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June 2019 Newsletter

Welcome to SoldOut’s June newsletter. This month we are celebrating as SoldOut receives global recognition through international awards programs.

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April 2019 Newsletter

March was a huge month, and the SoldOut team has been managing multiple events across the country. Read our latest news – April Newsletter Out Now!

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Top Gong for parallel parks initiative

We are very proud to be part of another world-first, award-winning event with the New Horizons Parallel Parks initiative taking out the 2018 Award of Excellence for Best Use of Technology at the International Park and Leisure Congress in Melbourne this week.

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25 MEMORABLE MOMENTS #12

We continue our 25 most memorable moments series and with spring just around the corner, it’s time to look at of our iconic events at this time of year and some of our ‘majestic moments’ in the past. Here is #12 of our Memorable Moments.

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25 MEMORABLE MOMENTS #13

Sold Out Events has delivered some amazing recurring as well as new events during its 25 years in operation, internationally and in our own backyard.

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25 MEMORABLE MOMENTS #14

DHL Asia Pacific Lifesaving Challenge Japan 2004 was an international surf lifesaving competition that had participants from Australia, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Iran, India, China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Japan. The focus of the event was for developed countries to provide educational support to developing countries through life saving activities.

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25 MEMORABLE MOMENTS #15

Before becoming infamous in 1995 for being the first boat to sink in the 144-year history of the America’s Cup competition, the One Australia Yacht held a not so well-known record. It was the largest single span structure to be transported up the east coast of Australia.

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Expert Insights – Client Debrief

I’ve just returned from a five-week tour of Europe where I, and Sold Out Events’ Managing Director Kim Voss, attended industry conferences and met with peers, venues, clients and agencies throughout Europe and the United Kingdom.

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UPDATE: The World Tour Continues

Sold Out Events’ CEO Thomas B. Staunton and Managing Director Kim Voss continue to share knowledge, attend industry conferences and meet with peers, venues, clients and agencies throughout Europe and the United Kingdom.

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Expert Insights: Event Legacy

At Sold Out Events, we work with many clients who require “legacy” to be an integral part of the planning and development process for their event. Having just wrapped up the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games where legacy was a key focus of the city’s bid, it’s a timely topic to discuss.

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Expert Insights: More Than Just Event Management Services

At Sold Out Events we offer our clients more than just “event management” services. In fact, we offer total event delivery solutions from concept and ideation, branding and strategy, to collateral and signage production, inventory management, activations and event delivery, stakeholder and agency management, warehousing and logistics, brand ambassadors, risk and site management, marketing and promotions.

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25 MEMORABLE MOMENTS #18

Race For The Kids (RFTK) is a series of 15 charitable runs supporting children’s causes in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Kuala Lumpur, United Kingdom, Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados and the United States

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25 MEMORABLE MOMENTS #19

A gruelling nine-hour relay swim at Sutherland Shire’s outdoor pool, the Splash Marathon Swim was a popular charity event which ran for 12 years mainly throughout the 90s and raised more than $1 million for the Children’s Cancer Institute (CCIA).

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Expert Insights: Charity Events

If you type ‘charity events’ into Google, your search will deliver lists of events by hundreds of worthy charities, but I often wonder how these events can provide real value and benefits for charitable organisations and their event partners.

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No Limit to Imagination

With years of experience in production, Founder Wayne B. Staunton used his skills and talent to not only establish Sold Out Events as an award-winning events company but also as a company renowned for delivering extraordinary activations for clients with big ideas.

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Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Event Wrap

Time certainly flies when you are having fun, and we can’t believe our latest Games is all over. As the Official Event Management Company of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, we enjoyed an extraordinary six-year journey that is now drawn to a close.

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Event Logistics

Have you ever thought about what it takes to stage a major event like a music festival or an international sporting event?

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25 MEMORABLE MOMENTS #22

The 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games was an incredible international sporting event that saw approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 countries participate in 80 events.

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25 MEMORABLE MOMENTS #23

Sold Out Events was tasked with delivering BHP Billiton’s 2008 Beijing Olympic sponsorship leveraging program which included development, planning and management of ‘mini Olympic Games’ in communities around the world where BHP operated mining sites.

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25 MEMORABLE MOMENTS #25

In 2008, the Sold Out Events’ team staged one of the largest national tours ever seen, for the National Bank of Australia’s (NAB) 150 Years celebration.

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Happy Holidays!

It’s been 25 years since Sold Out Events managed its first major event. Back in 1993, founder Wayne B. Staunton took over delivery and logistics of the Australian Surf Lifesaving Championships, and the company hasn’t looked back since.

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Our 24th Birthday!

We’re thrilled to be celebrating our 24th birthday today, following our company registration on 18 October 1993 by our founder, the one and only Wayne B. Staunton (WBS).

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Sold Out Explores Europe

It has been a couple of big months for our Sold Out Team, not only working at numerous events in Australia, but also with our team members continuing their Europe explorations, meeting international event experts and learning about European best practice in the major events industry.

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