WMLC Launch – 24/3/10

THE V&A WATERFRONT WORLD MEDIA & LEGACY CENTRE INTRODUCES ITS SERVICE OFFERING FOR 2010.

PRESS RELEASE: MARCH 24^th 2010

The V&A Waterfront World Media & Legacy Centre has been established to assist Media and Business to have phenomenal, memorable experiences in Cape Town – and to write and broadcast about them widely – thereby positively influencing the way South Africa is perceived in the international arena.

 Writing in The Times of London after Germany 2006[1], Alistair Campbell, Tony Blair’s former advisor claimed that the clichéd vision of Germany had been sunk forever:

‘A number of myths have had to be revised. The idea of the Germans as insular, humorless and not the kind of people you want at a party: that one’s gone forever. This has been one of the best parties of all time.’ Post-2006, internet enquiries for travel to Germany rose 25%. The V&A Waterfront World Media & Legacy Centre hopes to support a similar impact with positive stories and experiences in Cape Town.

To achieve this, The V&A Waterfront World Media & Legacy Centre has been created as a joint-marketing initiative of a number of “best-of-breed” service providers that provide a range of services, equipment, products and content to media and business. Based at Portswood House in the heart of the safe, secure and fun V&A Waterfront, the Media & Legacy Centre is a short walk from Cape Town Stadium, the Cape Town CBD and the Global Icons Festival at the CTICC. It will function as a hub for media and business during 2010 and beyond.

More information at www.waterfrontmediacentre.co.za

 Services on offer to Media and Business visitors to Cape Town include:

• Broadcast facilities including studios and dedicated camera positions
• A media centre with hot desks, internet, telephone lines, fax and copy service
• AV Production Services across Cape Town, including dedicated camera positions in some of SA’s more venerable venues.
• Camera, Lighting and Sound Equipment Rental and Repair services
• Camera and Equipment Freight and Storage services
• Photographic production services across Cape Town
• Photographic equipment camera repairs, storage lockers, etc
• Consumables, eg. Batteries, tape stock, gaffer tape, bibs, step ladders.
• Stock Photographic library
• Stock Video library
• Stock Music library
• Conference and meeting rooms
• Press conference venues and dedicated interview rooms
• Tourism services including flight bookings, accommodation, tours and transfers
• Concierge services
• Office space for temporary corporate HQs
• Corporate Hospitality
• Cellphone, Laptop and Data Hire

The V&A Waterfront World Media & Legacy partnership brings together world-class skills and experience via informed and connected people. Every single enquiry generates a turn-key solution to a particular media or business challenge. 

Media Contact: Sonja Rabé

V&A Waterfront Media & Legacy Centre  

T: +27 21 465 3346 / C: +27 79 392 8852

E: marketing@waterfrontmediacentre.co.za

SKYPE ID: waterfrontmediacentre

W: www.waterfrontmediacentre.co.za                                 

Editor’s Note:

The Salamander Company is responsible in all areas for the management of the V&A Waterfront World Media and Legacy Centre. Headquartered in South Africa with offices in Australia and the UK, The Salamander Company is a strategic marketing and commercial services agency specialising in the sports, lifestyle and cultural categories. For more information please visit www.salamander-co.com: www.salamander-co.com