BIZBASH CALL SHEET — #191 — Thursday, 02.02.12
Compiled today by Jana Schiowitz and Anna Sekula in New York
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* INCOMING *
1. SUPER BOWL HAPPENINGS: According to Shiv Singh, global head of digital for the beverage company, Pepsi's plans for Sunday's game in Indianapolis include a "sound off" platform and Super Bowl-themed station on Pandora. Ad Age: '"What we're doing with a social-TV platform is hosting a party for consumers and people across America," he said. "If consumers want to rate and rant about the ads, they're more than welcome to," Mr. Singh said. "[Coca-Cola's] approach is very different. The impression I get is it's a competing second-screen experience. It's not consumers talking about the game with each other; it's talking to ad characters. We care less about what polar bears do and more about what real people do and say."'
http://bit.ly/yztUIa
Google+ events: Giants players are hosting hour-long Google+ hangouts today as part of the team's Social Media Night campaign, which connects players with fans. Mashable:
http://on.mash.to/yM7V8L
Guest experience: Chad Hudson Events is handling celebrity hospitality, guest list and R.S.V.P. management, event entry and exit, sponsorship gaming areas, and overall guest experience for DirecTV's Super Bowl events this weekend, which include Saturday afternoon’s Celebrity Beach Bowl and the Super Saturday night party hosted by HD Net and Peyton Manning.
2. WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM RECAP: Special Olympics chairman Timothy P. Shriver reflects on the conference, which wrapped up in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland Sunday. "…I'm struck by the sense that there is a lot of news this year, but ironically, it wasn't made in Davos. The news is that there's a lot of creativity, passion, and even healing going on in the world but it doesn't necessarily stem from the investment bankers, C.E.O.s or government elites at Davos." The Huffington Post:
http://huff.to/xSBnGE
3. KODAK PULL OUT: Kodak wants out of the theater at the famed Hollywood and Highland intersection. L.A. Business Journal: "Eastman Kodak Company said in a new federal bankruptcy filing that it wants to end its naming rights deal for the 3,400-seat Hollywood theater that has hosted the Academy Awards for nearly 10 years. Kodak, which recently filed for bankruptcy protection, said that it will ask Hollywood & Highland complex owner CIM Group to release it from its $75 million, 20-year sponsorship contract for the Kodak Theatre. The agreement was signed in 2000."
http://bit.ly/zSkZko
4. SOCIAL DATES: Manhattan magazine is launching Charity & Social Datebook, a new guide covering charity, cultural, and social events with a calendar listing, profiles of social and civic leaders, features on selected charities, and photos from New York charity events. Alexis Clark, former editor at Town & Country, will serve as editor of the annual guide. Mediabistro:
http://bit.ly/wQRXbv
* UPCOMING *
TEDxBigApple and Watchitoo have partnered to provide live streaming for the Disruptive Ideas Summit, taking place tomorrow at Saatchi & Saatchi. Speakers include fashion designer Kavita Parmar, Tom Igoe, assistant arts professor at N.Y.U., and Bryan Roberts, partner of Venrock Venture Capital.
http://bit.ly/A3mpT9
* NEW APP *
Cubist Media Group has debuted an iPad app for meetings. MtgWorks will provide a paperless meeting experience, delivering meeting information, presentations, polling, and audience response tools.
http://bit.ly/yk2MDf
* LOCAL NEWS *
BOSTON: The Franklin Park Snow Festival is Saturday at the Franklin Park Clubhouse. Attendees will be treated to sledding, hot chocolate, board games, and snowshoeing.
CHICAGO: The Hotel Lincoln opens March 9. The Lincoln Park property has 184 rooms, a rooftop lounge, and meeting space.
http://bit.ly/w2UvWA
The Chicago Opera Theater Gala takes place at Carnivale March 11, with live music from Grammy-award winner Sylvia McNair and Fig Media.
Eggy's will open in Lakeshore East in April. With a soda fountain, family-style dinners, and homemade cakes and pies, the venue is billed as an "urban diner." The venue has a communal table with 12 seats and power outlets.
KLAMATH FALLS & REDMOND, OREGON: The Lodge at Eagle Crest and the Lodge at Running Y Ranch have joined InterContinental Hotels Group's Holiday Inn Resort portfolio. Both properties have been renovated including guest rooms and meeting spaces.
