the afternoons. The result was a London ‘treasure hunt’ for 9 teams that would take in all the key London sights.

The hunt kicked off with an Ethan Hunt look a like (Tom Cruises character in the film) making a dramatic entrance onto the stage of the sales conference, begging to be rescued by the surprised audience as he was dragged off the stage by his kidnappers. Each team was dropped by land yachts in Trafalgar Square and kitted out with their bespoke clues, survival kits and digital cameras to document their hunt.

Each team made their way to various London attractions’ until their final clue led them to a lovely restaurant located in a well known London landmark where “Ethan” was rescued alive and well. After enjoying dinner and drinks the teams were whisked off to another fabulous venue where, from the 42nd floor, they were able to enjoy the best ‘skyline by night’ view in London.

Results

The whole event went was really well received with the team build proving to be a lot of fun. The objective of rounding of the theme with a bang whilst thanking everyone for their hard work was achieved successfully. The team at P&G found us easy to deal with both pre and on-site and believed we interpreted their requirements and delivered them very well.

“[They] delivered a wonderful team building event followed by a memorable evening - in more ways than one!! As always, it was a pleasure to work with the team from Revelation!!”
Proctor & Gamble

Tourism Institute Management (TMI) – Hot Topic Event

Revelation are pleased to have signed a 3 year contract with the TMI to event manage and produce all their events, which include their Annual Convention and Hot Topic Event each year. The Hot Topic Event, (in association with the British Arts Festivals Association) was held at The Paragon Hotel in Birmingham earlier this month. The one day event discussed The Business of Festivals & Events and attracted over 100 delegates from all over the country.

Revelation gave a key input to the marketing and production of the whole event, from branding and registration, to the development of an event website, venue and supplier management, sponsorship opportunities as well as being active participants in the event group.

Industry Awards

It is that time of year again when the team get a fantastic range of housewares, DIY, Cookware and gardening products delivered to the offices to demonstrate at the Industry Awards. Revelation writes the entire script and produces the live show which for the last 4 years has featured a live cast.

It is always a great ceremony that celebrates innovation and creativity within the retail market and this year with it being held at the Sheraton Park Lane will be no exception. The format has changed for 2009... all will be revealed on the day!

Along with the creative production the onsite team from Revelation will be providing such services as complete technical production including filming, music stings, staging, set branding and design and full technical support. Watch this space in the next newsletter for pictures!'

Inspirational Stage & Sets

Animated Sets:
This year at the prestigious World Future Energy Summit the conference set was taken to a new level by having it completely animated. The brand was represented as a huge widescreen projection of rotating windmills, panning clouds as well as the conference presentations and videos animating on and off the massive screen. WOW! Check it out

Lavish Sets:
The set at this years Hotel Report Awards hosted at Banqueting House, London incorporated some sumptuous gold and red draping, fabrics and lighting to create a fantastically lavish stage that well complimented the existing features of this beautiful venue.

The creative design team on the event worked extremely hard to ensure that the character of the room with its extraordinarily decorative ceiling, columns and chandeliers looked completely at home amongst the furnishings, stage and opulent decoration.

LED Sets:
A simple yet effective set. Using light-emitting diode (LED) batons to colour wash the stage and create a fantastic focal point of the room which can change dramatically instantaneously at the touch of a button. One unit can create millions and millions of different colours and they come in a variety of shapes and sizes. By using PVC sets that have a shinier surface the colour can spread across the whole area as opposed to felt sets where you tend to get the shape of the light. Plus you can’t see the source of the lights, just the amazing effect.

The other great thing about LED’s is that they don’t get hot and they use a fraction of the energy that other lights do.

Here’s some inspiration...