Fespa MD joins board of Association of Event Organisers
Fespa managing director of exhibitions and events Neil Felton has been appointed to sit on the Board of the Association of Event Organisers (AEO).
Felton was selected alongside Austen Hawkins of F2F Events, Carsten Holm of Diversified Business Communications UK and Phil Soar of Transec Exhibitions at the recent AEO annual general meeting.
Felton said of the move: "I am honoured to be part of this highly accomplished organisation. There has been a distinct lack of a marketing voice for the event industry, underlined by the recent success of FaceTime in such a short space of time. FaceTime's results are very encouraging, demonstrating what I have always believed in - the power of exhibitions. The face-to-face interaction visitors are able to have with brands and products at a show can never be underestimated.
"Fespa is a not-for-profit organisation renowned for creating platforms for our community to share its collective commercial knowledge and wide-format print expertise. As the only organisation on the AEO board that represents trade associations worldwide, Fespa anticipates that my involvement with AEO will enable our organisation to work with a variety of different people and exhibition organisers in countries where FESPA has no presence currently."
The AEO Conference 2012 will take place on 13 January 2012 at the Business Design Centre, London.