For immediate release:

30 June 2014

Association of Event Organisers and Paperhat Consorcio announce social media
management partnership

The Association of Event Organisers (AEO), the trade association representing the exhibition
and events industry, and Paperhat Consorcio, the social media marketing consultancy, have
signed an exclusive agreement for Paperhat Consorcio to become its social media
management partner.

AEO is the voice of the multi-billion pound event organising industry promoting the interests of
its members and the industry at large. Paperhat Consorcio will take ownership of the AEOs
dedicated social media for its annual awards, conference and general marketing promotion,
as well as offering preferred rates to AEO members to manage their social media activity.

Paperhat Consorcio specialises in handling social media for the events industry and currently
manages fifteen international trade shows for global event organisers. Working with
marketing teams on a year round cycle, Paperhat Consorcio manages the entire social
media campaign including generating and managing content across over 50 social platforms,
to engage with communities and drive visitor footfall to events.

Karim Halwagi, CEO, the AEO said:
Paperhat Consorcio have been an immense help in guiding us through the professional
social media landscape and their detailed knowledge of corporate social media has benefitted
us considerably. Weve been very impressed to date with the analytics from our social media
activity under their guidance and were looking forward to extending this service to AEO
members."

Ian Sullivan, CEO Paperhat Consorcio said:
We are delighted to have agreed this partnership with the AEO. Social media is an integral
part of the visitor promotional strategy for exhibitions and conferences but can be very time
consuming. We take that pressure away and make it hassle-free so that organisers can
concentrate on running great events.

ENDS


About Association of Event Organisers (AEO)
Association of Event Organisers (AEO) the trade body representing companies, which
conceive, create, develop or manage trade and consumer events. It is run by its members for
the benefit of its members through an elected council of representatives, specialist working
groups and a fulltime secretariat. Our aim is to be the voice of the event organising industry,
to serve the collective needs of event organisers and to promote the interests of our members
and the industry at large. AEO membership enables organisers to work with members of its
sister organisations, Association of Event Venues (AEV) and Event Supplier and Services
Association (ESSA).
For more information please visit www.aeo.org.uk.

AEO Contact:
Karim Halwagi
Chief Executive Officer
Association of Event Organisers
karim@aeo.org.uk
Tel: 01442 285815
www.aeo.org.uk

About Paperhat Consorcio:
Paperhat Consorcio is a leading cross-media marketing consultancy that specialises in
independent consulting solutions and social media management. Paperhat Consorcio is part
of the Paperhat Group, an integrated marketing solutions provider, delivering consultancy,
marketing procurement, creative services and cross-media campaigns for global brands.
Paperhat operates in 23 countries worldwide works with leading global brands for which
quality, cost efficiency and speed-to-market are essential. Visit www.paperhatgroup.com for
more information.

Paperhat Consorcio contact:
Sharon DCruz
Marketing Consultant
Paperhat Consorcio
sdcruz@paperhat.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 7899 996 957
www.paperhatconsorcio.com