In: Travel

29/01/2013

John Out and About

John has been doing alot of travel since the begining of 2013.

On one of his trips he was able to meet with the General Manager of AGDA, Rita Siow and Irene Previn. This was an exciting meeting for John Jewell Design helping create future business oppotunities.

15/01/2012

Visit to LIWF 2012

John attended the 2012 London International Wine Fair (LIWF) where he met with many of our existing UK and European clients. He also had meetings with several potential new clients.

John Jewell visited Prowein in Dusseldorf, Germany where he met with new and existing clients. It was a very successful trip securing several new clients and opening the door to exciting new future business.

John has finally put his feet back on solid ground after a month long trip that saw him take in the London International Wine Fair, whisky tastings in Scotland, travelling around Italy, meeting vineyard owners, visiting wineries and trying good Italian restaurants.

First stop was 3 days at the London International Wine Fair (LIWF) for meetings with prospective clients, as well as with some of John Jewell Design’s (JJD) existing client base.

“we flew all the way to London and met with some of our clients based in Rutherglen, Griffith and Mildura. The saying ‘it’s a small world’ is definitely apt these days”.

John’s impressions of the fair:

“there was a more positive mood this year and it was great to meet with some of the big distributors involved. Italy had a massive presence and it was interesting to note their marked design shift to more new world style designs. It was also fascinating to see that in general, the idea of driving brands around ‘place’ is well and truly entrenched.”

From LIWF it was onto Scotland with the highlight being two days of tastings at Speyside malt whisky distilleries doing research for a branding and procurement project currently being undertaken by JJD for a USA Client.

Following an overnight stopover in Rome, two weeks at the JJD office just outside Bari, and travelling throughout the Puglia region in Southern Italy, John finished his journey by headed to Cantina Tollo in Abruzzo for an outstanding wine tasting that included their internationally award winning Chardonnay. “Sensational!”

John has just returned from will meetings in Phoenix, Arizona, Greenville, South Carolina and then Prowein 2011 in Dusseldorf, Germany where he met with new and existing clients from Chili, Portugal, Argentina, Belgium, Finland and Norway.

John will once again be travelling to the USA for follow up discussions with potential clients in Phoenix and Sans Francisco.

John attended the 2010 Wine Industry Outlook Conference in Melbourne in October, Australia’s premier wine industry marketing event. John found the conference very informative and it was good to catch up with old friends.

John visited the Taste of Melbourne 2010 Wine Fair.

John recently travelled to the USA for follow up discussions with potential clients in Phoenix, Las Vegas and Sans Francisco. The market visit was fruitful, seeing John Jewell Design establishing key contacts in intended markets. Consequently some exciting projects are on the horizon for the team.

John Jewell was recently invited to be an international guest at the renowned Radici 2010 “The Festival of Native Wines” held in Puglia, Southern Italy. The festival is three days of activity dedicated to wine – the meeting, learning, exploring, tasting and evaluating wine production in the Puglia wine region with over 100 wine producers in attendance. It was a fantastic opportunity to network with many potential future clients.

John attended the 2010 London International Wine Trade Fair (LIWTF) where he met with many of our existing UK and European clients. He also had meetings with several potential new clients.

John Jewell visited Prowein in Dusseldorf, Germany where he met with new and existing clients. At the completion of the Trade Show, John flew to the US to have meetings in Phoenix, Arizona and LA.  It was a very successful trip securing several new clients and opening the door to exciting new future business.