Some nice pics have come through from The Cogs this week.  We’re trying not to make it all about us, but well, here we are collecting our Prize & Incentive Supplier of the Year Award…

Last week we took a visit to Hyde Park to check out the latest addition to the Unmissable team, Whizz, the elephant we sponsored for the Elephant Family Charity.  The auction takes place on 30th June and promises to be a very frilly affair filled with celeb fans of the charity hoping their attendance will boost the auction bids.  We wish the charity every success with the night and look forward to seeing the proceeds put to excellent use over the coming year.  We’ll keep you updated on the successes of the Indian elephants and their plight and how London has helped to save some of these amazing animals.

It’s not often that us ‘behind the sceners’ get the chance to shout out a little about our creativity and service (though given any slight window of opportunity, we are there with our vuvuzelas making a racket in Battersea) but yesterday we were given the green light and a few awards to show off about.

The Marketing Services Awards, otherwise known as the COGS, took place over lunch with host Paul Ross (brother of you know who with the dodgy hair) providing titillation to a pretty huge crowd, certainly way more than we were expecting. 

We were humbled to receive not one but four awards in total.  A 1st for Prize & Incentive Supplier of the Year, a 2nd for Company of the Year and a 2nd and 3rd for Individual of the Year.  So not bad for a first off we thought. 

Most importantly we’d really like to thank all our clients that voted for us, it really means a lot to us.  We’d also like to thanks our mothers and thank our fathers and all those that made us who we are…..(remind you of anyone Kate Winslet)…

Well it’s been a year in the making but finally our bride to be, Kate, stepped tentatively off the top shelf and gracefully into marital safety.  The build up in the office has been immense, with the words ‘bridezilla’ banded about for the last 8 months and we’re now left feeling a little lacklustre. What do we talk about now, who do we tease now?  The bride looked truly stunning and the event was executed and organised perfectly, though we’d have expected nothing less. Apart from the failing generator, which led guests from the dance floor to the rounders battle field (I managed to twist my ankle, it was a very serious game between the competitive bridemaids and the slightly squiffy guests), the day went without a hitch and the sun came out right on cue.  Even Baby Eve made an appearance as you’ll see above, although at times it’s fair to say that she did look a little bored with the topics of conversation (Mr X, the serial prize winner is back again). And boy did she let us know it.

The Yorkshire countryside provided the perfect backdrop and as the bride and groom took off into the sunset in their classic XK Jaguar, we couldn’t help but feel a little green with envy, but glowing with pride.  Our girl did good.  Life just isn’t the same this week…

 Well kick off is about to begin…. 

The Unmissables have all joined in with the sweepstake and of course some of us have been luckier with our picks than others!  My pick was England, so come on lads; let’s get to where we need to be this time….the final to win it!!!  However, there is going to be tense competition within the Unmissable office when some of the other top teams are playing.  We shall be getting into the football fever spirit by supporting our sweep stake teams when they play, but of course even though we say this there is only one team to support throughout the tournament!
How about enjoying a hospitality package whilst watching the England - Algeria match on 18th June?  Well here at Unmissable we can arrange all of this for you.  On this day Old Billingsgate is going to be the place to be in what will be London’s most spectacular Big Screen World Cup Event.  The atmosphere will be electric especially if England wins!
At Billingsgate you can enjoy a champagne and Pimm’s reception, three course seated dinner, unlimited beers, wine and soft drinks, match viewing on the giant screens, venue decoration, programme, football host/compare and to finish off the evening a live band after the football, for more information contact the Unmissable office.

Dear Nicola,

We would like to take the opportunity to thank you for organising the above trip on our behalf; we had a fantastic time and would highly recommend this place. Thank you for all your help in organising this on our behalf, we have had a great time and have been very well looked after and the spa treatments where really relaxing. The staff here couldn’t do enough for us they were so friendly.
 
Thank you
 
Caroline and James

Dear Nicola
 
Just to let you know we had a fantastic time at Dalhousie Castle. We had a great time at the Owl Encounter and really learnt a lot about these wonderful birds - I wouldn’t believe you could catch such a large owl on your arm! The castle was beautiful - relaxing with lovely walks in the grounds and food was superb.  We had no problem with the flights to and from Edinburgh I am glad to say.

Please could you pass on our thanks to Robinson for the wonderful prize. Also thanks again for your smooth organising.
 
Regards
Chris

As part of the Europe-wide launch of an exciting new mobile phone handset, Sony Ericsson tasked Unmissable with organising a space-age incentive that would help the launch go with a bang! We suggested various ideas, but the winner was to charter a zero gravity flight in Florida for a lucky group of trade and consumer winners. This once-in-a-lifetime experience tied in with the visual elements of the campaign, which included people bouncing on space hopper, but this was a real hop into space!
This picture shows our client having a whale of a time space hopping through the air! Here’s what they had to say about the project:
Thank you for all your help on this project – it went really well during the trip and everyone really enjoyed it. An experience to remember!!!

It’s been hard work here at Unmissable lately,  having been buried under a mountain of admin caused by volcanic ash and BA strikes I decided it was time to relax for a while and think I’ve found the perfect place.  Casa Olea is a luxury 6 room b&b surrounded by ancient olive groves in the Sierra Subbetica Mountains.  Is really is in the middle of nowhere, and it turns out that nowhere is an idyllic place to be.  We enjoyed lazy afternoons by the pool (with an glass of ice cold beer or two), gorgeous home cooked food and long walks in the amazing countryside with Ruby, the resident friendly dog.  A lovely treat for us inner city, full time workers who would love a dog of our own.   The place is owned and run by Tim and Claire an English couple who spent years painstakingly restoring the farm house to it’s former glory (actually it’s much better than that, I doubt if the original had beds that were quite so comfy). We had an amazing stay and came back refreshed with some grand design dreams of our own.

Meanwhile, back in the real world I have some more poor prize-winners with cancelled BA flights to rebook……

Whilst many of us had just another boring rainy weekend some extremely lucky winners got to live it up in Cannes with the likes of Russell Crowe and Kate Beckinsale!  Courtesy of Cote du Rhone wine the lucky winners got to experience how the A-listers live starting with helicopter transfers in to the resort, dinner at the hottest places in town, a screening of a fantastic new film, VIP tickets to the famous Festival House Party and much, much more. In fact I am very envious!
Here is what they had to say about their amazing trip. 

Hi Amy

We got back from Cannes safely yesterday despite the volcanic ash.  I just want to say a big thank you to you and the team for organising a fantastic trip.  It was certainly an experience that will take some topping!  Everything about the competition prize was first class, the food was out of this world and for one weekend we lived like millionaires.  I’ll never forget the look on my son’s face when he got to sit in the front of the helicopter for the flight into Cannes. 
A big thank you also to Rachel who was absolutely brilliant, nothing was too much trouble and we looked after throughout the visit.  I think I need Rachel on all my future holidays!

Thanks again,
 Paul 

I’m keeping my fingers crossed that next year I’ll be on the red carpet with them!