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Tourism priorities: Events, conventions Northern Nevada Business Weekly Share     Big special events such as Hot August Nights, Street Vibrations and the National Championship Air Races help define tourism in northern Nevada, and the Reno Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority wants to bring more of them to Nevada. New special events — either homegrown or wooed from other locations — would fill slow winter months and generate business on free weekends during the summer, says RSCVA President and Chief Executive Officer Ellen Oppenheim. More
Sydney police presence upped at music festival AAP via The Sydney Morning Herald Share
Covert policing will be employed by officers in a bid to stamp out drug taking among revellers at Sydney's Stereosonic Festival in Australia. Stereosonic will kick off the electro dance music event calendar with Calvin Harris, Carl Cox and Tiesto performing. Officers vowed to use both high and low visibility operations at the festival. More CVB offering groups in Indiana grants of up to $10,000 The South Bend Tribune Share
There's now grant money available to help promote the many festivals and events that are held in St. Joseph County, Ind., each year. The idea is to provide grants up to $10,000 to help organizers reach more people in hopes of boosting the number of visitors staying in South Bend, Ind., hotels, eating in restaurants and shopping at stores. More Terrorist threat to Olympic street parties The Telegraph Share
Hundreds of street parties, festivals and big screen events across the U.K. timed to coincide with the London 2012 Olympic Games could be vulnerable to terrorist attack, a government security assessment has found. The results of the review, released by the government, highlight the risks posed by "parallel events" run alongside the games but not part of them. With just 20 months before the games, security officials are concerned by what they call "displacement" in which terrorists change their plans to attack well-protected Olympic venues and aim instead at softer targets. More Security to increase at Pioneer Square events in Portland Ore. KPTV-TV Share
Even though officials say the alleged bomb plot at Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland, Ore., was an isolated incident, city leaders want to reassure the public that safety is a top concern. Parks Commissioner Nick Fish met with Police Chief Mike Reece at City Hall to discuss increasing security measures at events in Portland's public parks, such as Pioneer Square. More Related story: Portland event planners react to scare (Portland Business Journal) Audit: Deerfield Beach, Fla., paid heavily for 'lavish' festivals The Sun-Sentinel Share
An independent audit has determined that a Florida city poured $1.7 million into the Mango, Brazilian and Founder's Day festivals between 2006 and 2008 with little accountability for how the money was spent or safeguards to prevent fraud. Auditors go on to accuse high-ranking city employees at the time of doing transactions in such a way that kept the Deerfield Beach City Commission in the dark about how the money was spent. The city spent close to $1 million on the Mango Festival alone during the three-year period, the forensic audit said, not including money spent for in-kind services. More Disqualification for folk festival ticket firm boss Cambridge News Share
A boss of the firm which went bust owing taxpayers £645,000 in Cambridge Folk Festival ticket receipts has been disqualified from being a director for nine years. Michael Barnard, a director of Secureticket Ltd, failed to ensure cash due to Cambridge City, U.K. Council in 2008 was paid to the authority, the Insolvency Service said. More Cost of festivals set to rise further in 2011 Music Week Share
According to a survey carried out on behalf of Virtual Festivals and the U.K. Festival Awards by Matt Brennan, a post-doctoral researcher in music at the University of Edinburgh in England, and Emma Webster, a PhD student in music at the University of Glasgow in England, ticket prices to the U.K.'s biggest festivals have vastly outstripped the Consumer Price Index in the past few years and are likely to do so again in 2011. More Festivals help bolster region's economy The Pacer Share
Each year, the beginning of a new school year not only brings thousands of students to the campus of University of Tennesee, Martin, but it also means that some of the most popular events hosted by both UTM and the city of Martin will be getting under way and continue until Christmas. The Soybean Festival kicks off in September. There are, however, two more events that impact the campus and the community. These events are the UTM Homecoming and Santa's Village. More |
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