E3 Group

Each month we offer a quick snap shot of what it’s like to work in a busy entertainment agency and production company. Here’s a quick round up of what’s happening in our departments.

E3 Artists

Our London based booking agents have had a busy start to the year. Booking requests for X Factor contestants from the 2009 series of the ITV show continue to flood in resulting in some high profile bookings with E3 Artist’s corporate clients.

E3 Events

E3 Events are currently collaborating with Midlands based event production company, DRP Group. Further details to follow next month.

E3 Costumes

Our costume design team are currently producing some eye catching designs to accompany our shows for tour operator giant Thomas Cook. The shows include pantomimes, West End style productions and cabaret.

E3 Production

Our production team have recently enjoyed success producing bespoke children’s entertainment shows for the theme park attraction Alton Towers. They are also currently training 2010 season entertainers for overseas productions.

E3 Careers

Our recruitment team are continuing to look for talented entertainment staff to join our overseas show teams. For further information, visit the E3 Careers section of our site.

For general information on E3 Group, visit our home page.

Happy New Year! As a new feature to the E3 Group blog, each month we will now bring you a snapshot of what it’s like to work in a busy entertainment agency and production company, with a quick overview from each of our departments.

E3 Artists

December 2009 was an incredibly busy month for E3 Artists; our entertainment booking division. Besides dealing with our regular clients’ Christmas entertainment requirements our agents were also inundated with requests to book 2009’s X-Factor contestants.

E3 Events

E3 Events, our London based corporate events division, successfully delivered a high impact entertainment extravaganza for Thomas Cook’s prestigious VI conference in December. Highlights included star performances from the Noisettes and the legendary ABBA tribute Bjorn Again.

E3 Costumes

Our costume designers are currently working on summer season designs for several of our major tour operator and leisure clients.

E3 Production

Our production show team are currently working on several brand new entertainment formats set to be piloted overseas in summer 2010. Keep posted here for further updates.

E3 Careers

E3 Careers are now recruiting professional singers and dancers to join our touring shows in the Mediterranean for client Hi! Hotels. For further information on our entertainment jobs abroad, please visit the E3 Careers section of our main site.

For general information on E3 Group, visit our home page.

E3 Group have developed several new and exciting shows for our client Hi! Hotels. We will be holding auditions in London on Friday 29th January to find the stars of our 2010 summer season.

We would like to hear from exceptional vocalists who can dance well. Successful candidates will be performing in our shows ABBA Reloaded and Legends Reloaded as part of a team touring Mallorca and
Menorca.We’re also looking for larger than average female performers who can sing and dance to the highest standard, to become a part of what will be the ‘biggest’ girl group of 2010.

For further details on any of our entertainment jobs please send your details through to recruitment@e3grouponline.com.

The E3 Group team would like to say a huge thanks to all our clients, suppliers and associates for your much valued input into our business in 2009. Everyone at our head offices in London and Brighton including, David Hill; Martin Harrigan; Jamie Greaves; David Parker; James Hubbard; Dan Kujawski, Gita Wallis and Ryan Curtis would all like to wish you a Happy Christmas and prosperous New Year.

E3 Group are now recruiting on behalf of the Thomas Cook Group for 2009 Winter and 2010 Summer entertainment positions. Auditions are set to take place this November in London and Manchester in December for a variety of exciting jobs as part of an overseas team.

E3 Group, the global provider of entertainment services to Thomas Cook worldwide, has a long history of working with the tour operator giant; providing complete entertainment solutions to its hotel properties including partner chain Hi! Hotels. For details on how to attend the audtions and apply, visit our E3 Careers page.

I headed out to sunny Spain this week to catch up with the busy E3 Production team training our entertainment staff for Thomas Cook and Hi! Hotels. The training courses are drawing to a close and to mark this, the E3 Group threw a lavish Prom Night for all their overseas entertainers. The entertainment spectacular was highlighted with an awards ceremony, performances from a Bee Gees Tribute act and a very special guest appearance from Group CEO David Hill. The evening was created to celebrate the hard work and dedication all the entertainers have displayed throughout the intensive training the E3 Group provides. Today, the entertainers are making their way to Thomas cook and Hi! Hotels properties across the globe to implement production shows and entertainment concepts designed by E3.

The bespoke production shows E3 have designed will be implemented by a superb team of individuals this holiday season and the enthusiasm displayed during the prom night demonstrates that entertainment is well and truly ingrained in the working lives of all these individuals. This enthusiasm was rewarded by the Golden Clappers award ceremony with categories such as, best entertainment team, course personality and most talented entertainer up for grabs. It won’t be long before Thomas Cook and Hi! Hotel customers are being entertained by E3 Production’s tailored entertainment and exceptional staff. Hopefully they can build on the successes of last year and keep on delivering the high standard of entertainment the E3 Group has become known for.

