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EDIT_May10.indd 13 5/3/2010 3:16:42 PM CONTENTS May 2010, Mumbai EXPERIENTIAL MARKETING 04 Event Briefs Industry Watch | MICE | Media Active Sports Rush | Promo Power 08-13 Back to school for the ABCs of conferencing IAPCO Regional Seminar 14 Brands make hay when Goafest shines Brands engage ad frat at Goafest 2010 18 Canon Image Express C S Direkt manages year-long activity 22 Maha Kumbh Mela Maha Brand Mela Impact Communications engage rural audiences 25 LONE SELLING PITCH? Are marketers looking beyond Cricket? 30 Show and Tell Navroze D Dhondy Founder & Managing Director Creatigies Communications Pvt Ltd. 41 GLIMPSES 51 48 47 49 50 52 53 54 EDIT_May10.indd 14 5/4/2010 12:58:36 PM HEADLINES IN APRIL May 2010, Mumbai EXPERIENTIAL MARKETING 07 Big Events manages music launch of Colombo to host IIFA Weekend 2010 ‘Raavan’ in Mumbai from June 3-5 Wizcraft International, organisers of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA), have officially announced Colombo in Sri Lanka as the destination for this year’s edition of the IIFA Weekend and Awards. In it’s 11th edition, the event will be held from June 3-5, 2010 at the Reliance Big Pictures unveiled the music composed by multi-purpose Sugathadasa Stadium. AR Rahman for Mani Ratnam’s forthcoming ‘Raavan’, at the Yash Raj Studios on April 24. For the first time ever, the 5.1 surround sound was used at a launch event and audio solutions was provided by Sound.com, while Stage Gear provided the lighting solutions. Candid engages more than a lakh people for Colors’ ‘IPL Rockstar’ Sahara IPL Awards Colors has appointed Candid Marketing to handle the The Indian Premier League (IPL) and Sahara India Pariwar on-ground promotions for its new talent hunt show ‘IPL have announced a long-term partnership to organise the IPL Rockstar’. The agency has been managing the on-ground Awards. The Awards will be jointly produced and managed promotional activities in Ahmedabad, Delhi, Mohali and by Cineyug and DNA Networks. Chandigarh, since March 12. Impact Communications markets Impresario organises road shows to ‘Haridwar Mahakumbh Mela’ to 26 promote i-mobile across Maharashtra brands Impresario managed the road shows for new mobile brand, I-mobile, across different cities of Maharashtra through the The Mela commenced this year on January 14 and went month of April. This year, the brand plans to spend 70 per cent on until April 28. Impact communications had the sole right of its marketing budget for on-ground promotions. acquired to market the event to the 26 brands which made their presence felt in the religious event. EDIT_May10.indd 17 5/4/2010 1:01:22 PM Industry Watch May 2010, Mumbai EXPERIENTIAL MARKETING 08 PDM to handle on-ground activities for MasterCard for two years Percept D’Mark keeping in mind its core target group comprising individ- (PDM) has bagged ual account holders, banks and merchants. the mandate to man- age all on-ground The initial brief from the client includes working on cam- activations for Mas- paigns to drive the usage of debit cards at points of sales; terCard, following a multi-agency pitch process. As part handling activations related to the brand’s sponsorship of of the contract, PDM has come on board as a retainer the Mumbai Indians team during the IPL season; develop- agency and will be the only agency handling activations ing initiatives centred on card holder education and other for the brand for the next two years. merchant incentive schemes; and organising events for different platforms. Also, the brand plans to increase vis- The on-ground activities for MasterCard will be planned ibility at airports with consumer promotions. Big Events appoint Sameet Sharma Dream Merchants announces third as Regional Head-West edition of Bangalore Fashion Week Reliance Media World Ltd. announced Dream Merchants has announced the appointment of Sameet Sharma as the schedule of the Bangalore Regional Head-West for Big Events, a Fashion Week (BFW) Winter/Fes- part of Big Live, which is the experien- tive 2010. Scheduled to be held tial marketing arm of Reliance Media from July 22-25, BFW will show- World Ltd. Prior to this, Sharma was case the collection for the current handling client servicing at Encom- season. In addition to the new sea- pass, where he had joined in 2004. son, an India Diamond Week has also been announced. In his new role, Sharma will be responsible for augment- ing the business in the western region through growing the Feroz Khan, Director, Dream Merchants, and Creative Di- corporate clientele base, increasing the assortment of serv- rector, BFW, said, “Festive season is more apt for the Indi- ices provided under the events and BTL space. He will also an market and hence we have announced the launch of the be responsible for building a strong back-end team. He will new ‘Festive’ season. October to December is considered report to Navneeth Mohan, National Head-BTL, Reliance to be the festival season in India, so a July schedule is ap- Media World Ltd. propriate for the market.” Colombo to host IIFA Weekend Chennai International Fashion Week 2010 from June 3-5 dates announced Wizcraft International, The second edition of organisers of the the Chennai Interna- International Indian Film tional Fashion Week Academy (IIFA), have (CIFW) will be held from officially announced June 2-6, 2010, at the Le Colombo in Sri Lanka as Royal Meridien Hotel in the destination for this Chennai. CIFW 2010 will year’s edition of the IIFA present the Autumn/Win- Weekend and Awards. In ter 2010/11 trends, and the number of fashion shows have it’s 11th edition, the event will be held from June 3-5 at the been increased to 32 from last year’s 25. The CIFW is pro- multi-purpose Sugathadasa Stadium. As already announced duced by Chennai-based Storm Fashion Company, which earlier, IIFA 2011 will be held in Toronto in Canada. specialises in fashion show production and design, as well as publishing, cinema production, small business manage- The IIFA Weekend 2010 will be a culmination of several ment, and marketing. events - the FICCI IIFA Global Business Forum, the IIFA Foundation Fashion Extravaganza, the IIFA Foundation This year, model auditions are being conducted in Delhi, Celebrity Cricket Match, World premieres of Indian films, Mumbai and Chennai.