Agency Spotlight: Cook & Associates

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Agency: Cook & Associates
Formed: 1993
Annual Events: 51-100
Staff: 11-50
Offices: 4
Mantra: Outstanding Exhibition Solutions
www.cookandassociates.com

Cook & Associates is a world-class exhibition design and management company with over 25 years’ experience. Taking the time to understand your brand we transform a blank canvas into a show stopping exhibit, to help our clients create exciting events and deliver memorable brand experiences.

Based in the UK with additional offices in the US and Singapore, we can design and provide striking, innovative and impressive stands for your organisation anywhere across the globe – without compromising on delivery at any stage.

Formation:

There was a gap in the market for an exhibition design and service management company with a new approach. Over 25 years we have developed strong relationships with a global network of partners to ensure we deliver the best quality product for our clients and in turn create a long-lasting impression on exhibition delegates.

Founder: Kim Bradbury

Kim Bradbury founded Cook & Associates in the UK, creating a leading and highly successful international exhibition management organisation with a unique global profile. With over 35 years’ expertise, he adopts a fully hands-on approach, project managing the realisation of high-level booths and chalets in all corners of the globe for a number of our highest profile clients.

He is well-known for his motivational approach, attention to detail, and total commitment to achieve project delivery excellence.

Key services and sectors served:

Cook & Associates deliver outstanding exhibition solutions across the globe. Offering strategic in-house design, production, show support and full life-cycle management.

We pride ourselves on delivering 5-star service to clients and are delighted to have 98% customer retention rate. Our clients receive dedicated project management from start to finish including installation, on-site support and breakdown. Our experienced team are on hand every step of the way.

Our work covers a variety of sectors including; aerospace and aviation, defence, consumer electronics, luxury, and much more.

Case Study: Qatar Airways

We are proud to have worked with long-standing client Qatar Airways since 2006 at over 30 shows and across 10 countries! A key project for them was at ITB in 2018. The brief was to combine drama with an unforgettable immersive experience and deliver a vibrant message about their commitment to excellence.

With just 4 weeks from concept to delivery we designed and built a luxurious double deck stand, a Q-Suite for visitors to experience the inside of QA’s business class offering and an attention-grabbing reveal event. Everything was carefully selected to reflect the 5-star brand, each element exuded quality and fine attention to detail.

To create a show-stopping presence 160SQM of custom Kabuki drop fabric formed a presentation curtain that hid the entire stand from view until the last moment. A string trio played to the audience in the packed exhibition hall as the stand was revealed – combining drama with style!

Over 660 LED tiles ran around the entire stand for the ultimate seamless display, showcasing QA’s destinations and key messages with maximum indoor impact. The technology installed included; a green screen for visitors to take pictures with their dream QA destination in the background, VR areas for visitors to enjoy a fully immersive experience, interactive touch screens and a special entertainment zone.

Shady Tahbub, Manager Events & Exhibitions Operations, Qatar Airways said, “This has been our best experience and presence at this world class event. Cook & Associates have delivered this event to a high-quality design on time and on budget”

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What the future holds

Our team continuously develop our offering in line with new technologies and innovative ideas to ensure we create exhibition solutions that stand out.  It’s all about creating a memorable brand experience for our client’s customers, whilst providing the best service for our clients.

This Agency Spotlight is sponsored by Macroart

Macroart challenges the assumptions about a ‘typical print company’. With a fair bit of cool kit to turn clients’ visions into reality, Macroart’s enthusiastic, committed and talented team delivers some of the most complex print projects in live events, retail and interiors.

Adam Parry
Author: Adam Parry

Adam is the co-founder and editor of www.eventindustrynews.com Adam, a technology evangelist also organises Event Tech Live, Europe’s only show dedicated to event technology and the Event Technology Awards. Both events take place in November, London.