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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.