Went away but not sure where yet…more research needed. I flew from Manchester Airport
Peter Bargh
Sights & SoundsArchive for the ‘Travel’ Category
Week in Lanzarote
visit to Castillo de San Gabriel in Arrecife
Went to ???? for a week and flew from Birmingham Airport
Samsung launched the Samsung 350SE at their European convention in Vienna.
We flew out from Heathrow Terminal 1 on BA700
We visited Schoenbrunn Palace and Heurigen. I also went on the Wiener Riesenrad (Vienna’s Giant Ferris Wheel) with Gary and one of the Koreans.
Host
Gary Banks
Press
Peter Bargh, Duncan Evans, Chris Hahnel, Lee Mansfield, Matthew Henry, Neil Whitford, Terry Hope, Karl Foster, Gary Coward-Williams, Simon Joinson, Lee Mansfield
TIPA – not sure which year, but we were in Madrid. Myself and William Cheung stayed on for an extra and popped round to Spanish Publisher and TIPA president, Juan Varela, for dinner. We had traditional Tapas and wine and spent a very enjoyable evening living like the Spaniards.
TIPA organised a visit to the Monastery of El Escorial and a trip by train to Sergovia
And in the evening we ate at Casa Patas and were then entertained by traditional flamenco dancers
I dragged Will off to find a Spanish Cash Converters and bought a couple of CDs
Nikon Europe arranged a product launch in Stockholm, Sweden for the pro spec F5
We flew from London to Stockholm on BA 107 . I was in Seat 17D.
We stayed in the Grand Hotel which is a luxurious five star hotel right on the waterfront.
Part of the trip included a boat trip to one of the many Islands
We ended up in a nightclub in Stockholm…and that was the night of the legendary fiiish! We even got in Panorama trade magazine (see pic right)
Oh and the 36 frame test that Martyn and I did which gave Simon something to worry about as he considered what the Japanese might have been thinking about the UK press. We were simply proving a point. No matter how fast the camera was it couldn’t keep up with us pulling faces.
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- Martyn Moore, Steve Bavister and me in Stockholm.
Hosts
Simon Coleman, Jeremy Gilbert
Press
Peter Bargh, Roger Payne, Martyn Moore, Eileen Martin, Steve Bavister
I was one of the judges for a HP photo competition. The prize was a safari trip to South Africa and I was invited along to help the winners take better photos. An incredible adventure!
We flew with South African Airlines SA229 from London to Johannesburg. I was in seat 49G. And then on SA0040 from Johannesburg to Victoria Falls Seat 17F
We stayed in Elephant Hills Inter-Continental at Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe
And Mowana Safari Lodge on the Chobe River in Botswana
Several trips were organised to go into the Chobe Game Reserve including a sunrise adventure and a nocturnal visit
The we went on a coach trip to Victoria Falls.
Hosts
Lindsay Baldwin, Peter Bargh, Sarah Lambe, Mark Killingley, Andreas Lakeberg, Gerog Bons, Anita Pongratz
Guests
Malcolm and Diana Downes, Geoff and Hazel Hampshire, John and Sylvia Dinham, Mark Henning, Jamie Mackay, Simon Lane, Michael Rickets, Carol and Ian Moore, Marian Andreas Lisius, Anna Klingenberg, Uhland and Bettina Goebel, Joop Wever, Ann Van Rooij, Martin Reijgersberg, Vasilis Van Gemert, Jean and Patricia Dufresne, Gerard Delvecchio, Jacques Joffre, Lyn Try, Natalie Bohlin, Jean Sebastian Rousseau Piot, Nathalie Scohier, Eugenio Oller and Monica De Toores.
Although I’d like cameras still to be made in the UK, I was always grateful when we were invited on a press trip to the factory of those made abroad, especially when Nikon invited me to Thailand to see the production of the APS camera the Nikon Pronia
We flew Thai Airways TG911, Royal Executive Class from Heathrow to Bangkok. I sat next to Elaine in Seat 16K. The flight had individual movie players. I can’t remember what I watched. We stopped in the Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel
Nikon delivered a feature packed schedule over our five day trip included a two hour factory trip to see the Nikon Pronia being made. This was an SLR using APS film, and it was amazing to see how every single step of the assembly process was hand done.
Events
Royal River Hotel International Buffet
Tour of Nikon Thailand Corp Production facilities in Ayuthhaya
Express Boat Choa River to Phra A Thit pier
Tuk Tuks to Grand Palace
Emerald Buddha Temple
Thai Cultural evening Rose Garden Nakorn Pathom,
Festival of the season “Loy Krathong” village possession
Nikon Hosts
Simon Coleman, Elaine Swift
Press Attending
Peter Bargh, Dan Lezano, Damien Demolder , Neil Whitford, Shirley Kilpatrick, Raul Golden
On this trip I learned that girls can do incredible things with ping pong balls, Elephants are not just in the wild, mosquitoes can create huge bites, certain men are more attractive than certain women, not to go in a tuk tuk to the jewelery show rooms, Thai food can be incredible, Simon had a bizarre choice of swimming trunks and the Nikon Pronia was a totally hand assembled camera.
We were each given a Nikon Pronia which, at the time, was the best APS camera going.
Samsung’s European Convention 1996 was to Marbella in Spain. I attended as editor of Buying Cameras magazine.
British Airways flight BA 2473 – I was in Seat 4E
We stopped at the Melia Don Pepe Hotel
Cipriano Playas Del Doque
Hacienda La Venta
Puerto Banus
It was the famous trip of Prairie Oyster, Finger dancing prawns, clothes swapping by the pool, unexpected karaoke and hangover donkey riding…goes down as one of the best press trips in my career, made extra special by Dan, Rog, Liz and, of course, Mr Gary Banks. I drank some very strange stuff on that event.
Samsung Representatives
Gary Banks, J Lee, H Paik
Press attending
Peter Bargh, Daniel Lezano, Roger Payne, Keith Wilson, Liz Walker, Neil Whitford, Dennis Taylor, M Blackledge
Some of the many European editors included TIPA friends Sylvie Hugues from Reponse Photo (France), Fre Withoff from FotoHandel (Holland), Johan Elzenga Foto-Visie (Holland) Juan Varela FV Actualidad (Spain) and Giulio Forti Reflex (Italy)
Kodak took editors to France for the launch of the Advanced Photo SystemWe traveled over on Eurostar 9034, Coach 11 -I was in Seat 33
Our hotel – the Novotel Gare de Lyon
Representatives from Kodak
Angela McGinlay, John Shandley, Brian Bottomley, Clare Fleerackers
Press attending
Peter Bargh, Neil Whitford, Ailsa McWhinney, Joel Lacey, Eileen Martin, Roger Payne, Dennis Taylor, Steven Webb