गुरुवार, 27 अप्रैल 2017
Divya Dutta Has Begun Shooting For Her Film Raita
Divya Dutta who recently
won the literacy award of excellence for her book ‘Me and Ma’ has begun
shooting for her film ‘Raita’ with director Abhinay Deo.She will be seen
collaborating with one of the finest actors- Irrfan Khan and is really excited
about this film.Divya
says she can’t talk right now about the film or her character but she is really
content that she is fortunate enough to work with Nawazuddin Siddiqui and now
Irrfan Khan.
Turkey Opens Doors To India’s Event Management Industry
v Event & Entertainment Management
Association ties up with INVENTUM GLOBAL, Turkey’s largest MICE operator
v First Ever International EEMA Leadership
Retreat planned in Antalya, Turkey from 28thMay – 1st June 2017
v Leading international speakers Marshall
Goldsmith and Graeme Codrington to address the meet
EEMA, India’s apex association of the events and experiential marketing
industry announced a major tie-up with Turkey’s largest MICE operator, INVENTUM
GLOBAL to open the doors to Antalya for the hosting of Indian outbound events,
weddings and corporate meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions.
Announcing the
partnership, the Turkish Ambassador Şakir
Özkan Torunlar said, “Antalya is one of the world’s
most popular destinations for MICE projects and India is the perfect partner to
work with to build sustainable tourism that will help both the business of
Antalya and Turkey overall. On behalf of the government and the people of
Turkey I welcome India’s event industry to our country.”
On the occasion, the
Event and Entertainment Management Association (EEMA) announced the inaugural
EEMA Global Leadership Retreat from May 28th till June 1st 2017 to be hosted in
the picturesque environs of Antalya.
Welcoming the partnership
with INVENTUM GLOBAL, EEMA’s President, Sabbas Joseph said, “EEMA and Inventum
have begun working together for a while and following the success of previous
initiatives, EEMA in partnership with INVENTUM GLOBAL is hosting the first
Global Leadership Retreat of India’s fast-growing event industry with a view to
building a long term partnership to promote Turkey with focus on Antalya, for
India’s outbound events, weddings, corporate meetings, incentives, conferences
and exhibitions.”
The EEMA GLOBAL
LEADERSHIP RETREAT to be held in Antalya, from May 28th to June 1st, will focus
on insights into the future of the experiential and events business, weddings,
leadership skills development, rejuvenation and bonding and most important on
familiarization with Antalya as a destination opportunity as it is introduced
by INVENTUM GLOBAL to the Indian event industry.
The EEMA Retreat has been
designed to provide multiple answers to oft asked questions by the industry’s
leaders and a set of new opportunities across multiple geographies.
The program of the EEMA
Global Leadership Retreat includes global and Indian speakers. The first set of
the headline speakers has been announced:
v Marshall Goldsmith, the business guru would
speak about “What got you here, won’t get you there”, challenging leaders to
rethink their strategies and teamwork
v Graeme Codrington, the futurist from South
Africa, will speak about the approach to Tomorrow today and how business
leaders need to Mind the Gap that exists with the millennial generation.
v Ashish Bhasin, Chairman & CEO-South Asia,
Dentsu Aegis Network will share the experience of collaboration and partnership
built with Fountainhead Marketing.
v Additionally, firesides featuring
“learnings”, “discoveries” and “success stories” will be featured.
Alongside the events
industry’s Leadership Retreat, INVENTUM GLOBAL would organise a familiarisation
(FAM) tour of the key hotels and venues of Antalya with a long term view to
build a consistent stream of event, MICE and wedding projects in Antalya.
Previously FAM visits,
weddings and conferences have been hosted in Antalya. A special panel on the
Indian opportunity was also hosted at the World Tourism Forum’s Mediterranean
Summit in Antalya in December last year which EEMA participated in; this was
conceptualized and moderated by INVENTUM GLOBAL as well.