LAS VEGAS: Vegas Inc: "January’s Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show had record attendance of 61,000 people, and the owner of the annual firearms, ammunition, hunting, and shooting sports industry event has signed a three-year contract extension to have the show in Las Vegas through 2015."
http://bit.ly/zXVwL8
Smash Magazine and Miller Lite will present the Viva Ska Vegas, a day-long music festival at the Henderson Events Plaza on April 28.
LOS ANGELES: The Grammys executive producer Ken Ehrlich told Billboard that this year's telecast, February 12 on CBS, will include 17 or 18 production pieces with about 22 songs being performed. Billboard: "'Arguably it's one of the biggest shows' in the history of the Grammys, he says."
http://bit.ly/AgszEf
The Museum of Contemporary Art announced the highlights of its acquisitions for 2011, which included more than 230 significant pieces. More than half of the works came from writer, professor, and collector Laurence Rickels. MOCA has more than 6,500 works in all.
Bridal event A Soolip Wedding returns this month to San Francisco and Los Angeles; the shows are set for February 26 at the Bently Reserve and March 4 at the Bel Air Bay Club, respectively.
http://bit.ly/yEqetZ
MIAMI/SOUTH FLORIDA: The Gansevoort has changed its name to the Perry. The hotel's renovations will begin soon and are scheduled for completion in 2014. Hotel Chatter:
http://bit.ly/wDYKTh
One Love Nutrifest will be held February 18 at the Grand Central Park, the former site of the Miami Arena. The event will have wellness workshops, demonstrations, and World Beat music.
NEW YORK: Lt. Governor of New Orleans, Jay Dardenne, will be visiting this week to promote Louisiana travel at a living swamp exhibit inside Chelsea Market. The 12,100-square-foot display created by experiential marketing agency Civic Entertainment Group opens today and runs through February 12 with live alligators, turtles, Cajun and Creole food by chef John Folse, live music by Sac au Lait, and artisans demonstrating woodcarving, mud painting, and other art and crafts.
A pre-season match between the New York Islanders and the New Jersey Devils will be the first sports game at Brooklyn's Barclays Center. Other opening events include a Jay-Z concert September 28. The New York Times:
http://nyti.ms/ynm44X
The 60th Edison Furniture & Accessory Market begins Sunday and runs through February 7 at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center. More than 800 exhibitors are expected.
FelCor Lodging bought the Knickerbocker Hotel for $115 million. Nasdaq.com:
http://bit.ly/xHwZzp
The New York International Auto Show announced sleep discounts on hotel pricing arrangements. The show is April 6-15.
http://bit.ly/zdRWzv
ORLANDO: Busch Gardens Tampa Bay debuts a new ice show today. "Iceploration" is a 30-minute show that includes world-class skaters, aerial performances, puppetry, and live animals.
TORONTO: On Tuesday, the provincial government announced that most facilities in Ontario Place will be shut down immediately for a major revitalization. Specific plans for the entertainment park are still a year away, but one goal will be for the facility to function year-round (rather than summer only, as it is now). Ontario Place will reopen temporarily for the Pan Am Games in 2015 and will reopen permanently in 2017. The marina, Molson Amphitheatre, and Atlantis event complex will remain open. The Torontoist:
http://bit.ly/w6bS4p
Luxe Modern Rentals is offering 25 percent off all red furniture during the month of February.
http://bit.ly/Wdl8W
WASHINGTON: The 11,000-square-foot Port City Brewing Company is celebrating its first anniversary by launching a limited edition beer called "One," and a region-wide synchronized tapping tomorrow.
The Special Events Sites Marketing Alliance has two new board members, Megan Cumming, event director with Linder & Associates Inc., and Raz Nielsen, founder of Razme Design.
Destination Marketing Association International is looking for a director of meetings with six to 10 years of experience. Job description here:
http://bit.ly/walgxw
YOUR NEWS: What are you doing? Tell us: [email protected].
With contributions from Jenny Berg in Chicago, Alesandra Dubin in Los Angeles, Mitra Sorrells in Orlando, Carla Warrilow in Toronto, and Jana Schiowitz and Anna Sekula in New York.
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