http://www.cslevents.ie/ CSL Events News & Events RSS 2.0 Feed. Please visit http://www.cslevents.ie/ for more information. en-gb Copyright 2012 CSL Events. All Rights Reserved. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 1:10:01 GMT 60 http://www.cslevents.ie/images/pageElements/logoRSS.gif http://www.cslevents.ie/ http://www.cslevents.ie/news-events/csl-hospitality-awarded-two-prestigious-contracts.232.html CSL Hospitality, Irelands leading award winning Corporate Hospitality agency, has just signed contracts with two major events coming to Ireland this year. Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:53:15 GMT http://www.cslevents.ie/news-events/tesco-to-sell-tickets-.231.html News just in that retail monster Tesco are planning a move into ticket sales in the UK branches this month in a move that will no doubt have a profound effect on the ticket sales industry there. The question is will the idea travel across the Irish Sea? Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:58:26 GMT http://www.cslevents.ie/news-events/looking-after-spectators-or-selling-more-tv-time.230.html The IRB have facilitated an extra 2 minutes for half time for each of the Rugby World Cup games to "give spectators more time to visit food and drink kiosks as well as toilet facilities". It also enables them to provide more ad breaks for inflating the value of the TV packages being sold around the world. Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:41:36 GMT http://www.cslevents.ie/news-events/the-international-cricket-council-icc-have-ruled-ireland-and-other-associate-members-out-of-the-cricket-world-cup-in-2015-and-2019.229.html Is that what we get for beating England – it appears that criticism of the 43 days it took to complete is behind the decision to keep the event restricted to 10 countries and prevent the development of the game in places like Ireland, Kenya, the Netherlands and Canada. Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:28:08 GMT http://www.cslevents.ie/news-events/a-new-deal-to-centralise-the-media-rights-for-national-team-matches-will-generate-€10million-per-year-for-the-fai-over-the-next-four-years.228.html Michel Platini hailed UEFA's centralisation of media rights for national team matches after securing his second term as the president of European football's governing body on Tuesday. Wed, 23 Mar 2011 9:50:51 GMT http://www.cslevents.ie/news-events/europa-league-quarter-finals-draw-.193.html Todays draw for the quarter finals scheduled for April 7th and 14th has been completed and sees Porto take on Spartak Moskva, Benfica v PSV, Villarreal v Twente and Braga take on Dynamo Kyiv Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:36:32 GMT http://www.cslevents.ie/news-events/last-three-british-teams-out-of-europa-league.192.html Liverpool, Manchester City and Ranges all crashed out of the Europa League last night prior to today's draw for the quarter finals. Dublin, as venue for the final on May 18th, can expect to host the top two teams from an elite list of top European clubs. Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:31:34 GMT http://www.cslevents.ie/news-events/“england-are-just-bad-losers”-according-to-sepp-blatter-president-of-the-world-football-governing-body-fifa.191.html This was Blatters response to allegations from the England camp of corruption in the now murky and tainted world of World Cup voting. (read on...) Thu, 09 Dec 2010 10:00:12 GMT http://www.cslevents.ie/news-events/o2-be-the-differenceirish-rugby-wins-international-sponsorship-awards.190.html The European Sponsorship Awards winners were announced at a ceremony in Amsterdam during the week and O2 and Irish rugby were award winners in the Business to Consumer category. Fri, 26 Nov 2010 10:09:39 GMT http://www.cslevents.ie/news-events/irfu-hold-up-their-hands-to-ticketing-fiasco.189.html The IRFU came out from a crisis management meeting last night stating “it had made an error in its ticketing strategy”, an error which had nearly sent a majority of its clubs to the wall. Tue, 02 Nov 2010 9:42:50 GMT http://www.cslevents.ie/news-events/sponsorship-opportunities-anyone.188.html It seems that the business of sport in Ireland is in need of corporate support more than ever. Despite good news stories such as 3 sponsoring the National Football Team and An Post stepping into sponsor the Rás, there are many deals not being closed. So, is this an opportunity for savvy brands to buy into potentially high returning marketing investments? Fri, 22 Oct 2010 10:35:54 GMT http://www.cslevents.ie/news-events/wayne-rooney-has-been-sensationally-dropped-by-coca-cola.187.html Wayne Rooney has been sensationally dropped by Coca-Cola from its Coke Zero campaign after head-office executives in Atlanta have branded his conduct as “disgusting”. Mon, 04 Oct 2010 10:00:41 GMT http://www.cslevents.ie/news-events/cycling’s-credibility-rocked-to-its-core-yet-again.186.html Alberto Contador, three time winner of Le Tour de France has sensationally been suspended having tested positive for a “very small concentration” of clenbuteral during the 2nd rest day of the 2010 Tour. Fri, 01 Oct 2010 11:06:49 GMT http://www.cslevents.ie/news-events/vodafone-pulls-the-plug-on-gaa-sponsorships-deals.185.html After years sponsoring the All Stars and laterally also the Senior Football All Ireland Championship, Vodafone has brought to an end its relationship with the GAA, excluding the new shirt deal with Dublin. This raises fresh challenges for the GAA in finding new sponsors for two high profile packages. So who might be lining up to fill the gap, watch this space.... Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:00:51 GMT http://www.cslevents.ie/news-events/conventional-advertising-is-dead-and-conventional-sports-sponsorship-is-dead.183.html conventional advertising is dead and conventional sports sponsorship is dead - the world is digital, that is the view of the acknowledged grandfather of Patrick Nally of West Nally who is credited with forming the commercial structure of the FIFA World Cup. He reckons that there has never been a more exciting time to be in sports marketing and for anyone who doesn't believe him he recommends looking at this video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIFYPQjYhv8 Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:17:49 GMT