Bunyat Ozpak, Managing
Partner of Inventum MICE said, “EEMA is our partner of choice and the business
community and the people of Antalya are laying a red carpet for the Indian
event industry to host memorable weddings and events in our country. We’ve
already had some exciting experiences helping host weddings and corporate mice
events. We are looking forward to a strong and deep partnership that is built
on a mutually beneficial model. Hotels, event infrastructure providers,
decorators, designers, venue operators and other facility organisers are
looking forward to the visit of the Indian events community.”
The Turkish partners
working together for the EEMA Global Leadership Retreat under the aegis of
INVENTUM GLOBAL include Rixos Hotels and Turkish Airlines.
Keeping in mind the
demand from the events industry, INVENTUM GLOBAL has increased the capacity of
the Retreat. India’s event industry leaders would be joining the leading MICE
companies from Russia and Ukraine, making it a truly global event.
EEMA and the Indian
events industry is going global. All the major companies have already
registered and their founder-directors are travelling to Antalya. Most
important, the event industry’s leaders clearly recognize that the global
opportunity beckons the events, conferencing and weddings industry and the
Antalya option is top of mind for most clients.
Known as the Resort City
of the World, Antalya is all set to welcome EEMA members for the first-ever
EEMA Global Leadership Retreat, and helping to plan and put this wonderful
experience together is our Turkish partner INVENTUM GLOBAL.
About EEMA: EEMA is
India’s national association comprising the leaders of the events and
experiential marketing industry driving policy, industry development,
leadership training and skills development. Single window licensing, online
licensing, representation on the forthcoming GST regime and other key industry
initiatives are pursued by EEMA’s leadership across the country while working
with the union government and the leadership across the various states and
union territories.
Some of EEMA’s prominent
initiatives have been the single window licensing policy in Delhi, the
fund-raiser for the victims of Kashmir’s deluge and the much-acclaimed WE CARE
initiative that champions the cause of women’s safety in the events, media and
advertising industry.
INVENTUM GLOBAL, our
event partner based in Antalya, is the sister company of Turkey’s giant inbound
operator Anex Tours, which has a total annual inbound of 1.20+ million
passengers in Antalya and the rest of the world. The company is a collaboration
of experienced pioneers of the tourism industry and companies operating in the
international arena to produce corporate solutions for complex and challenging
projects. In a very short time, INVENTUM GLOBAL has established themselves as
leaders in the MICE, and Destination Wedding sector. They deliver international
quality projects and have built a rich portfolio of some superlative work over
the years.
Rixos Premium Belek in
Antalya, is a luxury property, covering an area of 405,000 sq metres, with a
sandy beach. The hotel is centrally located, and has easy access to historical,
cultural and natural sites. With 700 super comfortable rooms and suites, a
magnificent view of the Mediterranean sea, 60 pool suites, gourmet food in its
7 restaurants and 8 bars, Spa services on offer, and a great choice of wedding
spaces, the hotel redefines indulgence and comfort, and is going to be the
perfect home during the EEMA Leadership Retreat.
Turkish Airlines, the
national flag carrier airline of Turkey, is the official Airline Partner for
the EEMA Leadership Retreat in Antalya. The airline is headquartered at Ataturk
Airport. It operates in destinations across Europe, Asia, Africa and the
Americas, making it one of the largest carriers in the world by number of
destinations. It serves more destinations non-stop from a single airport than
any other airline in Europe. The company has carried forward the same passion
and enthusiasm for service and quality that were present at its inception. It
has the youngest fleet in Europe and continuously upgrades service quality.
The Right Selection
Speakers Bureau is supporting the Global leadership retreat on the content
creation providing some of the finest global speakers that could open minds and
become catalysts for giant strides that the event industry’s leaders could
take.
Pioneering content marketing, MPN Qyuki empowers talent/brands to go digital
Ever since its inception,
Qyuki- the multi-platform network has not only made its mark as a top curator
of talent but also taken the talent-brand association in the digital space to
new heights. Founded by industry
stalwarts Shekhar Kapur, AR Rahman & Samir Bangara, it has changed the
digital landscape through continuous content collaboration between influencers
and traditional brands resulting in a host of successful properties.
