The Highland Bierfest, now in its fifth year, has been nominated for a prestigious “Scottish Event Award”. The annual awards ceremony recognises the very best in event excellence in Scotland, and the panel has recognised the importance the event now holds in the Aberdeen business community by shortlisting the Highland Bierfest in the “Best Corporate Event” category.

The Highland Bierfest brings the Munich Oktoberfest to Aberdeen, complete with oompah bands, genuine Oktoberfest beers, a bavarian feast, and traditional German frauleins. It provides an opportunity for businesses in Aberdeen to entertain their clients, suppliers and staff in a fun, relaxed environment.

MatchPoint, the company behind the Highland Bierfest, have won the “Best Corporate Hospitality” award for the past two years, and are looking to win one of the esteemed awards for the third year in a row.

Neil Cunningham, Group Managing Director for the MatchPoint Group, was delighted by the nomination - “We are thrilled that after four years of hard work and consistent growth, the success of the Highland Bierfest has been recognised by the industry. It’s a first for Aberdeen to have an event honoured in this way and it shows that Aberdeen can provide first class client entertainment options”

The Highland Bierfest takes place this year on Friday 24^th September in the AECC. The Scottish Event Awards are held in Glasgow on 9th September.

Further sources of information

www.highlandbierfest.com
www.matchpoint.co.uk
www.aecc.co.uk
www.scottisheventawards.net

MatchPoint are pleased to announce that they have been appointed by the RACMSA as the official hospitality partners of the Rally of Scotland 2010. The event will run from Friday 15th to Sunday 17th October 2010.

Jim Harding, General Manager of MatchPoint said, “We are delighted to have been appointed as the official provider for this exciting Scottish event. The Rally of Scotland ties well with our portfolio of Blue Riband events and our strategy of partnering with right holders and governing bodies.”

The Rally of Scotland is in its second year staging the final round of the prestigious Intercontinental Rally Challenge. This year’s event will again be decided by three days of competitive driving over timed Special Stages on closed Forestry Commission Scotland gravel roads in Stirling and Perth and Kinross.

MatchPoint are pleased to offer hospitality at three spectacular venues along the route. Scone Palace is to hold the ceremonial start on Friday, Dunkeld House Hotel will be the Saturday hospitality base, and Sunday hospitality will be housed in the Macdonald Forest Hills Hotel & Resort on the shore of Loch Ard.

For more information or to book your hospitality package for the 2010 Royal Automobile Club Motor Sports Association Rally of Scotland from 15th – 17th October 2010, please call 0131 477 7757 or email rallyofscotland@matchpoint.co.uk.