A landmark partnership between the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta and the Nation’s Favourite coffee shop, Costa Coffee, has enabled a special ballooning event, named the ‘Fiesta Fortnight’, to take place this Summer in the city.
Image: Fiesta Fortnight with Costa Coffee. Credit: Paul Box.
Until Sunday 15th August 2021, the ‘Fiesta Fortnight’ will see hundreds of hot air balloons taking off from multiple locations across the city. Today saw the first balloons take off from North of the city at Elm Park, as requested by local residents.
Over 700 nominates were submitted by locals to help pick the locations of where the balloons will take off from – these included local parks, public spaces, car parks and streets. The Fiesta Fortnight partner, Costa Coffee, will be visiting several of the take off locations to treat residents nearby with a special little balloon-shaped surprise outside their window!
Chris Allcock, Chair of the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta said: “This special edition of the fiesta is going to be something spectacular for the city and we are so thankful to Costa Coffee for partnering with us to help this happen. There were some clear winners and favourite locations for balloons to fly from, highlighted from the hundreds of suggestions from fiesta fans. This first flight at Elm Park was the first time the fiesta has ever flown from this part of the city.”
Image credit: Paul Box.
Those out and about in the city centre over Fiesta Fortnight will be able to experience Costa Coffee’s new Costa: LIVE Experience Pod, which will be in the city centre at various locations from Monday 9th August to Sunday 15th August 2021. This hub will provide visitors with the perfect space to view the balloons crossing the city skyline as they take a moment to enjoy a cup of their favourite barista-quality machine-crafted coffee.
The balloons flew directly over Airbus’s Bristol headquarters, with the distinctive fin visible to passengers.
Hannah Hammond, Airbus' Community Relations Lead commented; “Fiesta Fortnight is an exciting event in the calendar for the Bristol community and it was amazing to see them sail over our building this morning. We look forward to seeing even more local communities experience the fiesta thanks to its range of different launch locations and are proud to be a partner of an initiative that has such a positive impact on the local community.”
Nick Orrin, Director of Costa Express UK&I, said: “We are proud to partner with the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta on such a fantastic event. After what has been an unprecedented time for many, we wanted to give something exciting to the Bristol community to enjoy.
“Not only are we bringing the Costa: LIVE Experience Pod to the city this summer, but Bristol is the first city in the UK to receive our brand-new Costa Express Hot & Iced drink machines, which can deliver over 500 different barista-quality drinks, from flat-whites to iced lattes and iced fruit cordials. Located all over the city - we hope everyone is as excited as we are about the new Costa Express machines and can enjoy an iced coffee in the summer sun and take in the Fiesta Fortnight.”
The Costa Express Hot & Iced drink machine is the world’s first integrated self-serve coffee machine, reinvented to deliver both hot and iced drinks. Costa Coffee will be rolling out over 40 Costa Express locations across Bristol this summer.
Image credit: Paul Box.
For more information on the Fiesta Fortnight head to http://bristolballoonfiesta.co.uk/ and follow Twitter, Instagram, TikTok or Facebook.
For more information on the new Costa Express Hot & Iced drink machine head to:
https://www.costa.co.uk/business/costa-express/machines
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