Qyuki features an active
brands’ section which identifies the right target audience, identifies the
video potential and creates tailor made content for a larger reach. A great example of this formula was seen in
the collaboration between teenage sensation Shraddha Sharma and rapper Big Deal
in the video “The Shine Song” for major manufacturer Colgate Palmolive. It
raised the brand’s visibility amongst its TG by an overwhelming 18% (in
purchase intent) and a rise of almost 60 base point sales in modern trade.
In 2016, Qyuki launched a
global first of its kind collaboration- ‘Jammin’, a musical property that broke
the internet with its engagement and versatility. Bringing together YouTube
icons and Bollywood biggies, it rocked the digital spectrum with over 60 years
or five hundred thousand hours of watch time, and over 20 million views in the
first two months of its launch. Jammin’ Season 1 ended with an enormous star
studded sold out Jammin’ Live Concert held at the Dome in Mumbai.
The MPN previously has
showcased its prowess with a unique property titled ‘Project X’ with Mercedes
Benz. It brought together industry maestros Ranjit Barot, AR Rahman, Salim
Merchant Shubha Mudgal and Amit Trivedi to create an original melody for a world-wide
audience.
Qyuki’s impressive roster
of digital stars includes India’s largest independent band SANAM which recently
crossed 2 Million subscribers on YouTube, Facebook celebrity and singer
Shraddha Sharma, India’s top pranksters Funk You, leading digital motoring
reviewers Powerdrift and Motorbeam to name a few.
Says, Samir Bangara, MD
and Co-Founder of Qyuki, “We strongly believe digital superstars are defining
the future of how brands engage their audiences online. At Qyuki we are
blending a unique mix of analytics, technology and millennial stars to deliver
highly effective content marketing solutions to major brands. As we build our
talent roster our ability to service brands across the spectrum is growing
exponentially”
With its strong foothold
in the content and talent space, Qyuki’s endeavour is to introduce bigger and
brighter collaboration in the coming years.
About Qyuki Digital
Qyuki is a cross-platform
media network across digital, live, TV and film founded by AR Rahman, Samir
Bangara and Shekhar Kapur. The Company uses proprietary technology and
analytics to discover and promote digital superstars and manages the end to end
value chain for them across traditional and new media platforms. Recently, in
association with YouTube, Qyuki launched Jammin- India’s largest digital
musical property, where legendary Bollywood composers and India's top internet
youth icons collaborate to create original tracks. Fronted by legendary
composer and maestro AR Rahman, Bollywood biggies such as Salim Sulaiman,
Clinton Cerejo and Mithoon team up with digital stars SANAM, Shraddha Sharma,
Maati Bani and others
In a recent ranking by
YouTube India, Qyuki had two of the top 3 fastest growing channels in the
country while on Facebook, its' managed talent FunkYou grew over 1500x to 8
MILLION fans in one year. Qyuki prides itself in being a creator focused
company with SANAM Band, Funk You, Shraddha Sharma, Motorbeam, and Powerdrift
being some of the largest digital brands managed by Qyuki. The Company's Agency
business has also executed some of the largest branded content projects with
clients like Coca-Cola, Olx, VW, Mercedes-Benz, Colgate, Moneycontrol amongst
others.
Adel and Sana Nautical Cruise Wedding amongst the top 5 most expensive weddings in the world.
The picturesque beauty of
the Mediterranean Sea, the chilly breeze of the European Currents, the glittery
sky over the blue waves and the never ending romance of the Sana Adel Wedding.
The first ever fully
chartered cruise wedding indeed wrote down a history for generations ahead.
The most awaited cruise
wedding of the year of the Dubai Based Danube Group Tycoon Rizwan Sajan’s son
Adel Sajan with Former Beauty Queen Sana Khan took place across the European
Destinations with utmost pomp and grandeur setting itself as one of the top
most expensive weddings in the world.
The four day
international Cruise Liner set sail from Genoa to Barcelona to Marseilles to
Cannes and back to Savona capturing the charming beauty of the European sea
with more than a 1000 guests and some of the most renowned Bollywood stars
joining on board to celebrate the special day of the Danube couple. Starting with a specially designed “Dil
Dhadakne Do” ship moduled wedding invite with a boarding pass styled itinerary
, the Bollywood themed wedding was designed with themes for every occasion on
the voyage.
