Wed, 27 May 2009 - Second Life business park and conferences developer, New Business Horizons, is today being awarded the prestigious accolade of Gold Solution Provider by Second Life creator Linden Labs. After a rigorous vetting programme, NBH joins just 30 other businesses worldwide in receiving the new award, launched today by Linden Labs. ....
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Thu, 2 Apr 2009 - This year’s Institute of Travel Management (ITM) annual conference featured an innovative seminar, which looked at the possibility of hosting meetings online through virtual reality sites....
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Wed, 25 Mar 2009 - The UK corporate travel industry is this week to be told that physical meetings and conferences may not always be best – and that it's the online virtual world of Second Life that offers the most viable alternative for business gatherings....
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Mon, 7 Mar 2009 - Following launch of their World Map of Real Places in Second Life®, New Business Horizons (NBH) are seeking more recommendations from SL residents to add to the project. Over 60 places from city centers to Aztec Temples have been added.
Imagine clicking on a spot on a map of the world and being instantly transported to a virtual location where you can wander around and experience the sights and sounds of distant places....
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Mon, 2 Mar 2009 - Alan Haymes, CEO of New Business Horizons, will be giving a talk at 'The Human Factor' - Institute of Travel Management Annual Conference in Liverpool 26 March. Alan will be discussing the use of Second Life as a medium for conducting virtual meetings. The business travel industry is facing challenges from the economic downturn and the need to cut carbon emissions....
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Thu, 19 Jun 2008 - Virtual world business park developer New Business Horizons is celebrating its scooping of the prestigious 'Best Use of Technology' award from the Docklands Business Club and the East London Chamber of Commerce....
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Fri, 6 June 2008 - Web 2.0 has stimulated an Internet boom which is reaching right across the economic spectrum to include B2B. So how can business marketers exploit this ever-evolving, dynamic medium to their advantage? NBH chosen as case study....
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Fri, 11 Jan 2008 - Neil Strauss, author of international bestselling 'pick up' book The Game, brings his newly published follow up, The Rules of the Game, to a global event on January 13, 2008, featuring a live personal appearance, readings from his new book, an audience Q&A and a party.
The event is to be staged at the Escher Lounge, a popular nightclub on the Blue Horizon Business Park in the virtual world of Second Life, and will be broadcast live on SLCN.TV (http://www.slcn.tv). ...
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September 25, 2007 - Macmillan Cancer Support is taking its World's Biggest Coffee Morning out of this world and into the virtual environment of Second Life. The event – on Friday September 28, 2007 – is the first to take place in the brand new SL Macmillan cancer information centre, created for Macmillan in Second Life’s ‘Blue Horizon’ business park...
Once the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning is over, Macmillan will have a fully functioning Macmillan cancer information centre...[more]
September 21, 2007 - UK rock band Oasis is opening its official online space in the virtual world Second Life (SL) this Monday, September 24, and is kicking off with a preview of its latest release, a feature-length-plus, limited edition double DVD entitled ‘Lord Don’t Slow Me Down’.
The facility – built for Oasis in Second Life’s ‘Blue Horizon’ business park – is a joint venture between SL developer New Business Horizons and ...[more]
August 06, 2007 - New Business Horizons, a Second Life (SL) full service developer, is launching an art gallery - ‘Art on the Horizon’ - in its SL business park, Blue Horizon, featuring real work by a real artist, Theresa Jones (www.neworleansjazz.org/theresa.html).
The official opening of Theresa’s exhibition takes place at 8pm on Tuesday August 14, 2007, with a real-world party at her gallery in St Ives, Cornwall, and a simultaneous virtual event at noon in SL (the same as 8pm in Real Life -‘RL’). The launch is being supported by famous jazz club, Ronnie Scotts. ...[more]
July 02, 2007 - Leading Californian digital agency Astralcom is choosing the UK-originated Blue Horizon business park for its launch into the rapidly growing online economic community of Second Life. Today’s appointment comes after a hard won contest between Blue Horizon’s British owner, New Business Horizons Ltd, and several other international contenders.
Commenting on the win, Richard Bergér, VP of E-Business at Astralcom says: “We selected NBH (New Business Horizons) because of its professional and ethical business operations and because it approaches the virtual business world with foresight, experience and creative talent.”...[more]
May 08, 2007 - New Business Horizons is launching a virtual business park to help companies market goods and services within the fast-growing and potentially lucrative Second Life internet community and take advantage of opportunities arising from this popular 3D virtual world. The Blue Horizon Business Park will open to visitors and prospective clients in the Second Life at noon (GMT) on Saturday, May 12, 2007. ...[more]
