{"id":92,"date":"1996-04-26T13:00:12","date_gmt":"1996-04-26T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bargh.co.uk\/blog\/?p=92"},"modified":"2016-04-05T12:31:57","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T12:31:57","slug":"samsung-european-convention-96","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bargh.co.uk\/blog\/samsung-european-convention-96\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung European Convention 96 &#8211; Marbella"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Samsung&#8217;s\u00a0European\u00a0 Convention 1996\u00a0 was to\u00a0 Marbella in Spain. I attended as editor of Buying Cameras magazine.<\/p>\n<p>British Airways flight BA 2473 &#8211; I was in Seat 4E<\/p>\n<p>We stopped at the Melia Don Pepe Hotel<br \/>\nCipriano Playas Del Doque<br \/>\nHacienda La Venta<br \/>\nPuerto Banus<\/p>\n<div class=\"img_attch\">\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-92 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bargh.co.uk\/blog\/samsung-european-convention-96\/cipriano\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bargh.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1996\/04\/cipriano-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bargh.co.uk\/blog\/samsung-european-convention-96\/pepe\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bargh.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1996\/04\/pepe-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bargh.co.uk\/blog\/samsung-european-convention-96\/ba2743-ticket\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bargh.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1996\/04\/ba2743-ticket-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bargh.co.uk\/blog\/samsung-european-convention-96\/samsung_buying_cameras_name_badge\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bargh.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/samsung_buying_cameras_name_badge-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bargh.co.uk\/blog\/samsung-european-convention-96\/samsung-96-badge\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bargh.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1996\/04\/samsung-96-badge-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<p>It was the famous trip of Prairie Oyster, Finger dancing prawns, clothes swapping by the pool, unexpected karaoke and hangover donkey riding&#8230;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.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"img_attch\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"675\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1012\" alt=\"pepe\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/1996\/04\/pepe-1024x675.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bargh.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1996\/04\/pepe-1024x675.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bargh.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1996\/04\/pepe-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bargh.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1996\/04\/pepe.jpg 1147w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Samsung Representatives<br \/>\nGary Banks, J Lee, H Paik<\/p>\n<p>Press attending<br \/>\nPeter Bargh, Daniel Lezano, Roger Payne, Keith Wilson, Liz Walker, Neil Whitford, Dennis Taylor, M Blackledge<\/p>\n<p>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\u00a0\u00a0Giulio Forti Reflex (Italy)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samsung&#8217;s\u00a0European\u00a0 Convention 1996\u00a0 was to\u00a0 Marbella in Spain. I attended as editor of Buying Cameras magazine. 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