A retro night to a desi
baraat and a white party, the wedding curated by India’s top wedding planners
Wedniksha hosted a bouquet of never seen before extravaganza. The cruise started
with a performance by local Batacuda drummers of Barcelona and Stilt artists
followed by a grand welcome to the guests on board. To create an experience,
the guests were greeted with a customized Harrods Hampers from London welcoming
them in their respective rooms. Every room were in fact decorated with
exquisite flowers on all four days accenting the romance of the Danube ship of
love.
Exclusive wedding
collaterals like the D&D Doorknob, Keycards, Coasters, and Paper Napkins,
Fruit platters, welcome flowers and beautiful towels were also created adding
the beauty on the cruise amidst the sea.
Encompassing the
Conceptualization, ideation, hospitality, logistics and execution, Wedniksha
recreated a whole new world for Danube Wedding with extraordinary themes,
décor, designs, activities and much more. More than 2 tons of Flowers flew from
across the world to decorate the cruise for the wedding. From 1000 Special
Tulips from Holland to 20,000 Red Roses to 1000 Hydrangea flowers from Ecuador-
the ship looked no less than a living dream. Serving a cruise of more than 1000
guests, the ship hosted best of 75 chefs from India with an extravagant menu
from delicacies across the world over the four days onboard. A traditional
banana leaves lunch was also organized for the guests highlighting the ancient
Indian culture adding an unimaginable experience for the wedding on a cruise. A
13 tired, 3.5 meter towering wedding cake for Adel and Sana was also designed
for the white party by Italy’s top cake maker and Michelin-star Chef Fabio
Cucchelli. Keeping the celebrations going
round the clock, the wedding hosted 5 different bars serving the best and the
most expensive liquor across the globe.In addition, a team of 42 beauticians
and hair specialists were flown for makeovers of the guests as per the themes
along with a 6 people team for tying turbans for the baraat ceremony.
The brilliance of the
wedding was also complimented by a glamorous guest list of B-Town divas and
superstars like Shilpa Shetty Kundra, Shamita Shetty, Dia Mirza, Juhi Chawla,
Sushmita Sen, Malaika Arora, Gauahar Khan, Hussain Kuwajerwala, Rohit
Roy,Gurmeet and Debina and many more. Adding the desi tadka to the wedding were
Rapper Badshah, Superhit Duo Vishal Shekhar and Meet Bros who kept the party
rolling with their mind-blowing performances and songs.
Adel and Sana too led the
wedding into a whole new level of exhilarating festivity with their jaw
dropping entries and stunning trousseau. While Sana charmed the guests in a
spectacular skirt mapping show, Adel engaged the audience with his interactive
LED dance. The Trousseau for the Bride and Groom was designed under the
stylized guidance of Neeta Lulla who dressed the newlyweds as the prince and
princess of the Danube Throne with some of the most charming outfits. Making
the wedding a one of a kind experience, Wedniksha also put together an
incredible Baraat for Adel over the decks with the first ever Water Rocket for
the Baraat ceremony and Synchronized swimmers’ show for the Gala Night giving
Adel an extravagant entry for the Baraat ceremony. Sana too stole the show on
the Gala Night with her specially designed White Glowing Dress by Neeta Lulla.
Encapsulating the entire four day extravaganza were wedding photographers Badal
Raja Company who captured every moments, every emotions and every sentiment of
the wedding to make the wedding a precious timeless experience for everyone.
Sharing his delight,
Rizwan Sajan, Founder and Chairman of Danube Group quotes,
“Sana and Adel’s wedding
was all what we dreamed of and much more. The effort and planning to create
this one-of-a-kind celebration took over a year and we are extremely delighted
with the results. We had a wonderful time hosting all our guests and hope that
we were able to create memories that would last a lifetime. Also, I would like
to thank everyone who was involved in the wedding and we are grateful for all
the blessings.”
From a Nautical Voyage to
an extraordinary celebration to a timeless memory of forever, The Sana Adel
Cruise Wedding indeed is a Fairytale matrimony for the entire world to cherish!
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