BEST EVENT AGENCY
Afion Media
International shipping carries of 80% of global trade, worth approximately $15 trillion per year, and contributes around 2.5% of global carbon emissions.
On 5-6 November 2021, during COP26 in Glasgow, the shipping industry convened for Shaping the Future of Shipping – the largest conference of industry leaders for over 50 years. In 24-hours, via networking receptions, formal and informal dinners, a conference and closed-door industry-ministerial discussions, 250 industry leaders and seven ministers assembled to address the urgent actions needed to decarbonise the global shipping industry and set the course of the industry for decades ahead.
Brands at Work
In 2010, Karen Kadin and John Birger had a vision to put their clients’ brands to work by creating experiences that would inspire action and transform performance. Fast forward 12 years and we’re now 25-strong, with every member of our team sharing the same entrepreneurial spirit and fearless passion of our founders.
Our people design and deliver strategic, story-driven, and yes – often theatrical – experiences, in a way that delights our clients. We’ve not only survived, but thrived during the recent crisis, thanks to our enduring client relationships and our values-driven collaborative culture, that our people are proud to uphold.
CTL Communications
CTL communications is a unique story of building an award winning communications agency with clients and team members the world over. We carve out a point of difference for our clients in blending deep content expertize with fresh thinking communications strategy and imaginative execution. We work on the engagements that matter across all touchpoints and media. From live events and trade shows to digital storytelling, brand identity and campaigning, to corporate strategy and helping clients recruit and train their people. Since COVID our business has doubled and our team is four times what it was just three years ago. Yet our beginnings were humble – a one person operation in the spare room started at the height of the 2009 recession. Today we have a team of more than 50 full time and are rapidly hiring to 70+. There is a CTL feeling and a buzz that drives our team but that we also look to inject into our clients. We simply look to do what we do best. Know the client and their content intimately and put that knowledge to work in brilliant creativity, flawlessly executed. For us it’s personal.
DRPG
DRPG has been successfully delivering events and experiences for over 42 years for a wide variety of clients and audiences across a range of sectors. Through this wide range of clients, they deliver all types of events and experiences, which in turn helps them attract and retain the best talent to ensure they continue to grow and deliver industry-leading experiences. These include conferences, conventions, press events, product launches, brand experiences, exhibitions, AGM’s, association and congress, incentive travel, award events, and roadshows to name a few. Audience types vary from internal to external and range from 10 people to 50,000+.
Over the 42 years they are so proud of our achievements, the awards they have won and the difference they have made. But most of all they are proud of the people that make it happen. This is reflected in their continued growth as a business. Even during a world pandemic, they were able to increase headcount and build a new virtual area of the business which has thrived.
emc3
Everyone has a story. At emc3, we use events to tell them. Through the power of strategic storytelling we raise the bar of the customer experience by creating events that inspire conversations; create memories and transform the way customers and brands connect. How? By utilising an unparalleled approach that combines creativity with logistical expertise and technology, to help our clients find their message, discover what triggers their customer buy-in and empowers attendees to maximise their success.
Starting as a concierge service over 20+ years ago, we used our knack for connecting people, bringing ideas to fruition by curating key bespoke elements like venue sourcing, strategic partnerships and supplier relationships, and turned it into a full-service agency. Now, we specialise in creating immersive in-person, virtual and hybrid events.
All of which is made possible by our incredible team. From exceeding their internal objectives to getting clients exceptional results, our team is going from strength to strength. They work incredibly well together, spanning different roles and departments and are always willing to help one another, both personally and professionally. Without them, we wouldn’t be able to achieve the things that we do, nor have fun whilst doing it!
FUEL
FUEL is a Dublin based creative productions company that was founded in 2013 as a solely live events agency and has since flourished into a creative production company working across, live, virtual, hybrid events, brand experience, creative, gifting, video production and direction including content.
Identity
Identity is a full-service events agency, delivering major events, activations and experiences in the UK and internationally. The last three years have been phenomenally successful for Identity, and now 2021/22 is set to beat all previous records. With an enviable and growing portfolio of clients, the agency closed 2021 with a turnover of £100m+ and was officially recognised as the UK’s largest events agency.
This success is set to continue in 2022, via a further three-year strategy with clear goals and objectives. There is the ambition for Identity to become a respected brand in its own right with the associated reputation for delivering quality, creative events worldwide.
The agency’s success comes from winning great clients, delivering exceptional events and being highly adaptive to an ever-changing marketplace. Pivotal to these achievements is Identity’s growing and diverse talent, its comprehensive sustainability credentials and its far-reaching social values policy.
“Identity’s core value of Pioneering Human Experience informs everything that we do. Born from our heritage, this drives our strategic thinking, underpins our approach to delivery and feeds into our future planning. It also ensures quality assurance and continuous improvement at all times.” Michael Gietzen, Managing Director
Reed & Mackay Events
Reed & Mackay Events is a division of Reed & Mackay, a TripActions Company. We are a global events team renowned for our exemplary service levels, with an amazing growth story to tell.
A team of just six in April last year, we’re now a team of 38, with an annual turnover of £100m. Responsible for looking after the event needs of Reed & Mackay’s and TripActions’ clients globally we are growing at pace.
We offer Global Partner Conferences to top Law Firms, deliver complex racing event logistics in the middle of the desert, get athletic teams to the Olympics amidst complex Covid-19 restrictions, ensure top brands make it to the Catwalk for Paris Fashion Week and manage room blocks for reporters during high-profile events like Presidential Inaugurations.
We marry creative flare with logistical expertise and client-led technology to deliver a one-stop shop for event professionals. What really sets up apart are our people. Their resilience throughout the pandemic, and continued passion for delivering an outstanding result to our clients, even when that means working through the night is awe inspiring. Our company values of fun, passion, care and entrepreneurial spirit are present in everything that they do.