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Reports are emerging that previous, gloomy predictions of the economic downturn’s impact on the travel trade may have been exaggerated. In the last month, tour operating giant Thomas Cook has seen bookings for European destinations skyrocket. Initially, experts had predicted a surge in holiday makers substituting foreign destinations for domestic holidays. It seems that vacationers have actually been holding off on booking overseas holidays to try and get the best deals available. Manny Fontenla-Novoa, Thomas Cook CEO, has noticed that package holidays, though falling out of favour in recent years, have had a surge in popularity with customers looking for only the most competitive deals.

It seems that, more than ever, people need an overseas holiday to escape from all the doom and gloom at home and with continental Europe and non-eurozone destination bookings gaining huge momentum, E3 Group’s entertainers are gearing up for a busy season. Initial fears of low turnouts appear to have been quashed with an unprecedented 12 per cent rise in bookings on the same period last year. Of course, trading for the tour operating giants will still be difficult in these turbulent times, but hopefully E3 Group’s exceptional new production shows will keep their current customers entertained and encourage repeat business for 2010!

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E3 Production has had an eventful time this week getting things in place for the imminent holiday season. The new Majorca office has officially opened allowing the team to take a more hands on approach to our new Hi! Hotels contract. We have just finished working with Peter Dixon to produce a voice over ident package for our Thomas Cook entertainment programme. Peter is the voice of the X Factor, Britain’s Got Talent, Family Fortunes and E4 and has added his own unique vocal styling to E3 Production’s entertainment shows. We have also just finished an exciting project with none other than the legendary DJ Pat Sharp. Pat has helped us produce a parody version of Let’s Get Loud for the new Thomas Cook club dance.

E3 Careers have been extremely busy in the past month, travelling the length and breadth of Europe to train E3 Group’s incoming entertainment staff. From Sweden to Spain, the team have been working round the clock to ensure delegates receive only the best entertainment training on offer. After Pat Sharp’s contribution to this years programme, sales of the E3 Let’s Get Loud Entertainment Team Sweatshirt have gone through the roof with over eighty percent of the training course delegates wearing this must-have fashion item. Preparations are well underway for the first E3 Group Training Course Prom night. This glamorous evening will take place next Tuesday in Palma as a Celebration of the season ahead and the end of the first Thomas Cook training course. The prom will feature live local entertainment, surprise performances from some of our consultants, an awards ceremony for the training course stars and prize giveaways for all the future E3 Entertainers. Keep up to date with all the news from E3 Production and E3 Careers by following us on Twitter.

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E3 Group opened the doors to another new office on Monday 5th of March… in sunny Spain! The new Majorca base has been set-up to better facilitate our European service contracts with Thomas Cook and Hi! Hotels. David Parker, E3 Group Operations Manager, is currently heading up the new team out there and he had this to say about how things are progressing:

“Things are going extremely well here. The whole team have been extremely busy getting the Majorca Office and training course up and running, managing to find that elusive 25th hour in most days!

The entertainers from Thomas Cook had a day off yesterday; they spent it on the beach and sighting-seeing in Palma. It was a well deserved rest and have returned today fresh, rested and ready for another day of song and dance!”

The new office will improve communications with overseas entertainers and allow E3 Group to get more involved with all the fabulous work our entertainers are doing for Thomas Cook and Hi! Hotels. If you should need to contact David Parker or our team overseas don’t hesitate to drop them a line!

E3 Group Majorca Office
Palmanova Hotel
Calle Miguel de los Santos Oliver, 13
07181 Palmanova, Calvia
Majorca,
Spain

enquiries@e3grouponline.com
recruitment@e3grouponline.com

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UK holiday park operator Pontin’s has announced the creation of around 2,000 new jobs to be staffed in the coming year. The new posts will include catering, retail and bar staff as well as the all important entertainment providers, the Blue Coats. These new appointments will coincide with a proposed expansion of Pontin’s existing holiday parks as bookings for the Easter and summer seasons sky rocket. Here at E3 we believe a number of factors are contributing to the surge in entertainment jobs on offer at Pontin’s.

The weakening pound is encouraging savvy holiday makers to look closer to home for quick getaways. Last year and during times of more economic good fortune, families would often take two or three holidays abroad a year. Now, these same families are looking to substitute one or two of these trips abroad with holiday destinations closer to home. During the economic downturn, entertainment is proving a great form of escapism and the creation of these new entertainment jobs is a great sign for show business in general during these difficult times

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