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Welcome Aboard
NEW FACES + NEW BUSINESS
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| A big hello to our new hires. We are excited to have you with us at MMGY Global! Welcome to Grifco: Olivia McCormick, Senior Account Manager; Chloe Grayson, Junior Account Manager; Tanya Mansharamani, Senior Account Executive; Natalie Anderson, Junior Account Executive. To TravelDesk: Libby Baker, Junior Campaign Manager.
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Hills Balfour
San Diego Tourism Authority, UK Representation
MMGY EMEA
ETC, Australia Campaign: Media Campaign MMGY Europe
Travel Intelligence
Fort Myers – Islands, Beaches and Neighborhoods has been secured as a new sponsor for Portrait of European Travellers™
Grifco
Sun Street Hotel, PR
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First Class
individual + team achievements
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| Congratulations to Agency Week Value Award Winners TJ Walz, Brittni Deardeuff, Charlotte Winter, Sarah Peters and Nuno Matos! |
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| Grifco Account Manager Ellen Christophers hosted six media at Farnborough Airport for the International Airshow 2022. On the hottest day of the year, when most of us were sitting as close to our fans as we could, Ellen seamlessly dealt with travel chaos and exacting media, facilitating tours, a sit-down lunch, and back-to-back interviews with Farnborough Airport’s CEO. The result was a group of hot but happy journalists and a very satisfied client. Well done, Ellen! |
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| Sarah Sheehan and Kimiko Scotland took part in the Arizona Governor's Conference where they joined international PR and marketing reps to host a Q&A session on market and media trends. More than 500 people from Arizona's tourism industry attended the three-day conference, which looked at the state's COVID-recovery record and future plans. They each rounded off their trip with a fam tour where Sarah went north and Kim went south – swapping London's heatwave temperatures for a balmy 37+ degrees in The Grand Canyon State. |
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In a shining example of cross-brand collaboration, Hills Balfour, MMGY and TravelDesk successfully executed the Santa Monica Travel & Tourism and Brighton partnership. To celebrate an official Friendship City agreement between both cities, the teams brought a taste of Santa Monica to Brighton over two months of activations that included a pop-up kitchen and cocktail bar, a live mural painting on Brighton Palace Pier, live cooking demonstrations, a one-month takeover of Brighton restaurant The Set, private media and influencer events, and sponsorship of Brighton's beach volleyball courts.
The team also brought over two Santa Monica chefs to partake in key events and interviews, and wrapped up the activations with a visit from the Santa Monica pro-term mayor, who met the Brighton mayor and conducted an in-person signing of the Friendship City Agreement.
On top of this, the team also held a trade sales mission during the activations including events in Chester, Dublin, London and a VIP evening at Shelter Hall in Brighton to end the week!
The activations were supported by an impactful digital campaign and microsite featuring a consumer competition to win a trip to Santa Monica.
This was a multibrand effort that really showed what we can do when working closely together. Huge congratulations to everyone involved! |
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Frequent Flyer
All things office + Community Happenings
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THE PRIDE (LGBTQ+) ERG HAS A NEW LEADER, TED STEYER |
| The PRIDE (LGBTQ+) ERG is looking forward to getting things started and running! If you would like to be a part of this group, sign up for the pride@mmgyglobal.com email alias by clicking on the Google Groups app, searching for that alias and adding yourself. Join the group's monthly meetings on the second Thursday of the month by signing up for the email alias. |
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UK MMGY Diversity, Equity & Inclusion |
The next UK MMGY Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Update is now on 4th October at 3pm.
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Quick Reminder |
A reminder to please email campaigns@mmgyglobal.com should you wish to work with anyone in the MMGY brand's UK team. This includes all work, from new business help to client campaigns.
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Fasten Your Seatbelts
Milestones
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| Happy Anniversary! |
Rhys Powell (12 years)
Sam Hancock (12 years)
Fiona Lilley (10 years)
Dean Ball (6 years)
Adam Traynor (1 year)
Kaira Stoakes (1 year)
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Congratulations are in order!
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| Congratulations to Fiona Lilley on the arrival of her son, Austin Wolfe Lilley, on 20th July! |
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Travel Itinerary
Access to all business opportunities
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Global Data Privacy Training
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All UK employees have now been assigned the Global Data Privacy training through our LMS platform Emtrain. This training provides a broad understanding of the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, and is a requirement for all UK employees.
You can access your Emtrain account through the Okta platform. The deadline for completion is the 31st August. |
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