Marketing Birmingham : Media coverage : 2009

Media Coverage 2009

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December

Conference News – Birmingham to host US athletes during Olympics 2012

Download Meet_Birmingham_-_Olympics (.pdf 785.03 KB)

Midlands Independent Newspaper –launch of B-Hive graduate talent search, part of Student Birmingham campaign.

Download Midland_Independent (.pdf 4.52 MB)

Download Birmingham_Map_Spreads (.pdf 1.19 MB)

Download Meet_Birmingham_-_Government_Business_Magazine (.pdf 1.71 MB)

November

Visit Birmingham worked with BMIbaby’s Yeah Baby! in-flight magazine on a feature for the Jewellery Quarter, mapping out the must-do activities and providing some little-known facts about this fantastic area of the city.

Download YB_19-21_Birmingham_Map_Spreads (.pdf 1.17 MB)

Meet Birmingham, the campaign to promote the city as an global events and conferencing destination, enjoyed some great coverage this week as it puts the spotlight on some of the city’s hotels.

Download Meet_Birmingham_-_Government_Business_Magazine (.pdf 1.72 MB)

Visit Birmingham works with the city’s football clubs to leverage the Visit Birmingham brand nationally and internationally. Recently, a PR stunt with Birmingham City Football club was arranged to coincide with National Curry Week. Coverage included Sky Sports, Independent on Sunday, The Sun, The Sunday Express and the Sunday People. Please see below for the print coverage.

Download Daily_Star_-_Curry_Stunt (.pdf 7.83 MB)

Marketing Birmingham worked with journalists at the Financial Times to provide comment, insight and information on various aspects of the Doing Business in the West Midlands supplement. Areas covered include investment prospects for Birmingham, the city’s conferencing and events industry and its culinary offering.

Download FT_doing_business_in_Birmingham (.pdf 3.83 MB)

Come to Birmingham!
Near Fm, an Irish radio station, interviewed Dave Hodgson our Marketing Director on reasons to come and spend a city break in Birmingham. This is part of our visitbirmingham.com Ireland campaign.

Sending out the right image
Birmingham Post’s Paul Dale looks at the quiet revolution in how Birmingham is set to market itself nationally and internationally.

Download Sending_out_the_right_image_p6_121109 (.pdf 4.77 MB)

Download Sending_out_the_right_image_p7_121109 (.pdf 3.62 MB

Birmingham best city
Destination UK Magazine trumpets Birmingham as we win best city at the Group Leisure Awards.

Download Destination_UK_121109 (.pdf 2.85 MB)

Download Destination_UK2_121109 (.pdf 674.5 KB)

Marketing Birmingham provided public relations support to the recent trade trip to India which focused on promoting the city as a place to do business. Please find below screen-grabs of the coverage achieved in the UK and India:

Download Investment_PR_-_Thaindian_News (.pdf 165.53 KB)

Download Investment_PR_-_REcession-hit_Birmingham_sends (.pdf 266.38 KB)

Download Investment_PR_-_Recession-hit_Birmingham (.pdf 146.93 KB)

Download Investment_PR_-_Chai_Samosa (.pdf 181.64 KB)

Download Investment_PR_-_Breaking_News_247 (.pdf 200.16 KB)

Bham Post - Shortlisted for PR Relations award (Taste of Birmingham award shortlist for Media Relations and Emma Ward as Young Communicator of the Year).

Download Shortlisted_for_Award_Taste_of_Birmingham (.pdf 1.47 MB)

BA Highlife – Win a night in Birmingham (as part of a media visit from BA Highlife to look at the Balti Triangle).

Download BA_HIghlife_-_Win_a_night_in_Birmingham (.pdf 168.97 KB)

Download Daily_Telegraph_-_Investment (.pdf 1.12 MB)

Our campaign to raise support for Back the Bid took us upmarket with The Mailbox’s Harvey Nichols.

Download Store_backs_bid__for_footie_action (.pdf 3.15 MB)

Britain Rocks! A great piece as part of a wider article on Britain, we hosted the journalist in the city and got them all excited about our rock heritage. Published in Genieten (Enjoy), monthly glossy style life magazine in Dutch focussing on travel, culture, gastronomy, enjoying life.

Download Britain_Rocks (.pdf 812.64 KB)

October

Interview with Dave Hodgson about Marketing Birmingham’s Student Birmingham campaign, on Kerrang radio.

The Chocolate Kingdom
Part of a piece on Christmas Markets in Europe for French travel magazine Petit Futé. Birmingham’s Frankfurt Market and Cadbury World’s Winter Wonderland are featured in the article, which refers to the magic of the city.
Download German Market - French_magazine (.pdf 5.33 MB

Getting a taste of the Baltic

A feature piece in the Food supplements of the Birmingham Post and Mail. Marketing Birmingham has been working with Delice Good Food network, a prestigious global organisation which works to promote centres of gastronomic excellence and the cultivation of young, talented chefs. Download Birmingham_Post_02.10.09 (.pdf 3.94 MB)

Birmingham Barometre

A feature piece on Birmingham as a result of a media visit the PR team hosted in August with prominent travel writer Inder Raj.

Download MORE WORLD SPACE - VISITBRITAIN (.pdf 2.58 MB)

September

BBC TV 1 West Midlands (22.09.09)

Download Irish_News_Page_1_230909 (.pdf 1.73 MB)

Download Irish_News_Page_2_230909 (.pdf 2.58 MB)

Download Hospitality and Events North 01.09.09 (.pdf undefined)

August

Download Bham_Mail_180809 (.pdf 207.97 KB)

Download Travel_GB1_010809 (.pdf 129.04 KB)

Download Bham_Mail_030809 (.pdf 140.94 KB)