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MEET.COMPETE.<br />
WITH LIKE-MINDED PROPERTY PROFESSIONALS<br />
THE UK’S BIGGEST<br />
<strong>OFFICIAL</strong><br />
PROPERTY SKI TRIP<br />
www.propski.co.uk<br />
In<br />
In partnership with:<br />
Supporting:
Contents<br />
1. Foreword<br />
PropSki Objective<br />
Concept, Mission, Targets & History<br />
The Committee<br />
2. History<br />
2016 Trip Events and the PropSki Network / Reach<br />
3. PropSki 2017<br />
Pre-trip Events<br />
“In Resort” Events<br />
Follow Up / Re-union Events<br />
Media Partner – Estates Gazette<br />
4. Employees<br />
Your Employees<br />
How to get your Employees Involved<br />
5. Sponsors, Our Charity Partner and Delegates
Providing professionals in the property industry an<br />
inclusive and accessible opportunity to develop<br />
industry contacts and networks in an informal<br />
setting whilst having fun on the slopes<br />
FOLIE DOUCE 2016<br />
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PropSki has now established itself as such a major<br />
networking event on the property calendar that I am seeing how I get an<br />
invite next year.<br />
Guy Grainger UK Chief Executive, JLL<br />
Bilfinger GVA has supported PropSki since inception in 2012.<br />
I am delighted with the contacts and business<br />
opportunities that our employees benefit from and look<br />
forward to continued association with PropSki going forward.<br />
Rob Bould Former Chief Executive, Bilfinger GVA
Concept<br />
It’s simple really…provide a fresh new look at building relationships within the industry. Set in the<br />
Alps in an informal & inclusive setting, the event offers a unique opportunity for surveyors to meet,<br />
compete and network with peers in the industry.<br />
Mission<br />
To further grow an annual and widely recognised event in the property calendar which is seen as<br />
an opportunity for both companies and individuals to gain exposure and positive association, on top<br />
of developing and maintaining business relationships. The ultimate goal of which is to facilitate new<br />
business.<br />
By keeping prices as low as possible we aim to attract all ages throughout the industry without<br />
pricing out the younger generation of property professionals. PropSki 2017 costs £695 which<br />
includes 4* self catered accommodation (all in the same apartment block called Montana),<br />
continental breakfast, lift pass, flights and transfers, as well as event and race day entry. We are also<br />
offering a short week trip allowing attendees to benefit from less time out of the office. The short<br />
week is from Sunday – Wednesday and costs £495. (See schedule for activities during this period).<br />
PropSki is a not-for-profit organisation, re-investing proceeds into PropSki Limited for the<br />
following year’s trip and events. As an Industry Partner of LandAid, we donate the residual proceeds<br />
to LandAid: the Property Industry’s leading charity. This year PropSki Limited donated over £6,000 to<br />
LandAid and hopes to be able to double this next year.<br />
Targets<br />
To have a wide representation from the property industry with multi-disciplined professional<br />
attendance from both event sponsors and trip attendees. Our aim is to improve the trip year on<br />
year, promoting inclusivity by keeping the number of attendees within 300 to ensure that everyone<br />
has a chance to get to know each other. Since PropSki’s inception, attendance targets have been<br />
surpassed growing from 100 attendees in 2013 to 300 in 2016.<br />
History<br />
Set up in 2012, the first four years of the trip have been a storming success. The first year saw 100<br />
people from over 40 different companies being brought together for a week of sun, skiing,<br />
competing, networking and entertaiment in the French Alpine resort of Val Thorens for<br />
PropSki2013. The most recent trip in January 2016 was attended by over 300 professionals from 90<br />
firms, from graduate level up to Directors and Partners – demonstrating successful market<br />
exposure, growth in attendance and increased diversity of attendees.
