The Dubai-based event management company CSM has joined with ITP to form a regional event company that will serve the Gulf entertainment industry. Pancho Campo, formerly of CSM, becomes general manager of the merged ITP-CSM. Rob Appleyard who managed ITP's portfolio of live events has been appointed to general manager of ITP LIVE.
The ITP group, which employs over 120 people in the Middle East, publishes 20 magazines in the region, including Time Out in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, which are read by over 180,000 people each month. ITP is a Dubai Media City Company. It is the largest magazine publisher in the Gulf with offices in London, Dubai, Cairo, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh and Johannesburg.
CSM staged such entertainment shows as Sting, Roger Waters, UB40, Shaggy, Enrique Iglesias, Tom Jones, Shaolin Wheel of Life, Sonique and many more. — (menareport.com)
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