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| 06/2009 |
The „FullTiltPoker.net Million Euro Challenge 2009“ campaign has started. For the third time in a row OBSESSION organizes the biggest Poker-Freeroll-Event in the world. This year the event takes place in the exhibition center of Hamburg and the Salzburg Arena. 8.000 visitors & 3.900 players per city will experience a spectacular event program including the best poker players in the world. In addition the participants have the chance to qualify for play in the TV-Finale and win up to € 1.000.000,- » more |  |
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| 05/2009 |
Media Markt celebrates its 30 year anniversary and we celebrate as well. As in the beginning of 2009 Media Markt starts its special financing campaign due to the companies’ anniversary in beginning of June. In the course of year-round warehousing financing within trade markets, OBSESSION supports the markets with skilled staff. The main target is to settle financing contracts with end customers. |  |
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| 04/2009 |
Crisis is not an option! Opposed to the branch trend, OBSESSION Marketing & Event GmbH extends its team. A new member of the Event team is Alegra Forler, Event Manager, who has worked for VISION projects GmbH and cooperated with clients such as SAP.
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| 03/2009 |
OBSESSION is from now on the official representative of the probably most unique private racetrack and luxury retreat in the world – the AscariRaceResort close to Ronda/Marbella, Spain. The deluxe playground for motorsports fans is normally only available for wealthy club members as for example Fernando Alonso. It offers an exclusive club house including a pool and amazing race cars, up to F1-vehicles (incl. V12 Ferrari’s & F13 3-seater). These vehicles are driven on an unique 5.4 kilometer track which counts to the most challenging ones in the world. The resort offers a 4x4 off-road route, dirt-buggie-track, circuit & skin-pan as well as race carts. The AscariRaceResort is an ideal location for all kinds of events, product presentation, meetings & incentives. » more |
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| 02/2009 |
OBSESSION Marketing & Event GmbH launches a new Ferrari-themed incentive module in cooperation with hotel partners and Europe’s leading rental for luxury vehicles. In different parts of Germany and Europe this special incentive entry offers the chance to connect luxury hotel business, local features, team building and the highlight to drive a Ferrari. According to budget and thematic focusing you can organize individual events for small executive groups up to 150 people. » more |  |
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| 01/2009 |
OBSESSION Marketing & Event GmbH is restructuring its business core due to the increasing number of the clientele in order to realize substantial projects. Focus of the adjustment is the smooth integration of new staff, improvement of unit networking and a therewith associated efficiency increase. This contains an implementation of a new management platform as well as upgrading the unit structure of main departments such as Public- & Corporate Events, Promotion & Marketing, Incentives & Meetings. |  |
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| 11/2008 |
Christmas business starts! In the course of year-round warehousing financing for Citibank within the trade markets (Media Markt, Saturn, etc.) OBSESSION acts as a distributer of skilled staff in 300 markets and 250 cities throughout Germany. Main Focus is to settle financing contracts with end customers.
