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Competition provides winning graduates an opportunity to be part of one of fastest growing events businesses in the MEA region
dmg events Middle East and Asia, the Dubai-based event organizer responsible for major events such as ADIPEC and The Big 5 has revealed the winners of the recently concluded 2015 Eventice hosted in the UK. The prestigious competition is held in the style of reality show 'The Apprentice.' Final-year event management students Joanna Thomas and Jenny Homer from the UK-based Leeds Beckett University beat 13 other short-listed finalists during the grand finale held at the UK's Olympia London exhibition center to win the much coveted one-year placement in dmg events. Bluehat Group also supporting the event provided placement for a further two graduates.
Held in collaboration with ESP Recruitment, a leading recruitment agency for the international events industry, the competition saw 15 short-listed finalists vying for three days to grab the opportunity to work for dmg events. Winning graduates Joanna and Jenny will take the role of Special Events Executives in which they are expected to gain invaluable experience across multiple disciplines, including event management, operations and marketing.
Simon Mellor, President of Middle East Operations, dmg events, said: "dmg events Middle East and Asia has grown significantly over the last four years, hosting over 30 large-scale events across the world. Paramount to our success is our continuous investment in talent. Part of this drive is recruitment of young and energetic graduates with a desire to succeed in the events business and the passion to achieve results."
The annual Eventice is designed to identify young event management graduates with the personality and skill set needed to meet the demands and challenges of a career in the events industry. The winners of the competition are offered a job on the spot. To date, Eventice has placed 17 winners in major companies over the past four years.
Joanna said: "I applied for the Eventice 2015 as I wanted to take on a new challenge, network and meet new people within the industry. I started researching companies and job roles and there was something I really loved about dmg. It was not just about the fact that the job role was going to be based in Dubai but also because of the company's exciting portfolio of events."
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About dmg events:
An international exhibition and publishing company, dmg events produces market-leading exhibitions and conferences for the global energy, construction, digital marketing, coatings, hospitality and interior industries, with events in the Middle East, America, Europe and Asia.
As a leading supplier of face-to-face business information, with a customer-centric focus that localizes operations and relationships, our objectives are to keep businesses informed and connect them with relevant consumers to create vibrant marketplaces across multiple event platforms and communities.
Founded in 1989, dmg events has operated in the Middle East since 1995 and owns many leading brands such as The Big 5 construction events, ADIPEC the oil & gas exhibition and conference and INDEX the interior design exhibition. For more information visit www.dmgeventsme.com
dmg events is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Daily Mail and General Trust plc (DMGT, www.dmgt.com), an international portfolio of digital, information, media and events businesses.
About DMGT
DMGT is an international business built on entrepreneurship and innovation bringing together leading companies and talented people to provide businesses and consumers with high-quality analysis & insight, information, news and entertainment.
Group revenues are split across our five operating businesses.
The B2B businesses are:
• Risk Management Solutions
• dmg information
• dmg events
• Euromoney Institutional Investor *
The Consumer business, known as dmg media, comprises:
• The Daily Mail and The Mail On Sunday
• MailOnline
• Metro
• Evenbase (Jobsite & Jobrapido)
• Wowcher
• Zoopla Property Group* (Zoopla & Prime Location)
DMGT's ambition is to provide the highest quality content and services, across the most attractive growth markets in innovative, responsible and sustainable ways, building on its track record of earnings and dividend growth.
*c51% share
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Orient Planet PR and Marketing Communications
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tel: 00971 4 456 2888
Fax: 00971 4 454 9528
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