Comments on: The King of Hay-on-Wye http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2007/05/11/the-king-of-hay-on-wye/ "...a new favorite blog for professional excellence in public speaking, speech-writing, and executive communications." - The Register, May 24, 2008 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:47:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Ian http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2007/05/11/the-king-of-hay-on-wye/comment-page-1/#comment-170121 Ian Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:25:53 +0000 http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/cultural-differences/the-king-of-hay-on-wye/#comment-170121 News that the Hay-on-Wye Festival of Literature and Arts is a winner in the International Trade category of the 2009 Queen's Awards for Industry. <a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ab553ad8-2dc0-11de-9eba-00144feabdc0.html" rel="nofollow">Emma Jacobs writes in the Financial Times</a> that festival founder Peter Florence has replicated the event in Columbia (to allow Latin American writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez to participate) and Spain. Plans include expansion to Africa and Lebanon and even China. Ticket sales around the globe now exceed 200,000. The expansion is the result of "chance meetings in cafes" rather than a specific strategy. There are 12 full-time employees working for the company. News that the Hay-on-Wye Festival of Literature and Arts is a winner in the International Trade category of the 2009 Queen’s Awards for Industry.

Emma Jacobs writes in the Financial Times that festival founder Peter Florence has replicated the event in Columbia (to allow Latin American writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez to participate) and Spain. Plans include expansion to Africa and Lebanon and even China.

Ticket sales around the globe now exceed 200,000.

The expansion is the result of “chance meetings in cafes” rather than a specific strategy.

There are 12 full-time employees working for the company.

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