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| 10/2008 |
OBSESSION organizes ultimate show event! The FullTiltPoker.net Million Euro Challenge 2008, the world’s biggest poker event sets new standards. A total of 6.175 people arrive from all over Germany as well as Austria and Switzerland and experience a unique event program as well as the superstars of Team Full Tilt live on stage. 2.900 tournament participants play in the world’s biggest one-day free-roll poker event for the entry to the € 1.000.000,00 TV final. » more |  |
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| 09/2008 |
On 09/13/08 OBSESSION is organizing the FullTiltPoker.net Million Euro Challenge, the world’s biggest one-day free-roll poker event, at the Rheingoldhalle Mainz. 5000 expected guests, 2700 tournament players, 120 poker tables, a gigantic event program and poker legends like Chris Ferguson, Phil Ivey, Gus Hansen, Howard Lederer, Patrik Antonius will set new standards. On top of everything there will be a TV final with a prize money of up to € 1.000.000,00! » more » videos 2007 |
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| 08/2008 | For the 11th year in a row, OBSESSION is charged by the world’s biggest calendar distributor teNeues, to design various sport calendars. For the products „SNOWBOARD 2010“ and „SKATEBOARD 2010“ OBSESSION takes over the picture research (incl. picture rights) as well as the graphic design of the globally distributed brochure calendar (30cmx30cm). » more |
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| 07/2008 | As pre-start for the product launch of POKER-REISEN24.de the agency organized a luxury poker travel for 15 persons to the WSOP in Las Vegas. In addition to an exclusive accompanying program with limousine service, helicopter night flight over the Las Vegas Strip, a half-day helicopter trip with landing to the Grand Canyon, the absolute highlight of the journey was a meet & greet with the poker legends Chris Ferguson, Howard Lederer & Andy Bloch. |  |
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| 07/2008 | Implementation of the co-sponsoring of FULLTILTPOKER.NET at the poker fair in Berlin - Europe’s largest poker fair. On over 7000 square meters numerous exhibitors presented themselves in the „Arena Berlin“ and offered the visitors a diverse program of coaching, seminars and workshops, as well as a big fair tournament with the first German Ladies Championship. Provision of and logistics planning for 50 branded FULLTILTPOKER.NET poker tables for the tournament area with up to 2500 poker players. |  |
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| 06/2008 | Personnel support and hostess assignment for the KIA Family Day 2008 in Frankfurt - an employee incentive for distribution staff of KIA MOTORS Germany GmbH and their families. OBSESSION was in charge of research, selection and briefing of hostesses taking care of the guest – their tasks ranging from greeting the guests to the accompanying program with test drives, activities for children and the leave-taking as well as distribution of give-aways. |  |
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| 05/2008 | Two new employees are strengthening the 12-person team of OBSESSION Marketing & Event GmbH. The tourism manager Julia Boesler changes from the internal travel management of the Messe Frankfurt GmbH and is from now on in charge of the travel, incentives and meetings department. Event manager Margarita Gaab, former employee of the event department of the Garden Show GmbH supports the events division. » more |  |
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| 04/2008 |
Award of contract for personnel support of the ASSURANT Deutschland GmbH fair booth at the EURONICS congress in Leipzig. Research, selection and briefing of VIP hostesses and catering personnel. Promotion of the innovative product offer of the specialized insurance provider, active in the finance and consumer product industry. |  |
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| 03/2008 |
Presentation of a VIP poker tournament for the pay-TV provider PREMIERE at the AUTO KÖNIG showroom in Munich. Socializing event for VIPs and journalists from the resorts entertainment, media/economy and sports, on the occasion of the German TV start of “James Bond 007: Casino Royale”. Poker tournament, HU and workshop tables for over 100 exclusive guests like music producer Ralph Siegel or fashion designer Sarah Kern. |  |
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| 03/2008 | Implementation of a 4-day incentive travel to Schwedisch Lappland for the 45 best sales partners of Firststop GmbH (Bridgestone). Transfer to the arctic circle via plane from four German cities, there individual dog-sledding, polar night tour with snow mobiles as well as country specific activities like snowshoeing and ice-fishing. |  |
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| 01/2008 | Integration of the customer FULLTILTPOKER.NET as title sponsor at the poker fair in Cologne. Supply of extensive branding and equipment for the poker tournament with 2500 participants as well as a branded BMW Mini as first prize. Fair booth on 3 levels and nearly 300qm with the world premiere of a cutting-edge camera poker table. VIP lounge and PC game area as well as workshops and SNGs with the poker pros of the entire German speaking Team FullTilt. Special 2:20mins TV report in the » ARD Tagesthemen. |  |
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| 12/2007 | Planning and implementation of the W&V Skiopening 2007 main sponsoring for the customer FULLTILTPOKER.NET, comprising a business poker tournament and poker workshops. The venue, the ROBINSON Select Alpenrose hotel in Zürs, offered the ideal setting for this exclusive business-to-business and networking event with over 200 deciders, CEOs and opinion leaders from agencies and customers in the marketing and media sector. |  |
