Picking up the PAICE for New Caledonia

The 4PR events team picked up PAICE for New Caledonia operators at the annual Pacific Asia Incentive & Conference Expo held in August at Auckland's Eden Park in August. The carpeted stand area was transformed into a turqoise and white chic South Pacific scape complete with sandy fringe. Professional conference organisers and incentive organisers were treated to not only first hand information from the 8 visiting operators but also to tropical fresh fruit kebabs dunked in a white chocolate fountain - which like many visitors to the stand Tracey found too tempting to resist!

Footprints Network Media Launch 16 August

Leading tech, travel and business media gathered for a private luncheon at Pasha for the New Zealand launch of the Footprints Network www.footprints.org.au - the online ready made corporate social responsibility programme where every dollar in equates to every dollar out toward supporting a range of projects in impoverished countries around the world - and no, not a dollar of donor money was spent on lunch!
Now we can talk about lunch...Chef Simon Gault excelled himself with a sumptuous set menu that started with the ultimate VIP party icebreaker - licking a crazy combo of white chocolate mousse, heaped with caviar off your hand! A very grown up variation on the old lick, suck, sip Tequila concept....only far less toxic and far tastier.
Footprints is already talking to New Zealand e commerce providers to provide their customers with the opportunity to give a little change to make a big difference. The lunch was organised by 4PR together with Sydney affiliate agency S2i communications - see ww.S2i.com.au with a presentation by Simon Monk, Footprints Network Founder and Christy McCarthy Footprints Relationships Manager.

on location - Club Med Ria Bintan, Indonesia

Louise went on location to Club Med Ria Bintan to showcase this region and another great Club Med resort to New Zealand media. In addition to guest media stories, Louise also wrote about her own experiences both on and off course in Bintan. 'Beauty and the Beast ' of Bintan is her first hand amateur golfing account on Asia's top course and published in the October issue of NZ Golf Magazine. Resort life at Club Med on the shores of the South China Sea will be featured in the October issue of Holiday Shoppe's on location magazine - FREE from Holiday Shoppe locations throughout New Zealand or click on to www.holidayshoppe.co.nz

Media do work on famils!

They might be affectionately referred to as 'junkets' but there was no rest at cocktail hour for media on this famil to Club Med Ria Bintan....Dominion Post photographer Craig Simcox reviews Louise's village snaps whilst travel writer Megan Singleton takes stock of her stories on screen.

The Blogger of Bintan

Travel writer and travel blogger extraordinaire, Megan Singleton didnt even put her laptop away for cocktails - hard at it filing stories and her regular travel blog for House of Travel on the Club Med media famil to Ria Bintan. On site tips from Megan included how to eat buffet style - and yes, there is a knack to it and it does not include piling your plate a mile high!

on location in New Caledonia

Tracey joined a mega famil to New Caledonia searching for new stories and to reacquaint herself with this destination which for many has not been visited since they did French at school or visited one of the regions first Club Med's in the 80's....there is plenty of reasons to take a new look at New Caledonia and experience French sophistication and charm just 2 hours from Auckland. The world's largest lagoon and New Zealand's closest neighbour..... read about Tracey's experience in the October issue of Holiday Shoppe's on location magazine available FREE from Holiday Shoppe locations throughout New Zealand or click on to www.holidayshoppe.co.nz

Methven at designEX Melbourne

Leading shower and tapware designer & manufacturer, Methven previewed their latest innovation in shower technology and design at designEX 2007.
The 4PR events team bought chrome and contemporary design to life with a media and customer preview event using the exceptional talents of local dancers who drew the guests and cameras for a sneak preview of the Tahi shower - the newest generation shower from the Satinjet family.