the committee<br />
will chambers - JLL<br />
Will works in the Development Consultancy team in the London office. He is involved<br />
in acquisition, disposal, consultancy and valuations for both Public and Private Sector in<br />
London and the South East. Will was the president of Reading University’s Snow Sports<br />
Club and previously co-ordinated the Varsity (OxvCam) Ski Race. He has made<br />
invaluable contacts in the snow sports industry.<br />
RUPERT PARKER - BILFINGER GVA<br />
Rupert works in Bilfinger GVA’s City Office Agency team dealing with disposals and<br />
acquisitions within the City of London, Kings Cross and Docklands. He was recently<br />
involved in the 390,000 sq ft letting at 10 Upper Bank Street, E14 to Deutsche Bank.<br />
Having been responsible for ski trips and the associated social calendar at the University<br />
of Leeds, Rupert has extensive experience in organising ski holidays and related events.<br />
CHRIS WALTERS - JLL<br />
Chris’ responsibilities are focused on providing strategic recommendations on a range of<br />
development opportunities for both private and public sector clients, comprising<br />
development consultancy, appraisals and transactional advice. In addition to this role<br />
Chris provides advice to the Mayor of London on regeneration opportunities across<br />
London to encourage further investment.<br />
PAMELA REID - SELLaR<br />
Pamela is a Development Manager at Sellar; a design-led property company that<br />
develops and manages sustainable places, buildings and communities to create inspiring<br />
environments where people enjoy living, working and socialising. Pamela has organised<br />
and attended various ski trips to Scottish and French ski resorts with the University of<br />
Edinburgh, where she studied Architecture followed by a Masters degree in Real Estate.<br />
paul arthur - paragon building consultancy<br />
Paul is an Associate Director at Paragon, having previously worked at JLL and King<br />
Sturge. Paul works with a variety of institutional investors and property companies<br />
advising on the acquisition and vendor process of commercial, industrial, retail and<br />
residential properties as well as the project management of the same. On the slopes,<br />
Paul is one of the few remaining boarders and has been actively honing his skills for the<br />
past 10 years.<br />
Rachel Leigh - DS2<br />
Rachel works for a Financial Viability Consultancy, providing affordable housing advice<br />
in regard to planning policy, design and specification whilst balancing the competing<br />
demands made on residential sites in terms of planning obligations, affordable housing<br />
and CIL. Rachel has skied throughout her time at university and worked in the retail<br />
ski industry. Rachel has a good knowledge of the key mountain stops for a Van Chaud<br />
across the Three Valleys.<br />
Georgia Morton - Cushman & WakeFIeld<br />
Georgia has worked at Cushman & Wakefield for the past three years and since<br />
qualifying has moved into the West End Office Agency team. She is involved with both<br />
acquisitions and disposals for tenants and landlords across Central London. During her<br />
time as a student at Loughborough University she attended the University ski trips, and<br />
has recently organised the Cushman & Wakefield London Markets ski trip.<br />
STuart Kearney - Fawcett Mead<br />
As a retail and leisure agent, Stuart provides landlord advice for shopping centre and<br />
high street properties as well as delivering retail and leisure clients’ expansion plans<br />
across the UK. He was he president of his university ski and snowboard club at UWE<br />
and has since been involved in organising and overseeing a number of large group trips<br />
and events in the French Alps.<br />
jon klass - m j mapp<br />
Jon has worked for M J Mapp for over 5 years and is based at the London office. He<br />
is involved in the property and asset management for a number of large institutional<br />
funds. Prior to joining M J Mapp Jon was head of Property Asset Management at<br />
Morston Assets Ltd. Jon’s main choice of sport is rugby; he is Youth Chairman at<br />
Ipswich YM RFC, but he has skied all his life and is looking forward to the next PropSki<br />
event.
2016 Trip Events<br />
Having picked up feedback from past trip attendees, PropSki 2016 consisted of an extensive itinerary of events<br />
that the PropSki committee keep under constant review to ensure they are relevant and engaging to our target<br />
audience. See below for a snapshot of the 2016 events.<br />
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question time (sponsored by Estates Gazette)<br />
This new event to the PropSki calendar introduced the first<br />
Question Time on the Alps. EG’s Damian Wild quizzed JLL’s Guy<br />
Grainger and GVA’s Rob Bould in a CEO debate on everything<br />
from Brexit, PRS, the Mayoral elections to where they get their<br />
hair cut and how much Guy paid for Sir Bradley Wiggins’ bike!<br />
(full video on the website)<br />
Welcome Drinks (Sponsored by Tetris)<br />
All 300+ trip attendees reconvened on the afternoon of the first<br />
day over a few complimentary drinks at Bar360, a chalet<br />
restaurant-bar with outdoor terrace overlooking Val Thorens,<br />
exchanging stories from their first day on the slopes and<br />
watching the sun set before heading back down the mountain for<br />
supper and drinks.<br />
Mountain Meal (sponsored by Paragon Building Consultancy)<br />
The majority of trip attendees pre-booked tickets to this event;<br />
a meal in a restaurant up the mountain, followed by a skidoo-led<br />
flaming torch descent taking them back to Val Thorens. The meal<br />
consisted of 3 courses, wine, speeches, introductions and some<br />
inevitable singing. Following the meal there was an auction and<br />
raffle with £1,000’s raised for charity partner LandAid.<br />
PropSki Race Day(sponsored by Macdonald & Company)<br />
This event saw 90 entrants in the timed individual ski and<br />
snowboard slaloms in the morning, followed by a team dual<br />
slalom in the afternoon. The day was a huge success with those<br />
spectating tucking into complimentary vin chaud at the base of<br />
the slope as they watched competitors racing head to head for<br />
the PropSki silverware, sponsored by JLL, GVA, Freedman’s Law,<br />
MJ Mapp and Goldcrest Land, along with a wide array of prizes<br />
from Salomon and Oakley.<br />
Mountain Challenge (sponsored by REVCAP Advisors)<br />
An orienteering exercise interspersed with challenges and a<br />
treasure hunt, which was well attended by 100+ participants.<br />
Prizes included Salomon skis and snowboards, top of the range<br />
Oakley goggles and an abundance of Kudos.
