Melville Announces
Expansion of Services in Abu Dhabi
Melville to Offer Full Exhibition
Services at Abu Dhabi National
Exhibitions Centre
London, United Kingdom, 25th
October, 2008 - (Business
Wire)
- United Kingdom based
Melville Exhibition and Event Services
Limited, a
GES Worldwide Network company,
through a Middle East subsidiary
(Melville Middle East), announced plans
to extend its footprint at the
Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Centre
(ADNEC) and offer a full portfolio of
exhibition and event services to the
Middle East.
Currently, Melville Middle East is the
exclusive provider of venue services at
ADNEC, providing rigging and specialist
lighting features in addition to its
exclusive provision of venue services
such as electrical mains, piped
services, primary rigging and floor mark
out. The full services business will
extend Melville’s business into shell
scheme, stand wiring, furniture, carpet,
graphics, logistics, custom design and
build, and data and registration.
“We plan to expand our services in the
Middle East market by creating a full
service offering that leverages the
innovations that we’ve developed across
the GES Worldwide Network,” said
Melville Chief Executive Officer Nick
Marshall. “Starting afresh in a market
allows you to initiate the business in
the optimal way and we intend to do that
from our operating base in Abu
Dhabi,” continued Marshall. “Our
intention is to operate all our core
contracting services such as shell
scheme and electrics from a Melville
Middle East-run warehouse operation that
will enable us to provide higher-quality
products and service levels.”
“Melville and the GES Worldwide Network
have been great venue services
partners,” said ADNEC Chief Executive
Simon Horgan. “Melville and GES are
recognised as world-class exhibition
contractors and this expansion of their
services further establishes Abu Dhabi
for growth in international shows.”
“Abu Dhabi continues to be an important
growth market and we are pleased with
the progress of our operations there,”
said GES President and CEO Kevin Rabbitt.
“ADNEC is a high quality exhibition
centre, and we are eager to launch a
contracting service that is appropriate
to that environment.”
“From our initial discussions with show
organisers operating in the region, it
is clear there is a demand for greater
innovation, customer focus, and
responsiveness from contractors
operating in the Middle East,” said GES
Senior Vice President of International
Jason Popp. “Melville has succeeded in
the United Kingdom being a
customer-focused exhibition and event
contractor, and we plan to extend that
philosophy to the Middle East,”
continued Popp. “This includes bringing
our award-winning design expertise to
the Middle East. Melville’s design
capabilities have allowed show
organisers in the United Kingdom to
differentiate the overall look and feel
of their show.”
*Source:
ME NewsWire
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ABOUT GES
Las Vegas-based GES Exposition Services,
a subsidiary of Viad Corp (NYSE: VVI),
services every major exhibition and
event market across North America and
the United Kingdom through the GES
Worldwide Network. GES provides a wide
range of services including exhibition
planning and design, turnkey and custom
exhibit rentals, material handling,
staging, overhead sign rigging,
temporary electrical equipment, signs
and graphics manufacturing, installation
and dismantling labor, carpet and
furnishings, and transportation
services. GES produces many well-known
shows including the International
Consumer Electronics Show, International
Council of Shopping Centers, MAGIC, and
CONEXPO-CON/AGG and IFPE. For more
information, visit
www.ges.com.
ABOUT MELVILLE
Melville Exhibition and Event Services
Limited, a GES Worldwide Network
company, is the U.K.’s leading
exhibition and events services
contractor with offices in Birmingham,
London, Manchester, Glasgow and Abu
Dhabi. Melville provides a wide range of
exhibition and event services including
stand design and build, electrical
installations including theatrical
lighting, graphic services, logistics,
furniture hire, floor coverings, venue
services, data and registration and
floor planning services. Melville
provides services to many well-known
shows including the U.K.’s largest
exhibition, the Spring Fair, the British
International Motor show, Clothes Show
Live, and Ipex. For more information
visit
www.melville.co.uk.
ABOUT ADNEC
The Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre
is managed by Abu Dhabi National
Exhibitions Company, a modern and
dynamic organisation which is also
masterminding the Capital Centre
development. The stunning new exhibition
complex illustrates the company’s
commitment to providing the city with
world-class facilities for business and
its bold plans for the future
development of Abu Dhabi as a commercial
destination.
Contacts
Melville Exhibition and Event Services
Limited
Stuart Gibson, +44 (0) 7766 441321
stuart.gibson@melville.co.uk
Source: Melville Exhibition and Event
Services Limited
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