Surprisingly there have only been two major events ever staged within the legendary Angkor Wat site. A national event staged in 2002 with star tenor Jose Carreras – and eight years later with this memorable and awe inspiring corporate event produced by the FACTOR168 Creative Event Company.

Having recently finished a lengthy consultation engagement to refresh and restructure the Uniplan Hong Kong events business and provide leadership to their Greater China group, FACTOR168 Creative Event Company founding partner Darren Kerr was asked which project left the biggest impression. He nominated an international media event on behalf of the Walt Disney Company in Korea.

Recently FACTOR168 Creative Event Company founding partner Darren Kerr was approached by leading meetings and events magazine Mice.Net Australia for his expertise on what it takes to really deliver sensational events within Asia. The article he wrote titled “Creating Great Events in Asia” was published in the June 2010 issue as part of the International Special Events Society experts column and is reprinted here.

Social Media – it seems it’s everywhere now.
In terms of the design and production of events – both public and private, it has become a mission critical tool in terms of building interest and anticipation as well as leveraging on branded communities.

Celebrity New York wedding planner David Tutera has found himself in a spot of PR bother. A number of newswire reports claim he took more than AUD$224,000 from a Singapore couple in return for his creative expertise but didn’t actually show up at the event.