The PropSki Network Reach<br />
We have gained a lot of momentum and recognition within the industry amongst peers and industry<br />
heads with the help of advertising and coverage from Estates Gazette, our own marketing campaigns,<br />
internal company newsletters and via word of mouth from trip attendees.<br />
Four years of marketing exposure has resulted in a strong reputation in the market and hype is growing<br />
year-on-year. The PropSki LinkedIn group has over 500 organic connections (growing daily) whilst<br />
PropSki’s Facebook page has more than 330 ‘likes’. PropSki’s Instagram account began last year with plans<br />
to expand this in 2017. We have also developed an extensive email database of over 8,000 property<br />
industry contacts.<br />
The PropSki website (www.propski.co.uk) is regularly updated with booking updates, sponsor news,<br />
attendee information and event information as well as live links to social media accounts and RSS News<br />
Feeds. The website also provides exposure for the sponsors via a logo panel and a separate news story<br />
with links through to the sponsor’s website. The website has been designed to work with all browsers,<br />
tablets and smart phones.
2017 Trip Events<br />
in Resort” events<br />
• Welcome Drinks (sponsorship TBC)<br />
• Estates Gazzette Question Time<br />
• Paragon Mountain Meal<br />
• MacDonald and Company Race Day<br />
• Revcap Mountain Challenge<br />
• Aston Rose Killy Espace Ski Tour<br />
CLICK TO VIEW FULL SCHEDULE
Media Partner<br />
For the fifth year running PropSki is pleased to announce it has teamed up with Estates Gazette as its<br />
exclusive media partner. The relationship will provide PropSki and it’s affiliates compnies / sponsors with<br />
valuable coverage and exposure leading up to, during and after the trip. See the individual sponsorship<br />
packages for details about sponsor exposure.<br />
Estates Gazette have offered a campaign that will deliver 6 x full colour pages, delivered against the start of<br />
news page in Estates Gazette which is the most sought after advertising positions. These will run in<br />
conjunction with a Double Page Spread that will provide additional detail regarding the event. In<br />
addition an email will be sent to the full national EG audience* (over 40,000 people) the week<br />
following the first advert to attract registrants. An additional email will be sent to the current PropSki past<br />
and present delegate and registration list to drive sign up, and to help grow the network amongst<br />
colleagues/ friends. A final email to the full EG audience will be sent later on promoting the trip, with full<br />
details about what to expect when you get there. Online, EG will deliver 100,000 adverts for PropSki<br />
across EGi and EG.com’s news pages throughout October and November to generate increased<br />
awareness of the PropSki brand as well as to drive interest and sign-ups through the website.
Your employees<br />
BENEFIT<br />
PropSki offers an exciting opportunity for your employees, whatever their experience level on snow. It is<br />
a recognised industry event that enables reach to peers and networks. This will inevitably lead to future<br />
business opportunities.<br />
A very competitive package price at £695 including BA flights, transfers, a week’s accommodation in 4*<br />
self-catered chalet style apartments, breakfast, lift pass and entry into the race day and all other events. We<br />
have secured reduced price ski lessons and rental, as well as other discounts in resort such as a 10%<br />
discount in the nearest supermarket which trip attendees will benefit from.<br />
Making the most of the trip<br />
Our intention is to ensure that everyone on the trip is invited to all events and that they know where to be<br />
if they want to get involved. Each trip attendee will have a welcome brochure outlining the week’s activities<br />
and locations of events, along with a Delegates List (including a photo of each attendee) which will<br />
accompany a Welcome Pack to be collected at the first night’s Welcome Drinks.
How to get your employees involved<br />
There are a number of ways in which you could support your employees in attending the event, a few are outlined below:<br />
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Circulate the HTML PropSki information email (if employees don’t already have it) –<br />
obtainable upon request<br />
Place the PropSki flyer in common / break out areas and noticeboards<br />
Encourage employees to represent your company at the individual timed slalom and<br />
compete for one of the four individual racing trophies on offer, or enter a team to compete<br />
for the GVA Team Slalom Cup on behalf of your company<br />
Enter a senior member of your firm into the M J Mapp Master’s Cup<br />
Encourage employees to bring clients as part of corporate, entertainment or deal<br />
celebrations<br />
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Provide a subsidy to the trip or equipment costs to those that are taking part or competing<br />
(to date many companies including GVA, Instant Offices, Paragon Building Consultancy, CRS<br />
among others have offered subsidised trips to employees)<br />
Provide attendees with an expenses budget whilst in resort<br />
Provide an exemption against part or all of the trip from that employee’s holiday allowance
with thanks to our sponsors<br />
SUPPORTING<br />
delegates from<br />
If you would like additional information or a meeting to discuss your company or your employee’s involvement with<br />
PropSki 2016 then please get in contact with either of the following:<br />
William Chambers | JLL | 07837 728886 | william.chambers@eu.jll.com<br />
Rupert Parker | GVA | 07810 688783 | rupert.parker@gva.co.uk