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| 12/2007 | OBSESSION Marketing & Event GmbH undertakes the presentation of FULLTILTPOKER.NET as title sponsor of the first Swiss poker fair in Bern. At the FULLTILTPOKER.NET fair booth visitors were presented some of the best German speaking poker pros (like Eddy Scharf and Markus Golser), PRO Workshops and SNGs, as well as a VIP lounge and PC game area. In the accompanying poker tournament more than 1000 participants competed for a travel package incl. a buy-in to the Aussie Millions.. |  |
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| 11/2007 | Conception, planning, organizing and implementation of a 3-day incentive travel to Florence, concluding the yearly AWARD program of the Citibank. 80 winners (plus partners) of a bank-internal competition as well as part of the company’s CEOs took part in the journey. In addition to the highlight of driving Ferraris a gala dinner in a castle above Florence rounded of the comprehensive event program. |  |
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| 10/2007 | Realisation of the "FULLTILTPOKER.NET MILLION EURO CHALLENGE", the world’s largest poker event series of this kind up to now – with a prize money of €1 Mio. In addition to the free roll tournament a powerful show event with the best poker players in the world (e.g. Chris Ferguson, Phil Ivey, Gus Hansen) was presented to the visitors. The event series was rounded off by a TV final on DSF. » more |  |
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| 09/2007 | Conception, planning and implementation of a medicine congress for about 100 oral surgeons as well as an accompanying evening event. Organizing on behalf of the orthodontics clinic ‘Dr. Katz & Partner’ with lectures by Dr. Kater and afterwards event program and catering in the CongressForum Frankenthal. |  |
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| 08/2007 | Conception, planning and implementation of the „ASPIRIN® Effect Rikscha Tour 2007“ in cooperation with the Uwe-Seeler foundation. Kick-off event with Uwe Seeler in Hamburg as well as charity and promotion campaign with 18 selected pharmacies in high traffic areas of inner cities and central stations of 12 cities all over Germana, including extencive PR work. |  |
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| 08/2007 | The pitch for implementing of a 4 day Incentive Travel for the best sales partners of Firststop GmbH (Bridgestone) is won. Core activities will be a winter driving camp on the frozen lakes of Swedish Lapland, snowmobile tours and country-specific activities like dog-sledding. |  |
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| 07/2007 | OBSESSION Marketing & Event GmbH wins the pitch for German General Agency for FullTiltPoker.net – the 2nd largest, free online poker school and one of the most well known online poker brands worldwide. The scope of activities ranges from strategic consulting to events, communication, promotion, cross-marketing & sponsoring. |  |
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| 06/2007 | The Steubing AG as an independent financial services institution celebrates their 20-year anniversary this year. In the course of the celebrations at the time-honoured Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof, OBSESSION is charged with the personnel support for press supervision and care, as well as registration of international guests & VIPs from industry and politics (like Michail Gorbatschow). |  |
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| 05/2007 | Integration of Bitburger with its products Bit SUN and Bit PASSION as main sponsor into of the 16. Sandboarding Worldchampionships 2007. In addition to sponsoring the main discipline “Bit-Sandboardercross”, the engagement focus is the integration of a special gastro module “Bit SUN Roof Top”, as well as the buildup of a special “Bit SUN Gastro Area” and the “Bit PASSION Clubbing Area”. |  |
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| 04/2007 |
The OBSESSION Marketing & Event GmbH has screened the German poker market for over one year and has built up a network of the best partners in the business. Meanwhile OBSESSION has become the leading professional in the field of poker in Germany and is implementing this in all business departments.
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| 03/2007 | For the third time in a row OBSESSION organizes an international business meeting with accompanying incentive program for NOKIA Enterprise Solutions Finnland. Besides the half-day meetings about 80 participants from Scandinavia, England and USA experienced an extensive incentive program with many highlights. » more |
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| 03/2007 | In February and March OBSESSION implements a series of exclusive poker tournaments including marketing concept and PR for the leading German online casino „Casino Club“ in cities like Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Cologne. » more Information |
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| 02/2007 | Conception, planning, organising and implementation of a kick-off event within the yearly AWARD program of Citibank. Participants were the winners of a bank-internal competition as well as the entire board of directors of the company. The gala dinner incl. AWARD show for about 100 participants was the starting point for an AWARD proram, followed by further activities. |  |
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