Glasgow City Marketing Bureau and Hyper Exhibitions team up to deliver extra pre-christmas sparkle

Glasgow City Marketing Bureau, Glasgow City Council and Hyper Exhibitions have teamed up to bring an ultra glamorous exhibition to Glasgow that will attract visitors to the city in the run up to Christmas.

‘Exquisite Jewels – the Art of Carnet by Michelle Ong’ will be at the Burrell Collection from 28 October until 10 December.

The exhibition is the first ever of work by Hong Kong based, Michelle Ong, whose signature high-impact pieces incorporating exceptional gem stones, have been worn by a host of celebrities including Kate Winslet, Teri Hatcher and Mischa Barton.

The exhibition will comprise 100 pieces created by Ong, including four that she designed specially for the hit movie The Da Vinci Code.

Ong, who designs for her own company, Carnet, has been called “one of the greatest designers of our time” by international jewellery critic Ryo Yamaguchi, and the exhibition presents both new creations and loans from her illustrious clientele.

Glasgow was chosen for the exhibition for a number of reasons, which Hyper Exhibitions managing director, Wendy Rosenthal, explains, “Exquisite Jewels will premiere in Glasgow because we felt the city offered a unique dimension to the exhibition. It has a growing reputation for both style and major events, and the Burrell Collection is a great fit with Michelle’s designs.

“We’ve also had great support from Glasgow City Marketing Bureau and look forward to bringing other Hyper events and exhibitions to the city.”

Glasgow City Marketing Bureau chairman, Alex Mosson, commented, “This is a fantastic coup for Glasgow and makes the city that much more attractive as a place to shop in the run up to Christmas. The exhibition is one of a number of stylish happenings in the city over the autumn/winter period, all of which will help to enhance the Glasgow: Scotland with style campaign.”

Situated in Pollok Park, the Burrell Collection houses 8,000 objets d’arte that were once in the personal collection of Glasgow shipping magnate, Sir William Burrell (1861 – 1958). Highlights include paintings by Degas and Cezanne, important stained glass and tapestries, and a fine collection of Chinese porcelain.

Pictures of some of the jewels to be featured in the exhibition can be downloaded at www.seeglasgow.com/exquisitejewels

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Note to Editors:

1. Glasgow City Marketing Bureau has a staff of 40 staff who are engaged in national and international activity comprising:

Development and implementation of the city branding campaign: Glasgow: Scotland with style
Conventions, incentives, meetings and exhibition sales
Conference and event accommodation bookings
Event creation, attraction, management and marketing
Public Relations
Management of the website: www.seeglasgow.com for the metropolitan area

2. Since the March 04 launch of the city branding campaign Glasgow: Scotland with style, 228,519 additional tourists have visited the city, equating to £26.5 million in local economic benefit.

3. Hyper Exhibitions is a joint venture combining the unique talents of Hyper Entertainment and Cultural Innovations specializing in the development and delivery of exceptional traveling exhibitions.

Hyper Entertainment was incorporated in 2000, and listed onto London’s Ofex Market in December 2005. Hyper has built very successful and complimentary business in advising clients in branded real-estate development for large international projects, thereby enhancing revenues and creating new experiences for their customers.

Hyper has established itself globally as a premier independent firm advising real-estate developers by providing strategic business solutions focusing on the development of integrated retail, food and leisure experiences and the creation of non-traditional revenue opportunities.

Hyper’s strong reputation and experience has been built through working with some of the most influential names in the world. Clients and previous project work include:

- Sony Corporation of America: Metreon – San Francisco, USA;

- Sony Europe: Musik Box, a Sony Entertainment Centre – Berlin, Germany;

- ALDAR: Ferrari Concept – Abu Dhabi, UAE;

- Nomura Securities: Millennium Dome – London, England;

- China Space Agency: ExploraSpace – Beijing, China; and

- Marylebone, Warwick, Balfour: Star City –Birmingham, England.

Cultural Innovations are advisors to museums, international agencies and foundations working with organisations at many points along the development path from visioning to construction and operation.

Clients include:

Artworks @ The Lowry
Hermitage Rooms at Somerset House
Art Gallery of Windsor
National Museum of Saudi Arabia
Glenbow Museum
Museum of Islamic Arts