New international partnership that 'Gets People Talking'

UAE: February 19, 2012 - Extending its brand activation services, PhotoBooth-ME has added a new division focused on Video Booths as an extension of its popular photo booth business, guaranteed to 'get people talking'.

Blink photography services founder and PhotoBooth-ME Managing Director Carolyn Deed said VideoBooth-ME and video booths were a new offering for the GCC market, bringing interactive video booth video capture kiosks and booth enclosures for a variety of event and industry uses in partnership with the world leaders in video booth technology Video Booth Systems (with offices in the UK/Europe, Australia and North America).

The first GCC-wide rollout is currently with Pepsi Arabia and is featuring in malls and select venues in February.

"Video Booths  have gained international popularity and created high-impact campaigns for a wide range of clients,  allowing brands to really engage with their customer base and get real and candid feedback in a fun and interactive way that is powerfully linked to social networks. There is no other way of saying it but video booths get people talking, and listening and viewing which creates phenomenal brand mindshare." Carolyn said.

"PhotoBooth-ME brought the internationally popular concept of high-end digital photobooth enclosures to the Middle East, incorporating the best in class for this market and constantly striving to innovate and keep each event fresh and different. We are beyond excited about Video Booths and what they can deliver at this high-tech level to market," Carolyn said.

Video Booth Systems Managing Director Jon Stones added: "PhotoBooth-ME has great synergies for brand activation work of the level we have been involved in around the world. We have enjoyed a number of high-profile video booth projects internationally to spread brand awareness directly with clients' customers and potential customers, giving the customers themselves a voice to be stars of the show. Our  touchscreen units not only look good and noticeable but are capable of datacapture and are all linked to the strongest platforms for social media. We are looking forward to working with the PhotoBooth-ME team for some dynamic rollouts in the UAE and GCC in 2012 and beyond."

Video booths can be used for a wide range of brand activations and interactive visual entertainment and online marketing including:

- Video Postcards

- Video Testimonials

- Video greenscreen/Virtual Reality experiences

- Automotive test drive and track day feedback

- All forms of customer and staff feedback

- Theme park video interactions

Video Booth Systems also specialises in Augmented Reality video applications. Video Booth Systems has worked with brands ranging from to the BBC Television to Red Bull, HSBC to Toyota and MTV Europe.

For details and to discuss new-to-market options for brand launches and promotional campaigns contact Carolyn on 00971 55 846 5203 or bookings@photobooth-me.com

About PhotoBooth-ME:
Since its launch in March 2011, PhotoBooth-ME had created an extra dimension for the events and marketing sectors by proving an interactive service that engages audiences, provides branded souvenir photos and has guests so excited that they can't wait to share their photos via powerful social media.

PhotoBooth-ME  works to regularly unveil new innovations including a second outdoor event photo booth, data capture, greenscreen background choices, custom photo design and a choice of photo sizes. A second booth has also been added to service event demand.

"PhotoBooth-ME is constantly innovating, keeping to its promise to introduce new features as a business every several weeks. The Middle East market demands the best of the best and we're working hard to meet those demands with creative and innovating new features as a business and a premium photobooth," Carolyn said.

PhotoBooth-ME is a digital photo-taking machine and online marketing tool that is used with great success by a number of high-profile brands. For 2012 the current greatest demands are for:

- Retail Promotions

- Trade Show promotions

- Award Ceremonies, Gala Dinners, Cocktail receptions

- Brand Launches

- Staff Days

- and Weddings

Clients have been many since its March 2011 launch including Harvey Nichols, Saks Dubai, Americana Group, Reckitt Benckiser, Puma, Tiffany, adidas, Bloomingdales, Aeropostale, Heineken, Rezidor (Radisson) Hotels Group and a range of household name brands.

"PhotoBooth-ME is more than a photo-taking machine but a total 'brand activation'  service our customers like to call a great laugh-a-minute experience and our clients like to call very effective marketing," Carolyn said.

For more details visit www.photobooth-me.com or email bookings@photobooth-me.com or  phone +971 (0) 55 846 5203

© Press Release 2012